Southern Plains of Texas Links
Research center
at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, WTAMU, Canyon
The Southwest Collection, a historical research center and archive at Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
The West Texas Collection at the Porter Henderson Library, Angelo State University, San Angelo
Anglo-American Beginnings;
the history of Anglo settlement in West Texas.
Search the Texas Confederate Pensions Index
The Eugene C. Barker
Texas
History Collections, and the George W. Littlefield
Southern
History Collections in the Center
For American History, at the University of Texas (Austin). Be sure and
look at the page listing all of the Center's collections.
The Archives and
Genealogy collections
at the Texas State Library in Austin. The Archives houses all of Texas' historic documents, records, and artifacts. The Genealogy collection has an extensive collection of material in print (state collections, family histories) and microform (including the complete 1790 - 1910 United States census, the 1920 Texas census, county tax rolls, CSA, and Texas Ranger muster rolls).
The Texas General Land Office
The Fort Worth Star Telegram's "Virtual Texan" is an excellent site for exploring Texas history, culture, folklore, and much more.
Lone Star Junction: An on-line almanac of Texas
The American Memory Project
Home Page. A priceless collection of still and full-motion images, sounds, documents,
manuscripts, etc. from our past, including the Life Histories
Manscripts, from the Folklore Project, part of the WPA Federal
Writer's Project, 1936-1940. You may also search only the
Texas Life Histories.
Index to the Republic of Texas Muster Rolls
The Documenting the American South collection at UNC Chapel Hill.
The horse is an integral part of the history of Texas, especially to the ranching industry. Selective breeding of the pedigreed stock brought in by settlers from the east, and perhaps a bit of Mustang blood, brought about the tremendously versatile American Quarter horse.
On-line exhibits at the International Museum of the Horse:
The CowboyThe Quarter Horse
Read more about Steel Dust, one of the legendary foundation sires of the Quarter Horse breed.
An on-line edition of explorer/surveyor Captain Randolph B. Marcy's 1859 book, _The Prairie Traveler: "A Handbook For Overland Expeditions".
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
(DRT) Library Home Page
The Texas State Historical
Association: publishers of "Southwestern Historical Quarterly",
_The New Handbook of Texas_, and much more. Peruse their on-line catalogue.
The Ranching Heritage Center at The Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock
The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and
Museum the official repository of Texas Ranger memorabilia.
Texas History and Social Studies from the Armadillo WWW server at Rice University.
The Texas Historical Commission,
responsible for preservation of Texas' architectural and cultural heritage.
Regional newspapers: the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
The American West, a presentation of its history and development.
A comprehensive bibliography for the history of the North American plains.
The State Cemetery:
Burial place of many notables from Texas' past, and present.
A Stroll
Through Texas' Past: An article from Texas Parks and Wildlife
Magazine about the State Cemetery