Guides and Archives
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Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of the Texas State Historical Association and the University of Texas at Austin.
TRAIL Texas Records and Information Locator Service
http://castor.tsl.state.tx.us/trail/
TRAIL is a service of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that was created through legislation amending the Publications Depository Law in order to address access and preservation of electronic publications for the state of Texas.
Official Site for the State of Texas
http://www.texas.gov/
Texas Almanac
http://www.texasalmanac.com/
H. P. N. Gammel's Laws of Texas
http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/lawsoftexas/
Texas Government Regulations, Rules, Nineteenth Century
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
http://castor.tsl.state.tx.us/
Texas State Data Center
http://txsdc.tamu.edu/
Center for American History
http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.html
The University of Texas at Austin's site that includes extensive guides and searching aids pertaining to Texas History, as well as American History.
Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University
http://www.swco.ttu.edu/
yeeHa! Texas Website Directory
http://www.yeeha.net/
El Centro College - Texas History Links
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/txhist.html
A superb collection of Texas history resources
Armadillo's WWW Server
http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/
Resources K-12
Armadillo's WWW Server
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/index.html
Lone Star Junction
http://www.lsjunction.com/index.htm
Texas Bob
http://www.texasbob.com/
A potpourri of Texas history, Folk tales, and trivia
Texas Texas Texas Bookstore
http://www.smokefreekids.com/texas.htm
"Huge list of more than 700 Texas Titles available through Amazon.com"
Texas Escapes
http://www.texasescapes.com/
Romancing the legend that is Texas. A common sense and uncommon nonsense travel guide to small town Texas
Catholic Archives of Texas
http://www.onr.com/user/cat/index.htm
H-Texas Discussion Network on Life & Culture in Texas
http://www.h-net.org/~texas/
H-Texas is a mailing list about Texas; culture of Texas; Texas history; Texas culture; Texas studies; Texas heritage
Texas Library Association
http://www.txla.org/
History of Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America
http://www.tlbaa.org/About/tlbaahistory.html
Brazos Genealogical Association
http://user.txcyber.com/~bga/
Taylor County Historical Commission - Texas
http://www.abilene.com/taylorhist/
"The Taylor County Historical Commission was organized more than 40 years ago to remind residents of this West Texas county of their heritage, and to keep alive the names and places which are important."
Texas Trails
http://www.lone-star.net/mall/main-areas/txtrails.htm
Museums
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American Quarter Horse Association Museum
http://www.aqha.com/
Amon Carter Museum
http://www.cartermuseum.org/
Austin Museum of Art
http://www.amoa.org/
Battleship Texas BB35, Museum
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/battlesh/
oldest surviving battleship still afloat in the United States
Buckhorn Saloon & Museum
http://buckhornmuseum.com/
Experience the wild, wild west with the wax museum, bar and store. Find driving directions and pictures of the exhibits and facilities.
Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation
http://www.texasbusiness.org/
recognizes accomplishments and contributions of outstanding Texas leaders
Abilene Center for Contemporary Arts
http://www.cca-abilene.org/
Dallas Museum of Art
http://www.dm-art.org
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
http://www.mamfw.org
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
http://www.fwmuseum.org/
George Ranch Historical Park
http://www.georgeranch.org/
living history park features Texas ranching and cowboys from 1830 to 1930 with costumed re-enactors, cattle, and horses
Holocaust Museum Houston
http://www.hmh.org/
International Museum of Cultures in Dallas
http://www.internationalmuseumofcultures.org/
McFaddin-Ward House
http://www.mcfaddin-ward.org/
"virtual tour as well as historical information about this historical landmark home."
Mickey Leland Museum
http://www.geocities.com/mickeylelandmuseum/
Named after the black Texas black congressman, this library and museum is dedicated to African history, culture and social change.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
http://www.mfah.org/main.asp?target=home
National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame
http://www.cowgirl.net/
Panhandle Plains Historical Museum
http://www.panhandleplains.org//
Red River Railroad Museum
http://www.denisontx.com/railroad/museum.htm
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/
San Jacinto Museum
http://sanjacinto-museum.org/
"regional museum of Texas History from beginning to end of 19th century"
Texas Memorial Museum at the University of Texas
http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/
Texas Fashion Collection
http://www.sova.unt.edu/tfc
Texas First Ladies Gown Collection
http://www.twu.edu/twu/exhibits/firstladies/
Texas Military Forces Museum
http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/index.htm
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
http://www.texasranger.org/
"Official State Hall of Fame for the Texas Rangers, Official State Repository for Texas Ranger Memorabilia"
Texas Seaport Museum - Home of the 1877 Tall Ship ELISSA
http://www.tsm-elissa.org/
"Texas Seaport Museum, a leader in maritime preservation and restoration, is home to the 1877 National Historic Landmark tall ship Elissa, and promotes genealogy research through its Galveston Immigration Database."
Centennial Museum at University of Texas El Paso
http://www.utep.edu/~museum/home.html
Whitehead Memorial Museum
http://www.whitehead-museum.com/
"consists of a restored frontier village, and collections preserving the local heritage of the Val Verde County Community. Home of the Judge Roy Bean Society. . ."
Witte Museum in San Antonio
http://www.wittemuseum.org/
Children can enroll in science and history workshops
Texas History - Pre-Columbian to Present
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A Shared Past
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/Sharedpast/
Institute of Texan Cultures
http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/index.htm
Center for Studies in Texas History
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/
The Texas Historical Commission
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/
Clements Center for Southwestern Studies at SMU
http://www.smu.edu/swcenter/
a collection of links to southwestern history and culture
Texas History and Culture at El Centro College
http://pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/txhist.html
Texas Archeology and Indians
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The Texas Historical Commission: Texas Historic Atlas Sites
http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/
"The goal of the Atlas is to develop a database of the more than 250,000 historic and prehistoric sites recorded in Texas, and deliver most of that
information through the Web." Great Texas museum search tool on site.
Texas Indians (El Centro College History Department)
http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/txindians.html
Texas Archeological Society
http://www.txarch.org/
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
http://www.nps.gov/alfl/
Lubbock Lake Landmark State Historical Site
http://interoz.com/lubbock/landmark.htm
Southwest Texas Archaeological Society
http://www.trinity.edu/departments/classical_studies/swtas.html
Rock Art Foundation
http://www.rockart.org/
Includes lower Pecos region of Southwest Texas
Seminole Canyon State Historical Park
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/seminole/seminole.htm
Suggested Readings in (Texas) Archaeology and Related Topics (SMU)
http://www.smu.edu/anthro/collections/readings.html
Southwestern Pottery and Turquoise in Northeastern Texas (SMU)
http://www.smu.edu/anthro/collections/CaddoSW.html
Texas Indians
http://www.texasindians.com/
Indians.org
http://www.indians.org/
Early Europeans in Texas
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Letters on Spanish Texas
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Projects/letters.html
The Spanish in Jefferson County, Texas
by W. T. Block
http://block.dynip.com/wtblockjr/spanish.htm
Spanish Missions, San Antonio
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/2sanantonio/2sanantonio.htm
Texas Historical Photographs
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/americanwest/westtx.html
Cabeza de Vaca
http://www.vaca.com/cabeza.html
Estevanico Society
http://www.estevanico.org/
Llano Estacado 1
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jsherow/flores.htm
Coronado Slept Here
http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/texas/97/11/16/cover.html
Blanco Canyon on the edge of the Llano Estacado in Floyd County, TX
NOVA: Voyage of Doom
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/
what archaeologists have learned about French explorer Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle's ship, La Belle, which sank off the coast of Texas in 1686, and the
artifacts it held... explore the issue of ownership of sunken ships.
Sieur de La Salle's Fateful Landfall
http://smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues97/apr97/lasalle.html
an abstract, with photos, of an article originally published in the April 1997 issue of Smithsonian Magazine
The La Salle Shipwreck Project
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/belle/
an effort by the Texas Historical Commission to excavate, preserve and analyze the wreck of Belle, one of the ships brought to Texas by the French explorer La Salle during his final, disastrous expedition to North America in 1684-87. Belle was wrecked in Matagorda Bay, Texas in 1686, stranding La Salle and his men in the wilderness. The wreck was located and identified in the summer of 1995
A&M Conservation Research Laboratory
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/napcrl.htm
On conservation of La Belle artifacts
The Alamo and Independence
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Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas
http://lonestar.texas.net/~mdmclean/rc_papers_vol_1/contents.htm
Sons of DeWitt Colony
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewitt.htm
Donald Ray Burger's Alamo Page
http://burger.com/alaindex.htm
Documents on the Fall of the Alamo
http://www.texasbob.com/texdoc6.html
Treaty of Velasco
http://www.lsjunction.com/docs/velasco.htm
Sons of the Republic of Texas
http://www.srttexas.org/index.html
"seeks to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who settled Texas and won its independence."
San Jacinto Monument and Museum
http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/
Battle of San Jacinto
http://www.lsjunction.com/events/jacinto.htm
Battle of San Jacinto
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/batsanjacinto.htm
A page maintained by the Sons of Dewitt Colony, Texas
Battle of San Jacinto
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/SS/qes4.html
From the Handbook of Texas Online