Texas History Web Sites
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The
Handbook
of Texas Online
Developed by the Texas State Historical Society, this online
encyclopedia is a multidisciplinary guide to Texas history,
geography, and culture. It is an interesting resource for browsing
and research.
Refusing to Forget
A collaborative effort to commemorate the state sanctioned racial
violence along the Texas-Mexico border from 1910-1920. The site
includes a history of the vilence, bibliographies anbd links to
other useful sites.
Baylor
University Institute for Oral History
More than 3500 transcripts of interviews covering a wide range of
topics.
Son
of the South
A number of useful links. Categories include: Early Texas History,
1685-1810; Republican revolution in Mexico and Texas, 1812-1821;
Colonization of Texas, 1820-1834. Other links provide
information on the Civil War, Native Americans and more.
Southwestern
Historical Quarterly
Another sited developed by the Texas State Historical Association.
This search able archive includes every issue of the Quarterly
from July 189. You may also browse the contents by author, title,
date, or volume.
Gammel's
The Laws of Texas (Volumes 1-10)
The University of North Texas Libraries have digitized the first
ten volumes of Gammel's The Laws of Texas which cover the
years 1822-1897. Included in these documents are "legislative
sessions, constitutions, selected journals of the constitutional
conventions, and early colonization laws." The Library of
Congress has a straight forward and useful page with links
to Texas government sites, Law Schools, Court Opinions and
Legislation
Texas Almanac
Published biennially by The Dallas Morning News, the site
is a good source for information on Texas government, vital
statistics and a variety of historical topics.
Texas Historic Sites Atlas
The Atlas includes almost 300,000 historic site records, including
information on Texas Historical Markers courthouses, museums, and
sawmills. You can search by Historic Designation, Keyword, County,
Address, or Site Name.
Texas Observer
Articles and editorials covering Texas politics and issues.
Searchable archives date back to 1999.
Texas Online
A wide variety of government information source, services and
links created by the State of Texas.
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