Texas military history collection | Collections | The Huntington

Texas military history collection | Collections | The Huntington

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Texas
Manuscripts
Includes: map showing surroundings and location of borings on Collis P. Huntington property, Galveston, Texas. Subjects: Houston, East & West Railway Co.
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Correct map of Texas
Rare Books
Print date deduced from statistical charts through 1897. Submap: United States. Vignette: State Capitol; Niagara Falls of Texas. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: Map of Houston & Texas RR 172.
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Correct map of Texas
Visual Materials
No old shelf mark. "Supplement to the Kennesaw Route Gazette. Only direct all-rail route to all the principal cities and towns of Texas is via the Lone Star Route -- International & Gt. Northern Railroad." "By taking this Route, via Little Rock and Longview, you avoid a Long and Tedious Journey across the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Dangers of the Sea and Sea Sickness. Only one change of cars from Atlanta to all stations on the line of International & Gt. Northern Railroad. S.M. Miller, General Ticket Agent, Houston, Texas. H.M. Hoxie, General Superintendent, Houston, Texas. Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Printers, St. Louis." Probably from some time around the formation of the International & Great Northern Railroad in 1874. The layout of the counties supports this estimate. Note: Not in Phillips. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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West, Frank. Continuation of Gen. Chaffee's Military History 1873 [extracts]
Manuscripts
HM 81548: The first volume, written in ink, consists of miscellaneous reports prepared by Frank West. The volume begins with a report about a transportation march from Camp Supply, Indian Territory to Fort Clark, Texas in 1873. West meticulously details the journey of the cavalry including length of travel, rivers crossed, and personal remarks. "Our wagon was [?] in the quick sand at the crossing of the Red River men were disseminated and applied to ropes attached to the wagon and it was drawn out" (p. 2). The total distance of their march was 1,371 miles, which took 74 days. The next two reports are about the murder of Jacob Dilsey in 1873. Other reports include number of utility poles erected in Arizona and confidential statements and endorsements about various Army personnel. Also included are briefs from Fort Niobrara, Nebraska and Fort Myer, Virginia. The last portion of the volume appears to be excerpts from a history book concerning Europe, Asia, and the Middle East during the 19th century. The endpapers have miscellaneous notes and account information written on them.
HM 81554
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Manuscripts regarding the U.S. Army in the American Southwest
Manuscripts
This group of items consists of four manuscripts written by George H. Pettis regarding his experiences in the 1st Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers in the American Southwest in the 1860s and 1870s. Two of the manuscripts are about the Civil War in New Mexico, and mention specifically Confederate Captain John Baylor, and the Union General H. H. Sibley, Captain Isaac Lynde, and General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby. The other two manuscripts discuss Pettis' experiences in the Indian Wars in New Mexico and Texas including the Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. He talks about Kit Carson, Colonel James H. Carleton, Fort Bascom, Fort Craig, and Fort Fillmore. He also talks in detail about the Navajo, Apache, Jicarilla, Kiowa and Ute Indians.
mssHM 68406-68409
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An army wife's cookbook : with household hints and home remedies
Rare Books
Cookbook of the wife of Col. Benjamin H. Grierson, 10th Cavalry, Fort Davis, Texas.
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