What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains the history of Texas and many early biographies of the  people of Tarrant and Parker Counties.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1895.

History of Texas

 Together with a

Biographical History

of

Tarrant and Parker Counties

CONTAINING A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE STATE, WITH PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF THE ABOVE NAMED COUNTIES, AND PERSONAL HISTORIES OF MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS AND LEADING FAMILIES

Chicago:

The Lewis Publishing Company

1895

658 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

THE STATE OF TEXAS

General Political History:

The Name " Texas "

Topography

Discovery

Texas Unknown Until Recently

Catholic Missions

New Civilization

Philip Nolan

Political Changes

The "Pirate of the Gulf"

Political Changes, continued

The Austins

Austin's Colony

The Empresario System

Influence of the New Immigration

The Labor System

Political and Religious Intolerance

Education

Religion

Final Revolution

Separation of Texas from Coahuila

Battle of San Antonio

The Alamo

The Goliad Massacre

San Jacinto

The Independence Convention

The Declaration of Independence

Flag of the Lone Star

Foreign Relations

Early Legislation

A Rebellion

Indians

Santa Fe Expedition

Location of the Capital

Recognition of Texas by Foreign Powers

Lamar's and Houston's Administrations

Mexican War

"Moderators" and "Regulators"

The War Cloud

Texas Annexed to the United States

To Arms

Events after the War

Indian Colonization

Current of Events

The " Cart War "

Political Parties ,

Signs of the Coming Storm

The Storm Begun

After the War

Reconstruction Period

New Constitutions, Etc

Greer County

General Reflections

Governors of Texas, List

Biographical Notices

Education

Other State Institutions

Religion

The Press

Railroads

Mineral Resources

Agriculture

Climate

Public Lands

The Counties

Cities and Principal Towns

Miscellaneous

"Indian Depredations in Texas"—Wilbarger's

Book

The Fort Parker Massacre

Cynthia Ann Parker

A Comanche Princess

Game Animals

Fearful Encounter with a Bear

Yellow Fever

Dawson and Sims

Texas Veteran Association

Suffrage

Exemptions from Taxation

Exemptions from Forced Sale

Texas at the World's Fair

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Adams, Akard, Albright, Alford, Armstrong, Arnold, Atwell, Ayres, Bailey, Baker, Barthold, Beall, Bean, Bell, Benbrook, Bidwell, Billington, Bissell, Boaz, Boicourt, Brantly, Brewer,  Brownfield,  Bryce, Burbridge, Burchill, Burgess, Burke, Caffee, Calloway, Campbell, Capps, Carder, Carnahan, Carr, Carter, Cate, Cella, Chambers, Chew, Childers, Chiles, Christian, Clark, Clements, Clingman, Coleman, Collins, Cooper, Couts, Cravens, Darrah, Davis, Davis, Daws, Dillon, Drake, Durringer, Eagle,  Earl, Earle, East,  Eastman, Edwards, Elliott, Elliston, Erwin, Essex, Euless, Evans, Farmer, Field, Finger, Fowler, Furman, Gantt, Gause, Gibson, Goforth, Gosney, Grammer, Grant, Green, Hackler, Hammack, Haney, Harcourt, Hard, Harding, Hardisty, Harris, Harrison, Hartnett, Hays, Henderson, Hendricks, Henry, Higbee, Hightower, Hill, Hood, Hovenkamp, Hudson, Huffman, Humphreys, Hunter,

Hutcheson, Hutchins, Ingram,  Jarvis, Johnson, Jones, Keller, Kelly, Kennedy, Kindel, Landers, Lanham, Lassiter, Lattimore, Levy, Lewis, Lilley, Linch, Long, Lowe, Lusk, Maddox, Magers, Marlow, Marshall, Matlock, McConnell, McFall, McGehee, McLean, Meeks, Melear, Middleton, Milburn, Miller, Mims, Mitchell, Mock, Montgomery, Nichols, Norwood, Nugent, O’Gwin, Paddock, Peacock, Petit, Penn, Pickard, Pittillo, Poe, Porter, Pressley, Putman, Quayle, Randle, Rea, Reed, Reutz,  Reynolds,  Rice, Richards, Richy, Roark, Robbins, Robertson, Robinson, Rodgers, Rogers, Roy, Rudd, Sandidge, Sawyer, Scott, Shaw, Silliman, Simmons, Sisk, Slater, Smith, Spoonts, Stanley, Starr, Steinfeidt, Stephens, Stephenson, Switzer, Tarkington, Tate, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Tolliver, Trigg, Tucker, Turner, Vaughn, Vollentine, Wallace, Ward, Watson, Wheeler, White, Wilcox, Willburn, Williams, Witten, Wolfenberger, Woody, Wray, Wright, Wynne, Wythe, Yates, Yeary, Young, Zurn,