A Pictorial History of Texas: From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1883, Embracing the Periods of Missions, Colonization, the Revolution, the Republic, and the State; Also, a Topographical Description of the Country ... Together with Its Indian Tribes and Their Wars, and Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Its Leading Historical Characters. Also, a List of the Counties, with Historical and Topical Notes, and Descriptions of the Public Institutions of the State |
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