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The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas
First published in 1857, the Texas Almanac has a long history of chronicling the Lone Star State and its residents. The first edition was issued by The Galveston News in January 1857, 21 years after Texas won its independence from Mexico and only 12 years after it became a state. The focus of the earliest editions of the Texas Almanac was on history and the workings of the state government. These 19th century editions included many first-person accounts of the Texas Revolution and the early days of the Republic and of statehood. An edition was published each year through 1873, except for 1866, totaling 16 annual editions.
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- title.officialtitle
- The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas
- title.serialtitle
- The Texas Almanac
- contributor.edt
- Richardson, W.
- contributor.edt
- Belo, A. H.
- publisher
- Richardson & Co.
- date
- 1870-01
- language
- eng
- description.content
- The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
- description.physical
- [290] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- subject.LCSH
- Texas -- Statistics.
- subject.LCSH
- Texas -- History.
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Places - United States - Texas
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Agriculture
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Education
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Social Life and Customs
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Business, Economics and Finance
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Government and Law
- subject.KWD
- meteorology
- subject.KWD
- almanacs
- subject.KWD
- gardening
- subject.KWD
- horticulture
- subject.KWD
- elections
- subject.KWD
- taxes
- subject.KWD
- railroads
- subject.KWD
- solar cycles
- subject.KWD
- lunar cycles
- coverage.placeName
- United States - Texas
- coverage.timePeriod
- civ-war
- coverage.date
- 1870
- collection
- TXALC
- institution
- TSHA
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- text_book
- format
- text
- note.display
- Actual title on title page: "The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas, Showing the Vast Area, Climate and Fertility of the Soil; the Mild Temperature, neither so hot nor so cold as in the Northern States; the great Profits realized in Stock Raising, Sheep Husbandry, Agriculture and various Manufactures; the remarkable Cheapness of Living; the great Variety of Productions, and among them those of the most profitable Staples, Cotton, Sugar, Wheat, etc. ; the Abundance and Variety of Fruits; the great Value and Abundance of the Native Grape, and the Success and Profits of Wine Making; the rapidly increasing Revenue from the Export of Beef and Beef Cattle, from Wool, Hides, etc.; the Chief Towns of the State with their Population; Description of the great Subdivisions of the State; the Chief Ports and their Commerce; General Statistics of the State, Post Offices, Newspapers, Schools, Society, Historical and Biographical articles, Minerals, Railroads, the Mails, Etc., Etc., Etc."
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- comment: Descriptive metadata by rvieger 2010-05-12.
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