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The Texas Almanac for 1873, 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 1873, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas
- title.serialtitle
- The Texas Almanac
- publisher
- Richardson, Belo & Co.
- date
- 1873~
- language
- eng
- description.content
- The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
- description.physical
- [242] 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
- Business, Economics and Finance
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Government and Law
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Education
- subject.UNTL-BS
- People - Individuals
- subject.KWD
- horticulture
- subject.KWD
- gardening
- subject.KWD
- railroads
- subject.KWD
- meteorology
- subject.KWD
- asylums
- subject.KWD
- debts
- subject.KWD
- taxes
- coverage.placeName
- United States - Texas
- coverage.timePeriod
- civ-war
- coverage.date
- 1873
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- TXALC
- institution
- TSHA
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- Full title from title page: "The Texas Almanac for 1873, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas, Showing a portion of our Early History: the Lives and Reminiscences of the participants in our revolution ; the vast area of our State, and the great Productive Power of our Soil, and its Adaptation to all the most Valuable Staples; the present remarkable Cheapness of our Lands; the Salubrity of our Climate; the great Length of our Seasons, for all Farming Purposes; the Cheapness of all the Necessaries of Life; the Great Profits of Farming, of Stock Raising, and of Sheep Husbandry; together with all the most important Statistics of the State and of the United States; besides Scientific articles on the Geology and Climatology of the State. Indeed scarcely a subject is omitted that can be of interest to the Immigrant, who comes to make Texas his future Home, or to answer the inquires of his friends abroad."
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- comment: Descriptive metadata by rvieger 2010-05-13.
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