Web Resources

Cities Resources

The following sites will help you on your tour.

http://www.50states.com/texas.htm  A great place to begin! This site contains a little bit of everything.

http://www.texas-on-line.com/graphic/city-geo.htm This site will help you get to every region in Texas

http://www.50states.com/city/texas.htm Here are links to city pages within Texas.  You can choose your cities from this site.

http://www.iitexas.com/gpages/city-geo.htm Another site to help you get to cities in each region of Texas

http://www.texas-on-line.com/graphic/city-geo.htm

http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/tx.htm This link also allows you to visit city pages.  It also has a link to county pages.

Population Sites

 This site will help with your county population information.

http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/tx190090.txt Look up your county populations for 1900 and 1950 here.  There are 3 different alphabetical lists, so look carefully.

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Conduct an online search for the 1850 census county populations here.  Use the following format: "(County Name) County" + "1850 census" + population

http://www.pe.net/~rksnow/txcounties.htm Here is another site that will help you get current county information.

Parks and Recreation Sites

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/parks.htm  State Parks (SP) and State Historical Parks (SHP) are here.

http://www.r8web.com/texas/ Find out about national recreation areas here  

Museums
http://www.lsjunction.com/weblinks.htm There are links to historical places & museums here.

http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/public/index.htm One of the many museums in Texas, the Texas Institute of Culture Museum.

http://www.tsm-elissa.org/index.htm Port of Galveston museum

http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html The International Museum of the Horse 

http://www.hal.lamar.edu/~psce/gladys.html Spindletop-Gladys City Museum

http://www.io.com/~tam/museum.html This links to all of the museums that are members of the Texas Association of Museums

http://www.tspb.state.tx.us/tspb/tSHM/Home/Home.htm This is the Texas History Museum in Austin.

Historical Landmarks
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/index.html This site may help you locate historical places or events.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/park/admin/historic.htm Historic sites within the Texas State Parks system

http://www.thc.state.tx.us/Markers/mkrguide.html This site links you to Historical Markers around the state.

The State Capital
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/travel/statecapitol.html

Courthouses
http://www.thc.state.tx.us/courthouse/CH1.html This site links to many historic courthouses.  You can also research county courthouses through the county sites listed above.

Sports arenas, stadiums, or locations

http://www.lsjunction.com/weblinks.htm  There are links to some of the sports teams in Texas on this page.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/adv/adv.htm This site links to adventures around the state such as hunting, fishing, hiking, and other sports

Ghost towns

http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas_ghost_towns.htm  This site will help you find ghost towns in Texas  

Travel Planning

http://www.thc.state.tx.us/HeritageTravel/default.html

http://www.traveltex.com/index.asp?SN=662200

Click the map to go to TravelTex.com, the website published by the Texas Department of Economic Development. Be sure to visit every region in Texas!

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