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Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North

Description: Map showing "Trammel's Trace," the first road from the north (present-day Arkansas) into Texas, used around 1800. It includes notations for abandoned settlements, modern cities, and Caddo villages documented from 1800 to 1840, as well as other historic roads used at the time of Trammel's Trace.
Date: 2015
Creator: Pinkerton, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Bankhead Highway historic marker]

Description: Photograph of the text on a historic marker about Bankhead Highway, America's first transcontinental highway, which spans from Washington, D.C. to San Diego, California and passes through Texas. This image was taken in Mount Vernon, Texas, where Bankhead Highway serves as Main Street.
Date: 2015~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Mount Vernon query

Description: Part of a query letter regarding an article about Mount Vernon, Texas that was published in the November 2015 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2015
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Deconstructed Bankhead Highway panel 1]

Description: Document containing an educational panel for Bankhead Highway, titled, "No More Horsing Around by 1928," with a historic photograph and a related fact and trivia question. Each part of the panel has been labeled (clockwise from top left): Large humorous title, short narrative, historic photo, Bankhead sign, question, fun graphic, QR code, and "trompe l'oeil" frame.
Date: 2015~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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