Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 featured-selections The refugees could hear the

The refugees could hear the cannon fire of the battle of San Jacinto

Empress of India…etc

but the Texas Short Line continued to be operated as a separate company through the 1950s

the center of which bears the inscription: "Vast land with saline soil almost without vegetation

This original engraved map contains a wealth of information valued by any prospective immigrant

Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 featured-selections The refugees could hear theThis original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land. The price varied from a total of $1. 20 to $3. 50, depending on the quality of the surveyed tract. To encourage settlers to move to Texas and to earn premiums of additional land for themselves, the early Texas empresarios used the Mexican system of land allocation established in 1823. A Labor of land consisted of 177