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Archaeological Survey Of The Proposed Grapevine Aerial Ss Repair Tarrant County, Texas, Philip R. Fisher, Molly A. Hall

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The City of Grapevine is proposing to repair an aerial sanitary sewer across Big Bear Creek in Tarrant County, Texas. The project area is located on the south side of a horseshoe bend in the floodplain of Big Bear Creek, north of Western Oaks Drive and west of Texas State Highway 121. AR Consultants, Inc. (ARC) conducted the intensive pedestrian archaeological survey in an area approximately 50-meters by 25-meters (0.3-acres) on June 8, 2018. Four shovel tests were excavated within the project area during the systematic field inspection. The archaeological potential for prehistoric and historic cultural resources was considered low. …

Cultural Resources Survey Of A 5.3-Acre Proposed Site Development At Luthe Lane In Harris County, Texas, Michael Quennoz

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report summarizes the results of a cultural resources survey of a 2.1-hectare (5.3-acre) area proposed for development in Harris County, Texas. Because the project will involve a state created entity and will include property under the ownership of the Houston Airport System; a Texas Antiquities Permit was acquired prior to the field survey. The Permit Number issued for the project in October 2017 is 8203. The goals of the survey were to determine if the proposed project would affect any previously identified historic properties and to establish whether or not previously unidentified cultural resources were located within the Area …

Archeological Survey Of The Proposed Capitol Parks Little League Ball Fields, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Eloise F. Gadus, Damon Burden

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On April 10 and June 6, 2018, personnel with Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive archeological survey on 23.7 acres of undeveloped land to be utilized for the creation new Little League baseball fields just east of the intersection of Wurzbach Parkway and Wetmore Road in northeast San Antonio, Texas. This survey was conducted under the direction of Adams Environmental, Inc., for Cude Engineers, partially under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 8379. The proposed development will be done as a private-public partnership. Most of the project area (23.0 acres) is privately owned land (Capitol Aggregates, Inc.). The public component of …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed Realignment Of County Road 176, Williamson County, Texas, Antonio E. Padilla

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

At the request of Prime Strategies, Inc., and on behalf of Williamson County, Texas, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the proposed realignment of existing County Road (CR) 176 in southwestern Williamson County, Texas. The realignment proposes to construct a direct route from the current intersection of CR 176 and Deer Draw Road to Ranch-to-Market (RM) 2243. The project involves lands owned by Williamson County (a subdivision of the state); therefore, the project is subject to review under the Antiquities Code of Texas (ACT). SWCA conducted the investigations under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 7718. Subsequent …

An Intensive Pedestrian Survey For The Proposed Rogers Ranch Segment Of The Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails System, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, José E. Zapata

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In May 2017, CAR staff completed a 100 percent pedestrian survey of the proposed Rogers Ranch segment of the Howard W. Peak Greenway Trails System for Adams Environmental, Inc. (AEI) on behalf of the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department. In addition to the pedestrian survey, the field crew was tasked with completing shovel tests along this 5.9-km segment or Area of Potential Effect (APE). The work was undertaken in order to identify and document all prehistoric and/or historic resources that might be impacted by the proposed trail, as required by the Texas Antiquities Code. Archaeological work was …

Cultural Resources Survey Of 98 Acres For The Proposed Taylor Morrison Development Project, Fort Bend County, Texas, Jacob Hilton, Tony Scott, Ryan M. Vandyke

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In November 2017, Gray & Pape, Inc. of Houston, Texas, conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resources survey and deep testing on property subsuming a total of approximately 40 hectares (98 acres) proposed for development in Fort Bend County, Texas. No Texas Antiquities Permit was required as all survey work was completed on privately-owned property. The United States Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District has been identified as the Lead Agency for this project.

The goals of the survey were to establish whether previously unidentified buried archaeological resources were located within or immediately adjacent to the project’s Area of Potential Effects, which …

Intensive Archaeological Survey Of The Rm 1431 Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge Entrance Improvements Project, Melanie Johnson, Clayton Tinsley

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) has contracted HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to conduct an intensive archaeological survey of the project area for the proposed improvements to the entrance to the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge located on Ranch-to-Market (RM) Road 1431 in Travis County, Texas (Figure 1-1). The survey was initiated due to the inadvertent discovery of a possible burned rock midden site within the project area during vegetation clearing. Upon consultation with the FHWA CFLHD and the Texas Historical Commission (THC), HDR was granted a permit for the archaeological survey of the project …

Archaeological Investigations For Fema Phase I Master Plan Drainage Improvements, City Of Buda, Hays County, Texas, Jodi Jacobson, Jacob Hooge

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Archaeologists from the Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) at Texas State University conducted an intensive pedestrian survey including the excavation of 1 mechanical trench and 13 shovel tests along a proposed drainage easement northwest and west-southwest of FM 2770 (also known as Jack C. Hays Trail) in Buda, Texas, from May 14–15, 2018. The survey was executed in order to assess the project area for potential impacts to cultural resources in advance of the installation of a proposed new outfall channel and culvert under FM 2770 in order to divert excess flow from the unnamed tributary of Onion Creek in …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The Proposed Hunt University 35-19 Pipeline Within Reagan County, Texas, Miles Martin, Christopher Shelton

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Medallion Midstream, LLC. (Medallion) SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the proposed Hunt University 35-19 Pipeline which crosses property owned by University of Texas Lands (University Lands) in Reagan County, Texas. The proposed project will be constructed within Medallion’s easement, totaling approximately 2.40 miles (3.86 kilometers [km]) in Reagan County; however, only 2.36 miles (3.80 km) of the project will be on University Lands. Because portions of the proposed undertaking will occur on land owned by University Lands, a political subdivision of the state, the work was performed in compliance with the …

Negative Findings Report Cultural Resource Survey Woodward Wind Conduit Realignmennt Pecos County, Texas, Billy Turner

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

During May of 2018, TAS Inc. conducted a cultural resources assessment of a proposed electrical conduit realignment on the Woodward Wind Farm located east of Fort Stockton, TX, in northeast Pecos County. The project is located north of Interstate 10, on the southeast edge of Big Mesa, approximately 10 miles northwest of Bakersfield on University Lands, in the northwest corner of Block 20; Section 3. The project was sponsored by Permian Environmental Services acting as agents of FPL Energy Pecos Wind I, LLC and FPL Energy Pecos Wind II, LLC and was authorized by Texas Antiquities Permit 8423 with Dr. …

Riverton Sw. - Tunstill Pod & Arroyo Bluff Pod 138-Kv Transmission Line Routes Reeves County, Texas, Kathryn M. Carter, Allen M. Rutherford, Molly A. Hall

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC is planning to construct the Riverton Sw. – Tunstill Point of Delivery (POD) and Arroyo Bluff POD 138-kV transmission line routes in Reeves County, Texas. Halff Associates, Inc., the routing consultant for Oncor, contracted with AR Consultants, Inc. to conduct an intensive pedestrian survey of the 6.57 miles of new 138-kV transmission line on private property. Survey was conducted June 4-6, 2018. Seventeen shovel tests were excavated near drainages, where buried deposits were expected, and two 15-m transects were walked within the 70-ft-wide survey corridor (approximately 54 acres).

Two archaeological sites were identified and recorded. …

Archeological Survey Of Part Of Classen-Steubing Park And Conservation Easement, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Eloise Frances Gadus

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In April 2018, personnel from Prewitt and Associates, Inc., conducted an intensive archeological survey of 120 acres of land associated with the proposed Classen-Steubing Park and conservation easement in north-central San Antonio, Texas, under Texas Antiquities Permit No. 8404. The park location is north of Loop 1604 and just west of U.S. Highway 281. The full park development will cover about 204 acres. The western 84 acres of this were included in lands surveyed in 2017 for the Classen-Steubing Master Development Project, leaving 120 acres to be covered by this survey.

The field investigations identified three prehistoric Native American archeological …

Intensive Archaeological Survey Of The Nacogdoches To Nacogdoches Se 138 Kv Transmission Line Improvements Project On Stephen F. Austin State University Land, Melanie Johnson, Kristin Morgan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC (Oncor) has contracted with HDR, Inc. (HDR) to conduct an intensive archaeological survey in advance of proposed improvements to the existing Nacogdoches to Nacogdoches SE 138 kV transmission line that runs through property owned by Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) (Figure 1). The proposed improvements would involve replacing 13 existing electric transmission structures with new structures. The replacement structures will be located within the existing Oncor right-of-way (ROW) that is approximately 100 feet (ft; 30.5 meters [m]) wide. Because SFASU is a state university, the proposed developments are required to be in compliance with …

Archeological Survey Of A Proposed Va Outpatient Clinic In The City Of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Heath Bentley, Joel Butler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report documents the results of an intensive archeological survey carried out in advance of construction of a proposed U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic on 25 privately-owned acres in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. The survey was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966. Archeologists from AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. (AmaTerra) visually inspected the entire Area of Potential Effects (APE) and excavated fourteen shovel tests in support of the survey. Approximately 13 acres of the APE were found to have been covered by large quantities of fill material on …

Archeological Survey Of The Proposed Sanger Outfall Pipeline Denton County, Texas, Cody S. Davis, Joy C. Tatem, Emily D. Goetschius

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The City of Sanger is proposing to construct the 3.06-kilometer-long Sanger Outfall Pipeline in Denton County, Texas. Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. contracted with AR Consultants, Inc. to survey a 100-foot-wide corridor along the proposed route. AR Consultants, Inc. hypothesized that there would be low potential for both prehistoric and historic cultural resources. These hypotheses were based on the location of the pipeline route in the narrow Ranger Branch floodplain and lack of mapped historic structures remaining in the project area. Fieldwork was conducted on May 31, 2018 under Texas Antiquities permit 8338, during which 19 shovel tests were excavated and …

Archeological Survey Of Proposed Va Outpatient Clinic In The City Of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, Amy M. Goldstein, Joel Butler

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

This report documents the results of an intensive archeological survey carried out in advance of construction of a proposed U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient clinic on 14 acres owned by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. The survey was conducted in compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas under Permit No. 8415. Archeologists from AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. (AmaTerra) visually inspected the entire Area of Potential Effects (APE) and excavated 7 shovel tests in support of the survey. No new archeological sites were discovered as a result of the survey and no artifacts were observed within the APE. …

Louetta Road Phase 1 Archeological Survey Harris County, Texas, August G. Costa, Michael Hogan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

From May 1st to of 2018, Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc., conducted an intensive pedestrian cultural resources survey of a project area (totaling approximately 21.8 acres) on both banks of Little Cypress Creek in northwestern Harris County, Texas. This project precedes anticipated development in the form of roadway, bridge, and detention basin construction sponsored by Harris County Precinct 3 (HCP3) and Precinct 4 (HCP4). This development will connect Louetta Road from its existing termini of Telge Road to the east and Stablewood Farms Drive to the west. Depth of impact due to construction within the project area is likely to be …

Intensive Archaeological Survey Of The Muenster To St. Jo 69 Kv Transmission Line Project In Muenster City Park, Melanie Johnson

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

Oncor Electric Delivery LLC (Oncor) has contracted HDR Engineering, Inc. (HDR) to conduct an intensive archaeological survey in advance of proposed improvements to the 0.06 mile (mi; 0.09 kilometer [km]) segment of the existing Muenster to St. Jo 69 kV transmission line that runs through Muenster City Park (Figure 1). Because the City of Muenster is a political subdivision of the State of Texas, the proposed developments are required to be in compliance with Chapter 191 of the Texas Natural Resources Code, also known as the Antiquities Code of Texas (13 TAC 26.12).

The proposed improvements will include replacing two …

Intensive Cultural Resources Survey Of The 8.9-Mile-Long Ranch Road 335 Fiber Optic Cable Extension Project, Edwards And Real Counties, Texas, Christina Nielsen, Jessica Ulmer

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Southwest Texas Telephone Company Inc. (SWTTC), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive cultural resources survey for the Ranch Road (RR) 335 Fiber Optic Cable Extension Project (Project) on state-owned lands in Edwards and Real Counties, Texas. The Project involves the installation of approximately 8.9 miles (14.3 kilometers [km]) of fiber optic telecommunication cable for SWTTC. Approximately 4.6 miles (7.4 km) of the cable will be installed within the right-of-way (ROW) of RR 335, and the remaining 4.3 miles (6.9 km) will be installed within private lands; portions of the line will be installed overhead, with the …

An Intensive Archaeological Survey Of The Proposed Buffalo To Hogan Project, Midland And Martin Counties, Texas, Kurt Dilores, C. Wesley Mattox

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

On behalf of Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent WestTex LLC, SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted an intensive archaeological survey of the proposed Buffalo to Hogan Project located on lands owned or maintained by the City of Midland, Texas in Martin and Midland counties. The overall project area includes 2.73 miles of pipeline construction within a 100-foot-wide corridor, for a total area of 33.09 acres. The project area lies approximately 16.9 km southeast of Rankin, Texas. All work was conducted under Texas Antiquities Permit Number 8412, as the project is located on lands owned or maintained by the City of Midland, Texas.

The …

Archaeological Monitoring Of Improvements To Building 652, Port Of San Antonio, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Nesta Anderson, Jacob Sullivan

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

At the request of the Port of San Antonio, Pape-Dawson conducted archaeological monitoring of the proposed flood improvements to Building 652 at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. These improvements consisted of construction of walls on the north, south, and west sides of the building to protect the structure from flooding episodes due to road surface run off. These walls are approximately 1,016 feet (ft) (310 meters [m]) in total length, 1 ft (0.30 m) in width, and 3 ft (1 m) in depth.

Since this project is located on land owned by the Port of San Antonio, …

Archaeological Survey Of The Los Rios Clubhouse Area Collin County, Texas, Molly A. Hall, Susan Allen Kline

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

The City of Plano is proposing to convert the Los Rios Golf Course and Country Club into a city park. For the first phase of the project, the city may choose to remove the clubhouse and associated physical facilities. The City of Plano contracted with AR Consultants, Inc. to conduct an archaeological survey of the 8.3-acre area surrounding the clubhouse and an architectural evaluation of the clubhouse. Of the 8.3 acres, six are paved or are the sites of buildings. The archaeological survey, which was conducted under the authority of Texas Antiquities Permit 8283, was conducted on January 12, 2018 …

Short Report On The Archeological Investigations For The Buttermilk Creek Stormwater Control Measures Project Travis County, Texas, Christopher Lamon

Index of Texas Archaeology: Open Access Gray Literature from the Lone Star State

In April of 2018, on behalf of the City of Austin (COA), Hicks & Company conducted an intensive archeological survey of 2.87 acres for the Buttermilk Creek Stormwater Control Measures Project located in east Austin, Travis County, Texas (Figure 1). The proposed project will entail the modification of the creek channel for a distance of approximately 1,000 feet from just east of Bethune Avenue to just east of Blessing Avenue. Proposed impacts will likely include a concrete weir structure with riser pipe for extended detention and localization bank stabilization measures of stacked boulders and planted soil lifts. Additionally, two weir …

A Preliminary Study Of Smithport Plain Bottle Morphology In The Southern Caddo Area, Robert Z. Selden Jr.

CRHR: Archaeology

This study expands upon a previous analysis of the Clarence H. Webb collection, which resulted in the identification of two discrete shapes used in the manufacture of the base and body of Smithport Plain bottles. The sample includes the Smithport Plain bottles from the Webb collection, and four new bottles: two previously repatriated specimens in the Pohler Collection, and two from the Mitchell site (41BW4) to test whether those specimens align morphologically with the Belcher Mound or Smithport Landing specimens. Results indicate significant allometry and a significant difference in Smithport Plain body and base shapes for bottles produced at the …

Faust, Burton Sherwood, 1898-1967 (Mss 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 620. Correspondence, research notes, drafts, photographs, reference works and bibliographic material of Burton S. Faust relating to his studies of the chemical, historical and cultural aspects of saltpetre and of spelean saltpetre mining in the United States.

“Let Us Stand Or Fall Together”: Hood’S Texas Brigade: An Interview With Dr. Susannah Ural, Ashley Whitehead Luskey

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

Over the course of this year, we’ll be interviewing some of the speakers from the upcoming 2018 CWI conference about their talks. Today we are speaking with Dr. Susannah Ural, Professor of History and Co-Director of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. A military historian and scholar of war and society, Ural’s work focuses on the experiences of soldiers and families in the U.S. Civil War era. She is the author of several books, including Don’t Hurry Me Down to Hades: The Civil War in the Words of Those Who …

Texas, War, And Empire: The American Empire In The Conquest And Annexation Of The Floridas And The American Southwest, Jon A. Welk

The Purdue Historian

Arguments surrounding American Imperialism focus heavily on the 1890s and after, but preceding actions by the United States in the process of continental expansion present an image of imperialism in the first half of the nineteenth century. This paper examines the annexation of Florida, Texas, and the rest of the American Southwest through the lens of Mexican-American relations and international imperial competition to determine whether the United States was exercising an imperial agenda between 1803 and 1848. It then reapplies pre-existing arguments on American imperialism by Frank Ninkovich, Thomas McCormick, Dane Kennedy, and others to the same 1803-1848 timeline as …

The Santa Fe Expedition’S Impact On Texas Annexation, Daniele Celano

The Purdue Historian

The American Southwest to this day conjures images of burly pioneers and freedom beyond the bounds of established civilization, a unique spirit that harkens back to the era of the Lone Star Republic of Texas. Not only was the state once its own sovereign nation, it gained independence from Mexico through raising a true civilian army compromised overwhelmingly of the classic frontiersmen, live-off-the-land Texan that made up the new nation’s population. While depictions of the quintessential Texan against the promotion of its vast lands ripe with unhindered opportunity drew masses of Americans to Texas, the propaganda hid a web of …

Design Plan For The Sawmill Town History Wing At The Texas Forestry Museum, Kendall D. Gay

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Texas Forestry Museum in Lufkin, Texas is the only forestry museum in the state. It preserves artifacts and educates visitors about Texas’ forest industry history. The museum has a Sawmill Town History Wing that is outdated and in need of a refreshing exhibit design based on current best practices. Using a previous museum audit as a guide, the new exhibit will have better flow, panel aesthetics, content, and interactive elements. By creating a new exhibit, the museum is better able to educate and entertain the visitors about Texas’ forest industry history.

Vance, Edward Richard, 1833-1902 (Mss 612), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 612. Correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs and family papers of Richard Vance, a Warren County, Kentucky native and U.S. Army officer. After his Civil War service, Vance spent his career at several posts in the South and on the frontier until his retirement in 1892.