Land grants, schools, towns, use of water. Sources of information: Bexar archives, Nacogdoches archives, State Library archives, U. S. Geological Survey.

SCHOOLS: beginnings of secular, church, Masonic schools in the state, 1828-1940; Nacogdoches and other East Texas areas; List of schools in Texas; blotter copy of minutes of Board of Trustees of Nacogdoches University.

TOWNS: ghost towns and posts, especially in East Texas; Smugglers' Road.

LAND grants and orders to survey the borders of the Trinity River and select place to establish a settlement of 50 families and a mission.

WATER supply: sources, irrigation, law suits re use, government surveys (1762), decisions on availability & use for business and for families, for East Texas and rest of state, especially San Antonio.