The Handbook of Texas: Past and Future

J. Kent Calder Digital Frontiers Conference

September 21, 2012

“First in point of actual need is a Handbook of Texas History…. Such a work as this would be cooperative; it would require the assistance of every scholar in practically every field of study in Texas…. It would be indispensable to every editor, reporter, library, scholar, and teacher in Texas. It would be necessary for every library in the world that made any claim to being a working library. It would set the standard for spelling and pronunciation, and furnish the starting point of every investigation of things pertaining to Texas history.” Walter Prescott Webb, “A Program for Texas History,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 1(1939): 102.

Page Title Pageviews Unique Pageviews

CROCKETT, DAVID 31,192 26,048

TEXAS REVOLUTION 28,592 21,921

HOUSTON, SAMUEL 24,640 19,567

AUSTIN, STEPHEN FULLER 21,294 16,503

BOWIE, JAMES 19,354 15,294

PROSTITUTION 16,360 15,523

OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 16,241 13,854

ALAMO, BATTLE OF THE 16,013 12,066

CATTLE BRANDS 15,605 12,236

MINERAL RESOURCES AND MINING 15,523 13,555

ANGLO-AMERICAN COLONIZATION 13,907 11,834

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS 13,793 11,427

TEXAS STATE PENITENTIARY AT HUNTSVILLE 13,443 10,948

KARANKAWA INDIANS 13,386 10,676

TRAVIS, WILLIAM BARRET 12,980 10,243

CIVIL WAR 12,961 10,193

ANDERSON COUNTY 12,394 9,967

COMANCHE INDIANS 11,872 9,740

LAW OF APRIL 6, 1830 11,697 9,410

JUMANO INDIANS 11,686 8,857

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/far44

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