El Capote Ranch:
An Inventory of Its Records, 1830-1917 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator | El Capote Ranch (Tex.) | |
| Title: | El Capote Ranch Collection, | |
| Dates: | 1830-1917 and undated | |
| Abstract: | Records and activities of El Capote Ranch in Gonzales County, Texas. | |
| Collection # | S 1000.1 | |
| Quantity: | 1 box (0.3 linear feet) | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
Biographical Sketch
The Capote Ranch refers to Jose de la Baume's ranch originally located 45 miles northeast of San Antonio. Jose, a French immigrant, had built a log cabin which was later relocated and restored at the Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas, in 1975. It was provided by Wallace and Maurice Harrell of the Harrell Cattle Company.
Located in South Texas, Gonzales County was created in 1836 and organized in 1837. It was named after Coahuila y Texas Governor Rafael Gonzales. Its county seat is Gonzales. The area was among the first to be settled by an Anglo-American settlement known as the DeWitt Colony late in the 1820s. It main economy is agribusiness.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photocopied probate records (1840-1847) from Gonzales County, Texas, which detail properties and their values from several wills, photocopied abstracts (1845-1917) dealing with the six leagues of land known as the El Capote Ranch in Gonzales County, photocopies of correspondence, financial records, diaries, and maps to the El Capote Ranch.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms |
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed. | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Harrell, Wallace | ||
| Baume, Jose de la | ||
| Places | ||
| Capote Farm | ||
| El Capote Ranch (Tex.) | ||
| DeWitt Colony (Tex.) | ||
| Gonzales County (Tex.) | ||
Related Material
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
El Capote Ranch Records, 1830-1917 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection Accession number(s):
98-0298-B and unknown
Gifts, 1998
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, August 1998.
Additional Sources
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Moellering, Arwerd Max. A History of Guadalupe County, Texas. Thesis (M.A.), University of Texas, 1938. |
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Carlson, Paul H.Inventory of County Records, Guadalupe County Courthouse, Seguin, Texas. Austin, Texas: Archives Division of Texas State Library, 1979. |
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Collection Inventory
Correspondence |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Personal, 1845-1913 and undated | |||||||||||
Financial Documents |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Promissory Notes, 1872-1883 | |||||||||||
Legal Documents |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Abstracts to Capote Farm, 1845-1917 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Deed Records, 1844-1877 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Land Grants, 1844-1899 and undated | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Probate Records of Gonzales County, Texas, 1840-1845 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Will, 1834 | ||||||||||||
Literary Production |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Biographical Material and Field Notes, 1830-1879 and undated | |||||||||||
| 9 | Diaries and Account Books, 1862-1863 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Journal, 1854 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Untitled Typescript, undated | ||||||||||||
Scrapbook Material |
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| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Maps, undated | |||||||||||