The Taproot Project
We’re digitizing the root documents of Texas history. The more we know, the stronger we are. We refute emotion-driven history with the facts, and then we cite our sources. Taproot puts the sources at your fingertips, no matter where you are.
Papers of the Texas Revolution
Nine volumes of Papers of the Texas Revolution + index.
Texas Indian Papers (1825-1916)
The five volume set of Indian Papers of Texas, 1825-1916
The Writings of Sam Houston 1813-1863
The eight-volume Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863.
The Papers of Mirabeau B. Lamar
The collected writings of the second president of the Republic of Texas, as well as the historical data he collected and notes he made about history. All six volumes of the Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar.
History of Spanish & Mexican Texas
The full text of Carlos Castañeda’s 7-volume Our Catholic Heritage,. the best guide to three centuries of Spanish and Mexican Texas. Embracing 92 early expeditions to and 50 missions in early Texas, Castanñda’s work exposed the hustle and bustle of this place in the 16th-19th centuries.
Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution
Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution - Texian army, volunteers and militia.