Whether real or virtual, Texas has a great deal of landscape. The people at the library at the University of Texas at Austin know this quite well, and they have put together this delightful online archive of public domain documents that deal with various landscapes throughout the state. As the introductory essay on the site notes, "This suite of public domain documents was selected as a foundation to preserve and to widen access to early writings on the geology of Texas." Visitors can use the online search engine to look for specific materials, or they can peruse them via an alphabetical listing. All told, there are well over sixty full-text documents here, including geological study reports from the late 19th century, drought surveys, and extended treatises on the effectiveness of various road-building materials.
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