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Baxter https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image07.jpg Esther Weightman Yeamans Baxter https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image50.png https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image51.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image48.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image30.png?v=20d9cefe https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image57.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image18.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image26.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image29.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image53.jpg Baxter's Republic of Texas Bastrop Bounty https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image58.png https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image30.png?v=20d9cefe https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image59.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image32.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery03/4222a5e8.jpg William Baxter School https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery03/0b7a6c11.jpg Chronicle of the Times (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Monday, January 28, 1856, newspaper, January 28, 1856; Matagorda, Texas. https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery03/4337fd6a.jpg Justice Of the Peace Citation Notice. 1856 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery03/1dc9477e.jpg Cushing, E. H. The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1862, newspaper, May 21, 1862; Houston, Texas. 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Baxter Smooth crop right & dangle left ear Mar 27, 1873 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/4b59426f.jpg Henry Baxter - Apr 2, 1852 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/d12b9fcc.jpg Henry Baxter - Apr 2, 1852 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/653651e6.jpg Lizzie A. Baxter - Dec 13, 1871 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/6ba8e9b4.jpg Josephine M. Baxter / Ann E. Baxter: Swallow fork in the left ear and a drop in the right ear Aug 10, 1861 relinquished to Ann E. Baxter - May 19, 1868. https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/a3cc5922.jpg Paul Baxter - Nov 24, 1864 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/2f298209.jpg Silas D. Baxter https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/f093b9c5.jpg Elias Baxter - Jul 3, 1855 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/e719314f.jpg William Baxter, Jr. - Jul 3, 1855 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery01/5b543f7c.jpg William H. Baxter: Feb 18, 1859 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image02.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image23.png https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image39.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image64.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image69.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image70.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image75.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image31.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image22.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/dd81b8d1.jpg Survey of the Town of Matagorda, Texas. Published 1838 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/e5b3b815.jpg Stephen F. Austin's Island https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/567f4010.jpg [James Selkirk's 1839 Map of Matagorda County](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/4855-a-map-of-matagorda-bay-and-county-with-the-adjacent-county-general-map-collection) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/fddeaed4.jpg 1840 - Plan of Matagorda and Lavaca Bay, by Fisher Ames Fisher via [Heritage Auctions](https://tinyurl.com/baxterisland) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/abb36d22.jpg [Matagorda Texas - 1839 John G. Clead](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/3844-map-of-matagorda-county-general-map-collection) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/f40a9e6e.jpg 1863: [Showing Points of Texas Coastal Occupation Under Maj. Gen N.P. BANKS](https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4032c.cw0447000/) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/2fed28a8.jpg 1864:William Von Rosenberg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/796e6a61.jpg [1879 Map of Matagorda County, Texas. Held at the General Land Office - Walsh, W. C. (William C.)](https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4033m.la001070/?r=-0.276,0.041,1.195,0.72,0) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/c999c06f.jpg [Appell, P. F. Matagorda County, map, 1896](https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88808/m1/1/?q=matagorda) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/063c7ced.jpg [1896 Texas General Land Office P.F. Appell (Draftsman)](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/5082-matagorda-county-general-map-collection) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/2f36d702.jpg Matagorda 1929, US Army Corps of Engineers https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/58d86279.jpg [1933 Matagorda, Texas - GLO](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/69990-texas-matagorda-bay-matagorda-general-map-collection) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/8547154d.jpg [1936 - Baxter Island and accretions on Lower Colorado River, Matagorda County, Texas. John F. Rother (Surveyor/Engineer)](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/6691-matagorda-county-rolled-sketch-29-general-map-collection) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/26880e67.jpg [1939 Texas State Highway Department (Publisher)](https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/79188-general-highway-map-matagorda-county-texas-texas-state-library-and-archives) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/48e26710.jpg 1940 https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/beaa51f1.jpg 1945 Conrad M. Blucher (Surveyor/Engineer) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/aec847d5.jpg [Gulf Oil Corp. FishGuide, Matagorda: 1950](https://theantiquarium.com/cdn/shop/products/GulfOilCorp.MatagordaFishGuidec.1940.jpg?v=1654189945) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery04/fce03bba.jpg [Gulf Oil Corp. 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Wightman's Surveying Compass https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery05/afb1e53c.jpg Town of Matagorda Lot/Block Certificate Signed. https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery05/8f50dfc0.jpg This note was issued in 1840 and is the only example of this design that we are aware of today. This $2 note has interesting vignettes of a youth on horseback, a sailing ship, and a maiden standing in front of what appears to be a hybrid Texas flag https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery05/0c990df2.jpg Two Dollars Matagorda County Issued https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/gallery05/08beae36.jpg [Stephen F. Austin Signed Texian Loan Certificate](https://historical.ha.com/itm/autographs/statesmen/stephen-f-austin-signed-texian-loan-certificate/p/6316-11001.s?ic16=ViewItem-Auction-Open-MostPopular-Thumbnail-112917#auction-description) https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image46.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image28.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image05.jpg 1839 - A Map of Matagorda Bay and adjacent county by William Selkirk https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image08.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image20.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image44.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image56.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image14.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image37.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image21.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image24.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image55.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image36.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image43.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image42.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image13.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image38.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image12.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image17.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image27.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image09.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image15.jpg https://baxterisland.com/assets/images/image06.svg https://baxterisland.com/assets/videos/video02.mp4.jpg Video02 Uploaded video. https://baxterisland.com/assets/videos/video02.mp4 https://baxterisland.com/assets/videos/video01.mp4.jpg Video01 Uploaded video. https://baxterisland.com/assets/videos/video01.mp4