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Website -- The Portal to Texas History is operated by the UNT Libraries, and provides free online access to Texas historical materials to millions of users a year. The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials.

Video -- This episode of the History Channel series aggressively deconstructs the Alamo myths, employing new research to present a clearer picture of the events surrounding the standoff between Mexican general Santa Anna's troops and a band of Tejano and Anglo-Texan volunteers.

Video -- This streaming video presents two episodes from the History Channel series; one about Davy Crockett and the other about the Texas Rangers.

Video -- This installment from the informative series Wild West Tech takes an in-depth look at the levels of innovation, technology, and weapons used at the legendary battle of the Alamo.

Video -- This A&E television special discusses American frontier pioneers' last defense against death in the wilderness.

Video -- Stephen F. Austin formed the Texas Rangers in 1826 to protect American settlers in the Texas territory. Later, the Rangers turned to upholding the law. This is their story.

Website -- This is a student-created Slideshare presentation.

E-book -- LBJ and Grassroots Federalism: Congressman Bob Poage, Race, and Change in Texas reveals the local ramifications of federal policy.

Website -- Compare all 6 state constitutions of Texas as well as the Constitution of the Republic of Texas.

Website -- The complete text of the state constitution is available online through the State of Texas website.

Website -- Tarlton Law Library guide to the many versions of the many constitutions of Texas as a state and nation.

Website -- A side-by-side comparison of the Constitution of Texas and the United States Constitution.

E-book -- This comparative study of American state constitutions offers insightful overviews of the general and specific problems that have confronted America's constitution writers since the founding.

Website -- Register to vote in Texas.

E-book -- The events of 2003 in Texas were important to the political history of this country. Congressman Tom DeLay led a Republican effort to gerrymander the state's thirty-two congressional districts to defeat all ten of the Anglo Democratic incumbents and to elect more Republicans; Democratic state lawmakers fled the state in an effort to defeat the plan.