Title:
Button, musket balls
Description:
Eagle I Button and two small musket balls from the vicinity of Torrey's trading post.
Description:
Historical Note: The firm of Torrey and Brothers, owned by brothers John F., David K. and Thomas S. Torrey, traded widely with the Indians for about ten years, from the time of John Torrey's arrival in Houston in 1838. In 1848, the Torreys sold the major trading house to George Barnard. The Torreys' trading activities were a vital part of Sam Houston's peace policy and acted as a civilizing agent for the Indians. The first frame house was built in Houston and was used as a trading post and supply center for their other posts. The Torreys operated a trading house on the Bosque River in 1842 and established houses at Austin, San Antonio (1844), New Braunfels (1845), and Fredericksburg. A branch store operated on the Navasota River in 1843, and, at President Sam Houston's request, the firm opened a branch at the falls of the Brazos. The Brazos post, on Tehuacana Creek in McLennan County, had a near monopoly of the Texas Indian trade.
Identifier:
ATF0048
Item identifier:
ATF0048
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date range of creation:
1860 to 1865
Source:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1990/129
Container information:
Artifact Box 0033
Subject:
Torrey and Brothers
Subject:
Torrey, John F., 1817-1893
Subject:
Torrey, David Kilburn, 1815-1849
Type:
Image
Type:
Ammunition
Type:
Status Symbols
Type:
Ball, Musket
Type:
Button, Military
Medium:
Metal
Medium:
Stone (worked rock)
Citation information:
ATF0048, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
button: 0.6 in x 0.1 in; musket balls: 0.5 in diameter