Maps & More
The Smith County Historical Society offers a variety of maps, publications and other items for purchase!
Prices shown do not include the shipping & handling cost. After preparing your entire order, contact Smith County Historical Society via phone at 903-592-5993 or via e-mail to receive this additional amount. Any order sent that does not include payment for shipping & handling cannot be processed until it is received. All items available from the online store can also be purchased at our museum store, which will save you the shipping & handling cost.
Orders will be shipped via United States Postal Service. Insurance is an additional cost and is recommended, but not required. However, the Smith County Historical Society is not responsible for uninsured items lost or damaged during shipment.
Item # OT-0001
Title: A New Look At Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas 
Author: Randal B. Gilbert
Published: 2006
# of Pages: 25
Price: $15.00 (plus shipping & handling)
Description: This booklet, published by the Smith County Historical Society, contains the most up-to-date information available on Camp Ford, the largest Confederate prison camp west of the Mississippi River. The content covers everything from Camp Ford's beginnings as a training camp through its final days. Included throughout are photographs, drawings, lithographs, maps and tables.
Author Randal Gilbert is a native of Tyler and a graduate of Tyler public schools. He holds degrees in history and law from the University of Texas. He is a Tyler attorney long active in local historic preservation efforts, and a member of the Society.
Item # OT-0002
Title: A History of Baseball in Tyler 
Authors: Patrick Whitham and Brent Horton
# of Pages: 19
Price: $15.00 (plus shipping & handling)
Description: The contents of this booklet are a baseball-themed portion of the summer 1997 issue of Chronicles of Smith County, Texas, published by the Smith County Historical Society. The articles reproduced include A History of Minor League Baseball in Tyler 1912-1955, Tyler's Minor League Baseball Parks, The 1952 East Texas (a scrapbook), and The Renovation of Mike Carter Field.
Item # OT-0003
Title: Abstracts of the Smith County Probate Records 1846-1880 
Abstracted By: Andrew L. Leath
Published: 1984
Pages: 177
Price: $15.00 (plus shipping & handling)
Description: This volume attempts to abstract every probate case in Smith County between the county's organization in 1846 until 1880. An excellent index is included.
Andrew Leath was born in Tyler and is a graduate of Tyler public schools. He has been an active member of Smith County Historical Society since 1972 and has authored or edited many articles for the Society's publication Chronicles of Smith County, Texas.
Only limited quantities available!
Item # OT-0004
Title: LBJ, All the Way... 
Publisher: Lone Star Publishing
Published: 1962
# of Pages: 23
Price: $3.00 (plus shipping & handling)
Description: This original stock booklet takes a humorous, derogatory, comic book style look at the political life of Lyndon B. Johnson, before he became President of the United States. An interesting slanted political collectible!