Victoria Regional History Center

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Victoria Regional History Center
3006 N. Ben Wilson
Victoria, TX 77901

Hours

By appointment only at this time
Please call 361-570-4169
or Send email

It is best to plan ahead...
Many materials are stored off-site.

John L. Jarratt Collection

Pertaining to The LaSalle Expedition and Fort Saint Louis

History of Expedition
Site Maps and Description
Potential Artifacts
Correspondence
Articles in the Victoria Advocate regarding La Salle

History of Expedition

Site Maps and Description

Potential Artifacts

Salle Cross
Keeran Site: Artifacts lists
Table 1 - Ceramics
Table 2 - Glass
Table 3 - Lithics (analysis by Gerald Humphreys)
Table 4 - Building Material including Tools
Table 5 - European Weapons and Accessories
Table 6 - Miscellaneous
Table 7 - Household Items
Table 8 - Bone and Shell
Table 9 - Raw and Miscellaneous Materials
Partial list of goods and cargo lost with the L'Aimable, 1685
Inventory left in charge of Joutel, 1685

Jacob's staff or brass rod (includes map)(1966)
Old sailing ship anchor pulled out of Lavaca Bay

Correspondence

From Jarratt to Michel Gaumond (Chef de Service d'Archeologie, Institute National de la Civilization, Hotel du Government, Quebec, Canada)
28 May 1968
23 June 1968
1 August 1968
From Michel Gaumond
17 June 1968
9 July 1968
4 September 1968