Record of Accounts (ca. 1850)

ID: 853 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

This file appears in: Barnard's Trading Post

Waco Village collection, Accession #2225, Box 1, Folder 3, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.

The location of Barnard’s Trading Post ensured that much of its trade came from Indians. This record shows some of the accounts at the trading post, such as that of Deaf Man, a Cherokee.

This file appears in: Barnard's Trading Post

Barnard's Trading Post

By Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas

During its decade of service, George Barnard’s branch of the Torrey Trading Posts served as one of the first commercial ventures in the Waco area. Transactions between white settlers and native…