AMHERST, N.H.- RR Auction, an Amherst, NH-based company, presents some of the finest examples of the true history, lore & culture of the great American frontier from its early beginnings , in a Texas & Western Artifacts auction in November 2011. This special offering will feature nearly 250 items that are a unique blend of signed material, historic documents and memorabilia—that span The Battle of the Alamo, The Road to Texas Independence, The Battle of Little Big Horn and beyond—that ultimately shed new light on details behind how the West was won.

Among the museum-quality pieces to be featured : William B. Travis prepares to mount his final stand: A receipt for Six Hundred & Eighty two feet of Walnut Scantling to be used as platforms for cannons that was written by William B. Travis. The receipt describes how the Texan Alamo defenders planned for Santa Anna’s anticipated attack and constructed the mission’s legendary defenses. Herein the essential significance of the document that without the necessary building materials, the entire narrative of the Alamo– both of fact and of legend– might have turned out quite differently. No building materials would have meant no platforms. Without platforms, Travis would not have been able to have made the most of his tactical advantage in what has become the most important symbol of Texan independence.

In another receipt, Travis receives lead and gun powder in the final shipment to the Alamo three days prior to Santa Anna's arrival in San Antonio.

“These are possibly the finest Alamo documents to be offered for public sale in perhaps a generation,” says Bobby Livingston, VP of Sales and Marketing with RR Auction. The Travis receipts come from a Waco, TX collector Robert E. Davis, whose one-of-a-kind collection comprises much of the this very special auction.

Other notables include: Santa Anna’s field commands, revealing "war of termination" for the Alamo. Historic one-of-a-kind field commands, or order book, in Spanish, being a file copy of the commands issued by Santa Anna to Major General Vincente Filisola during the Texas Revolution.

Santa Anna’s highly detailed battle map, captured with him at San Jacinto. An absolutely amazing hand-drawn map of the fortifications of Zacatecas, that was with Santa Ana on his rampage and was perhaps instrumental in his overwhelming victory.

General George A. Custer’s Cavalry Sword. Possession of this sword was first transferred to the 7th Cavalry commander's eldest brother, Nevin. A subsequent prior owner was Dr. Lawrence A Frost, who developed an appreciation for the slain general in the late 1930s when he began to assemble a significant collection of Custer artifacts. Dr. Frost also published 13 books, most of them monographs about the cavalry commander.

An Historic Colt Revolver awarded for participation in the recovery of Cynthia Ann Parkerat Pease River . Captain Sul Ross of the Texas Rangers awarded this Colt to one of his men after successfully recovering Cynthia Ann Parker during the Battle of Pease River on December 17, 1860. Parker had been taken captive on May 19, 1836 by a large force of perhaps 500 Comanche warriors who attacked Fort Parker in East Central Texas.

Other documents and notables include: An extremely scarce James Bowie, Benjamin Milam, Bat Masterson, Ben McCulloch and more.

All items are part of special Texas & Western Autograph & Artifact Auction from November 10-17, by New Hampshire based RR Auction.