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Youngland District

Description: Blueline print of survey map of Youngland District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Scrapbook page of photos and newspaper articles about Sam and Ora Davis

Description: Photograph of Sam R. Davis and his wife Ora Elizabeth McKinney Davis. They were early pioneers in Denton County. Photograph of the Davis Ranch House circa 1856. Three newspaper clippings regarding Mrs. Davis's death and funeral services, their wedding, and a picnic in Little Elm, Texas.
Date: 1856
Creator: Studer Photography Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Copy of Land Sale Documents]

Description: Copy of multiple documents for the sale of John and Sara Emberson's land. First document contains the Embersons' statement and the land sold to Charles B. Moore. Second document contains an affidavit for the Embersons' sale of land.
Date: March 1857
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Denton County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Denton County, Texas. Pilot Point is located on the Charles Smith Survey, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 31, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Cranston Pottery Jar]

Description: Pottery jar with a wide opening, glazed in a dark brown color, with a lighter or unglazed portion near the base. It is impressed just below the lip with the name "Cranston" and a paper label at the base says, "Cranston Pottery, Denton County, Texas, 1852-1875."
Date: [1852..1875]
Creator: Cranston Pottery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Range of the Thermometer at Denton: 1858

Description: Booklet containing information about the temperature, wind, and weather in Denton, Texas from July to December 1858. Otis G. Welch was the author and illustrator of this book. He recorded his observations at sunrise, noon, 3 p.m., and sunset. Mr. Welch also made notes about the wind, weather, and clouds. We debated about the artwork on the cover and - with the help of the staff of the Fort Worth Botanical Research Institute of Texas - decided that it is either a bent angle Curie Thermometer OR … more
Date: 1858?
Creator: Welch, Otis G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library
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