25 Matching Results

Search Results

Fort Stockton, Texas.

Description: Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Jeff Davis, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, and Presidio counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, ranch owners, landmarks, windmills, water sources, oil and gas fields, and other notable physical features. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1967
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Wooden Cross]

Description: This cross is wooden and a generic shape except that the base widens to 4 cm from 1 cm at the top. One side has a dark line in the natural pattern of the wood. The accompanying card has a printed note, "This cross hand carved of oak from the original cowboy's hitching post or mens prayer tree, Bloy's Cowboy Camp Meeting" and has a handwritten note on the back: "8-18-68. Carved by John Wilson, Pyote, Texas 79777."
Date: 1968~
Creator: Wilson, John
Partner: Marfa Public Library
captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations, 1961]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays, parades, road trips, and family vacations. The film begins with the family on Christmas morning (0:00-03:49) and a Christmas parade featuring floats related to nursery rhymes and fairy tales, drill teams, a beauty queen, and KRLD-TV Channel 4 television personality and star of "Party Time" Officer Friendly and his puppet Jimmy the Duck (03:49-06:54). The family then poses in front of a house (06… more
Date: 1961
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Cochran, Jay
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Fort Davis Photo Album]

Description: Album of various images taken during the 1890s in the Fort Davis, Texas area, with handwritten identifications and notes. Most of the images are of the landscape in the area, as well as people and some buildings. A handwritten letter at the front identifies this as a Christmas gift for "Papa Carpenter" from Billie, Lee, and David. The album cover is red with a decorative gold pattern around the edges and the word "SNAPS" printed in the center.
Date: 1962~
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail

Fort Davis Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1961
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 30.75 -103.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pecos

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1964
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.50 -103.00
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Van Horn

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1964
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 31.50 -105.00
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Marfa

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1965
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: 30.50 -105.00
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fort Stockton

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1965
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Location: 30.50 -103.00
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Historic Marker Application: Union Mercantile]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Union Mercantile, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Historic Marker Application: Fort Davis United Methodist Church]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Fort Davis United Methodist Church, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1967
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Adobe Building with a Collapsed Roof]

Description: Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."
Date: 1961
Partner: Fort Davis Overland Trail
Back to Top of Screen