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The Leakey Leader, Volume 6. No. 31

Description: An issue of The Leakey Leader, Volume 6. No. 31. Leakey (pronounced Lake-y), Texas, dated Friday, July 13, 1934. Includes an article titled "Leakey's Barbecue Grand Success 13 Counties Here, a Live Meeting and No. 4 Is To Be Secured". An article regarding a campaign to build Texas Highway 4 in which T. N. Carswell is mentioned as one of the speakers: "About the livest speaker was that man Carswell from Abilene. He didn't fail to shoot 'straight from the shoulder' either." Other articles in… more
Date: July 13, 1934
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Texas Weather New Top]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of turbulent weather which continues along the upper Texas coast while other storms that roamed the Panhandle-Plains during the night are dying down.
Date: August 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Leakey]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a plane crash in Leakey, Texas.
Date: November 8, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Missing Plane]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a missing plane in Leakey, Texas.
Date: November 8, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, August 3, 2000

Description: Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.
Date: August 3, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Sieker, Robert Edward
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999

Description: Interview with Ross Snodgrass, ranche rfrom Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Snodgrass discusses his family's move to the area in the mid-1800s, as well as their ranching history. He talks about his own experience as a rancher, raising and training animals, surviving droughts (and anthrax), roping, and more. Mr. Snodgrass also tells stories about the "Whippoorwill" band he and his wife, Clarabelle Snodgrass, started after marrying in 1933. The transcript includes a few comments by his wife.
Date: June 13, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Ross
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for the improvement of existing rail joints by creating a tie or bond at the end of rails to allow them to lock together. The improved rail joint will make the use of bolts and nuts, or other connectors unnecessary when connecting rails.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Ryan, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

W. B. Patterson

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, cattle and sheep illustration, and business name. Letterhead text reads: "Also Dealer in General Merchandise."
Date: 1892
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Stack Former and Protector.

Description: Patent for an invention "to provide a device of this character by means of which a hay, straw, or other kind of a stack may be formed and while being formed may be protected from rains" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
Date: August 12, 1902
Creator: Stipp, Edwin M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Description: Patent for an improved rail joint that doesn't need bolts.
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Ryan, George R. & Ryan, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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