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Historic plaque - Founding of Colorado City

Description: Photograph of a historic marker in Colorado City. It reads: "The Founding of Colorado City. Founded, 1880, at the crossing of the Colorado River and Texas & Pacific Railroad right-of-way: central shipping point and supply depot for the sprawling cattle ranches of west Texas and New Mexico. From 1880 (when A. W. Dunn opened his dirt-floor. Tent-roof General Store) to 1890. The boisterous cattle town garnered notoriety as well as fame. The largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Colorad… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 32.391186910670385 -100.8678823017309
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a group of Texas Rangers in Valentine, Texas. Three of the men are sitting in a wagon pulled by horses, and the other three are riding horses. The first horse rider from the left is O. C. Dowe, Millie Wilson's husband.
Date: 1914
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of O. C. Dowe and Bootleggers]

Description: Photograph of O. C. Dowe standing in an open field next to two men with three jugs and a small barrel in front of them. A handwritten note on the front of the photo identifies Dowe, and indicates that the other men are bootleggers.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Homer Garrison with medal]

Description: Photo of Homer Garrison, Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, holding medal. Austin, Texas.
Date: July 2, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas Rangers for photographer]

Description: Photograph of a group of Texas Rangers posing in a group standing by some cars. A photographer in a white shirt stands to the right fiddling with his camera.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rangers]

Description: Photograph of five rangers lined up posing with a man in a white coat. A camera stands in the middle of the group and four of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ranger taking notes]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Ranger holding a notepad and a pen while speaking to another man. The ranger is wearing a uniform and a cowboy hat. The other man is wearing a short-sleeved button-up shirt and looking down at the ranger's notes.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rangers by cars]

Description: Photograph of some Texas Rangers standing by a few cars. One ranger is leaning on the hood of a car, pointing, and shouting.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ranger speaking to man]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Ranger holding a notepad and a pen while speaking to another man. The ranger is wearing a uniform and a cowboy hat. The other man is wearing a short-sleeved button-up shirt and looking down at the ranger's notes.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rangers gathered by cars]

Description: Photograph of a group of four Texas Rangers standing together and looking to the left as they stand next to some cars.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Rangers group]

Description: Photograph of a group of Texas Rangers posing with a man in a white coat standing next to a camera on a tripod. Most of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Dolly Parton and two men]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified person, Dolly Parton, and Jack Brown posing for the camera. They are all dressed in formal attire. There are other men standing in the back, and a door is visible behind them. There is an art piece in the back that reads "Texas Ranger" including an illustration.
Date: July 1974
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group portrait of Texas Rangers]

Description: Photograph of a group of Texas rangers. Each ranger is holding a rifle of their own. Identified on the back are Jim King, Bass Outlaw, Riley Boston, Charles Fusselman, -- Derbin, Ernest Rodgers, Charles Barton, Walter Jones, Bob Bell, Cal Aten, Captain frank Jones, Walter Durbin, JIm Robinson, and Frank Schmidt.
Date: 1932
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[William A. A. (Bigfoot) Wallace]

Description: Photograph of William A. A. (Bigfoot) Wallace, a famous Texas Ranger. He stands next to a low stone wall studio prop in front of a backdrop painted with a landscape. The back of the photograph provides a printed biography of him. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas Rangers in Laredo, Texas]

Description: Photograph of ten Texas Rangers, nine on horseback, and one on foot to the right. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "A. J. Sowell with the + mark over head. Taken at Laredo while in the Ranger service under Capt. J. J. Sanders, 1911. Capt Sanders on right with chimney in back where + is marked."
Date: 1911
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Roy W. Aldrich]

Description: Photograph of Roy W. Aldrich, a longtime Texas Ranger, sitting in an armchair while reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
Date: 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of Texas Ranger Station at Pan American Exposition]

Description: Photograph of a long, log cabin with two stone chimneys, an elevated portion in the back left, and three-dimensional letters spelling "Texas Rangers" on the roof. Three people stand on the long front porch, one of whom is looking out at the narrow lawn in front of the cabin. Among the bushes and trees scattered around the lawn, there is a statue of a cowboy, surrounded by a low rail, on the right side of the lawn, and a pathway on the left, leading down from the house to the street. On the stre… more
Date: 1937
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Men and women kneeling around a stone]

Description: Photographic print of nine men and women kneeling around a stone with "D. Rugeley" painted on it in white. Another women is standing partially out of the frame at the left. According to a paper taped to the back of the image, the picture was probably taken at the site where John DeForest Rugeley was killed (Sept. 1862) at Woodbury, TN during the Civil War. Rugeley was in Co. B of Terry's Texas Rangers and was from Matagorda County. Rugeley's sister Minnie married Col. Philip E. Peareson and… more
Date: 1905
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Texas Ranger Captain Joe Shely and wife, Mary Shely

Description: Photograph of Captain Joe and Mrs. Mary Shely, posed for a cabinet portrait, studio in Corpus Christi, Texas. The photo shows the couple from mid-chest up. Their heads are tilted together. Captain Shely has a bushy mustache and well-trimmed, dark hair. Mrs. Shely has tightly curled, dark hair. She is wearing a dark pleated dress or blouse with a broach at the neck. Captain Shely is wearing a dark suit with something other than a tie at the neck, possibly an ascot, with a white shirt collar. His… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Woman Placing Flowers at Marker]

Description: Photograph of a woman in a patterned dress placing flowers on the ground in front of a Texas historical marker about Texas Ranger Captain Will Wright in Wilson County, Texas. A crowd of women and children stand in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

[Texas Ranger Captains]

Description: Four men standing behind a seated man on a porch. Back reads: "Texas Ranger Captains. Seated: Captain Dan Roberts. Standing L to R: Captain J. A. Brooks, Adjutant General W. W. Sterling, former Ranger Captain Frank A Hamer and Captain John R. Hughes."
Date: August 30, 1932
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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