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Map of Texas

Reprint of atlas map of the state of Texas with regions or counties outlined with color. Map includes two inset maps: "Plan of Galveston Bay from a M.S." and map of the Western United States, Texas, and Mexico. Cartouche includes two seals, one of the Republic of Texas and the second of the General Land Office, Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:2,661,120

Date: August 1, 1960

Creator: Arrowsmith, John

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Ann Whitney Memorial

Photograph of a memorial for Ann Whitney. It says, "In Memory of Ann Whitney. Born in Massachusetts about 1835, massacred by Comanche Indians, July 9, 1867 while protecting her pupils. Miss Whitney's grave is located 5 blocks north in the Graves-Gentry Cemetery. School was located 7 miles northeast of Hamilton on the Juan de la Garza Survey. Sponsored by Hamilton Kiwanis Club, 1858. Donated by Riley-Gardner Memorial Service Co.

Date: March 1, 2006

Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.70380003576961 -98.12389999999999

Partner: UNT Libraries

[News Script: Chief]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Comanche Chief George Watche-taker performing a rain dance in Wichita Falls.

Date: May 1, 1971, 10:00 p.m.

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.

Date: July 1, 1891

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Denton Public Library