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Historic Plaque, Shackelford County

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque in Albany, Texas. It reads: "Shackelford County. First inhabited by nomadic Indian tribes, Shackelford County was created in 1858 and named for Dr. John Shackelford (1790-1857). The first permanent Anglo-American settlers in this area included J. C. Lynch (1828-1912), a native of Ireland who moved here in 1858; W. H. Ledbetter (1833-84), who arrived in 1859 and later started the Ledbetter Salt Works; T. E. Jackson (b.1820), a merchant who settled in the northern … more
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Oral History Interview with Don Eugene Lock, September 14, 2000

Description: Interview with Don Eugene Lock, a rancher and pressman from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes his stories of growing up on ranches, working for the Mountain Sun newspaper for 35 years, and eventually owning his own ranch.
Date: September 14, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Lock, Don Eugene; Snodgrass, Clarabelle & Bethel, Ann
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[News Script: Murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Texas law officers who continue their probe of the murders of a man and a woman whose decomposed bodies were found off a highway in the Lredo area.
Date: February 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cattle Stanchion

Description: Patent for a cheap and simply constructed cattle stanchions. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1903
Creator: Reck, Emile & Reck, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Self Heating Branding Iron.

Description: Patent for a self heating branding iron, which allows for branding irons to be easily attached and detached from portable sources of fuel.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Lowe, Marvel Avander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Design for Horseshoe.

Description: Design patent for horseshoe with the flat lips projecting upwardly from the outer edge of the shoe and inwardly toward the center.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Cooper, William M. & Cates, John Wesley
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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