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Welder Family Members in Early Bee County

Description: Photograph of members of the Welder Family. Included in the picture are Louisa Welder, her daughter Mrs. Mary O’Connor along with Henry Welder, Jim O’Connor, and Chrys Wood. In 1874 Tom Welder, son of Thomas and Louisa Welder of Refugio Co., moved to Bee County and took up ranching. He drove horses, mules, and cattle to Louisiana and Kansas, and was a rancher his entire life. He served as Bee County Commissioner for twenty-two years and was Vice President of the Beeville Bank and Trust. Oth… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[News Script: Briscoe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas governor Dolph Briscoe's private two-engine airplane which blew an oil line and was forced to make an emergency landing at a naval air station near Beeville.
Date: May 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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