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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle guard to prevent animals from going on railroad tracks by installing plates which grate and rock if an animal steps on them to scare the animals away from the tracks.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Herring, Henry H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 45, July 1941 - April, 1942

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 401.
Date: 1942
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 48, July 1944 - April, 1945

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 607.
Date: 1945
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 679.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Young Boy Tightening a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy tightening a railroad spike that has been driven into the wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him to hold the end of the long-handled wrench that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Driving a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy driving a railroad spike into the track's wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him with the hammer that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Railroad Spike Driving]

Description: Photograph of railroad spike driving demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wielding a pick-axe leans over a railroad section constructed inside the festival. Festival participants stand around the railroad section, watching him drive the spike into the wood.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

City of San Antonio, Texas, 1889.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century San Antonio, Texas street names, railroads, parks, public institutions, and cemeteries; lot numbers, districts; bullseye circles at half-mile increments. Scale [ca. 1:15,840].
Date: 1889
Creator: J. J. Olsen & Son
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Railroad Spike Driving at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a railroad spike driving demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, one man has a large pick-axe raised in the air, as if he is about to bring the weight down onto the spike. Several people are standing behind him watching. The event was sponsored by the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Map of San Antonio and additions.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century San Antonio, Texas street names, railroads, neighborhoods, parks, country clubs, cemeteries, and some buildings, institutions, and businesses. Includes index. Scale not given.
Date: 1909
Creator: Appler, Jules A.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[News Script: Texaco coastal states]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the justice department which filed an anti- trust suit against Texaco incorporated and an independent refinery which has recently made news by forcing energy crises in San Antonio and Austin.
Date: June 12, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Energy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a hearing which was conducted by the Texas railroad commission which promises a swift decision in a dispute between municipal power plants and industrial users of natural gas.
Date: June 13, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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