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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Crouch, Jim L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil map, Texas, Bowie County sheet.

Description: Map shows soil composition, roads, railroads, layout of the city of Texarkana, structures, schools, stores, bridges, and notable physical features. Scale [ca. 1:63,360].
Date: 1918
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Train Engine #902 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "902" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the front. Buildings can be seen in the background on either side. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Mar. 1932."
Date: March 1932
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #668 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #668 and an attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "668" is visible on the engine. Electrical poles line the grass on the left side of the tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "(Near) Texarkana, Texas Aug 1937 (Vegetable Block)."
Date: August 1937
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #902 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #902 and attached car, viewed from a front side angle. "902" is visible on the front of the engine. Smoke billows up from the front chimney. A building stands just to the right behind, others in the background on the left. Poles stand above and on either side of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1949 - 'Eagle Train.'"
Date: 1949
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #700 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #700 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "700" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Another train sits on the tracks behind to the right. A water tower stands in the background on the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Aug 1st 1933."
Date: August 1, 1933
Creator: Monypeny, William
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #903 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of train engine #903 and attached car, viewed from a front side angle. "903" is visible on the front of the engine and the side of the car, along with "Texas & Pacific." Men work alongside the train. Poles connect from the building behind and stand on either side of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Sept. 1947."
Date: September 1947
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #908 and Car - Texarkana, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "908" and "Texas & Pacific" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay in front. A building sits in the background on the left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana Texas Sept 4 1949."
Date: September 4, 1949
Creator: Chelf, H. E.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #649 and Car]

Description: Photograph of a train engine and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "649" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay to the right. Train engine #537 can be seen in the background right, a high-rise building behind it in the distance. Smoke fills the air. Two people stand in the background left. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engines #900 and #5311]

Description: Photograph of train engines #603 and #5311, viewed from the front. "603" and "5311" are visible on the front of the engines. Another train sits to the right. Poles connect above and stand on either side of the trains. Buildings are visible behind the trains in the distance. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1948."
Date: 1948
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #661 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #661 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "661" is visible on the front of the engine. The train sits under raised railway signals. A wall sits off to the right in the background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas 1949."
Date: 1949
Creator: Plummer, R. S.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #663 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #663 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "663" is visible on the front of the engine. Additional tracks lay in front. Other trains sit on the tracks to the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Mar 1938."
Date: March 1938
Creator: Vollrath, H. K.
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #908 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #908 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "Texas & Pacific" and "908" are visible on the side. Wires run between poles on either side of the train. Buildings stand in the background on the left and right. Handwritten text below the image says, "Texarkana, Texas Nov 24th 1946."
Date: November 24, 1946
Creator: Treptow, Russ
Partner: The Grace Museum
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