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Historic plaque - Nolan County

Photograph of a historic plaque in Sweetwater, Texas. It reads: "Nomadic Indians crossed this region before Anglo-American pioneers arrived here in the 1870s. The first settlers were buffalo hunters such as I. S. (Tuck) Focht, who later became a rancher and businessman, and cattlemen such as Confederate veteran John R. Lewis. Created in 1876, Nolan County was one of 54 counties carved from Bexar Territory. It was named for Philip Nolan (1771 - 1801), an Irish-born adventurer who came to Texas t… more

Date: August 7, 2005

Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.4725756608101 -100.40798283832049

Partner: UNT Libraries

Map of Nolan County [Texas].

Map shows land tracts, block and tract numbers, landowners, land patents, towns, and railroad grants; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:66,667].

Date: 1903

Creator: Texas. General Land Office.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sketch Showing Proposed Spur for Unloading Aviation Gasoline, M. P. 452.16, Main Line Western Division, near Sweetwater, Texas.

Blueprint for a proposed spur for unloading aviation gasoline near Sweetwater, Texas. The proposed spur is drawn in red crossing the line labeled Western Union Line.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Technical Drawing

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas]

Copy photo of T&P train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas. Written underneath the image is "Sweetwater, Texas May 1st 1948" and "W. Burke."

Date: May 1, 1948

Creator: Burke, W.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Grace Museum

[T&P Train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas]

Photograph of train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a small plume of smoke rising from the smokestack. Text beneath the image says "Sweetwater, Texas Feb 28th 1947" and "Charles E. Winters."

Date: February 28, 1947

Creator: Winters, Charles E.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Grace Museum

[Letter to Thomas Trammell, July 7, 1909]

Letter to Thomas Trammell discussing the route of a proposed Texas & Pacific railroad between Coleman and Post City and stating that the writer suggested a route through Abilene to Mr. Storey and Mr. Ripley. The back of the paper has Sayles & Sayles letterhead printed on it.

Date: July 7, 1909

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter Regarding Railway Line in Abilene, Texas]

Unsigned. draft letter discussing efforts to raise money for a short railroad line connection at Abilene, Texas, which was taken over by the Santa Fe Railroad and indefinitely postponed.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from V. V. Boatner to M. H. Knowles, July 7, 1942]

Copy of a letter from V. V. Boatner to M. H. Knowles discussing previous correspondence on negotiation fro a railroad track spur to Plosser-Prince Flight School in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: July 7, 1942

Creator: Boatner, V. V.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy requesting that Texas and Pacific Railroad forward a letter to Colonel Valandt explaining an issue related to gasoline and the railway spur being constructed near the Academy.

Date: June 30, 1942

Creator: Echols, Oliver P.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles discussing contract negotiations for the construction of a spur of railroad track.

Date: June 30, 1942

Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Prince and Plosser, May 8, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Prince and Plosser discussing regulations and proposed plans for building a railroad track spur to carry plane fuel and supplies out to Plosser and Prince's flight school. The header at the top of the letter reads, "The Texas and Pacific Railway Company".

Date: May 8, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 27, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince discussing that it was necessary to rewrite the first page of a contract for the proposed railroad track spur to Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: July 27, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to A. L. McClelland, August 19, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to A. L. McClelland discussing an enclosed contract and check for the railroad track spur near Sweetwater, Texas for Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: August 19, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 13, 1942]

Copy of telegram text sent from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince discussing the railroad track spur being built toward Plosser Prince Air Academy.

Date: July 13, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Charles A. Prince, July 9, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to Charles A. Prince discussing a potential refund negotiation for the construction of a railroad track.

Date: July 9, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to B. V. Boatner, July 3, 1942]

Copy of a letter from M. H. Knowles to B. V. Boatner discussing two document being forwarded, and the payment for a railroad spur to be built to Plosser-Prince Air Academy.

Date: July 3, 1942

Creator: Knowles, M. H.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Telegram from R. C. Griffith to Plosser and Prince Flying Academy, July 10, 1942]

Copy of telegram from R. C. Griffith to Plosser and Prince Flying Academy discussing securing rights to begin construction on a spur of railway tracks.

Date: July 10, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy discussing the price of materials for construction of a railroad track spur to the academy in Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: June 30, 1942

Creator: Griffith, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Griffith, July 10, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Griffith discussing an enclosed check and contract copies for the construction of a proposed railway spur near Sweetwater, Texas.

Date: July 10, 1942

Creator: Prince, Charles A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.

Date: 1896

Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Letter from Ruth Narville Newton to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 14, 1992]

Letter from Ruth Narville Newton of Houston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she gives information about her sister and brother-in-law, Stella Narville Scott and Charles Dan Scott, who worked at Harvey Houses in Temple, Cleburne, Sweetwater, and Brownwood, Texas.

Date: June 14, 1992

Creator: Newton, Ruth Narville

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

Roscoe Flood

Copy negative of a flooded field in Roscoe beside a railroad track with a fence and power lines. There are houses in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

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Historic plaque - Nolan County

Map of Nolan County [Texas].

Sketch Showing Proposed Spur for Unloading Aviation Gasoline, M. P. 452.16, Main Line Western Division, near Sweetwater, Texas.

[Train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas]

[T&P Train #807 in Sweetwater, Texas]

[Letter to Thomas Trammell, July 7, 1909]

[Letter Regarding Railway Line in Abilene, Texas]

[Letter from V. V. Boatner to M. H. Knowles, July 7, 1942]

[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942]

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Prince and Plosser, May 8, 1942]

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 27, 1942]

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to A. L. McClelland, August 19, 1942]

[Telegram from R. C. Griffith to Charles A. Prince, July 13, 1942]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to Charles A. Prince, July 9, 1942]

[Letter from M. H. Knowles to B. V. Boatner, July 3, 1942]

[Telegram from R. C. Griffith to Plosser and Prince Flying Academy, July 10, 1942]

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942]

[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Griffith, July 10, 1942]

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

[Letter from Ruth Narville Newton to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 14, 1992]

Roscoe Flood