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[Lake Mineral Wells]

Description: Rock Creek in Parker County was dammed up in 1919 to form Lake Mineral Wells, the third lake built as a water-supply for the popular resort town. This photograph appears to be on the east side of the lake where boat docks were located. The lake has been a popular recreation area from the beginning, and is now part of Mineral Wells State Park.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clarence Winfield Simonds
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[A.B. Gant Land Locator, 1868]

Description: A horse-drawn wagon stands near a two-story building. The second floor is the A.B. Gant Land Locator Times Office, and the first floor is a store for Drugs and Medicines. In 1868 it was the biggest land office west of Fort Worth.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]

Description: Letter from Speck Wilson of Springtown, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, in which he describes the story of his father and mother's courtship and marriage. His mother, Maxine Cockrell Wilson Johnson, was a Harvey Girl in Canadian, Texas and his father, Harold F. Wilson, was a local cowboy.
Date: February 19, 1992
Creator: Wilson, Speck
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[A group, including event manger Janie Bush, pose with a dog statue: Lone Star Ride 2003 event photo]

Description: Photograph of event manager Janie Bush seated next to a metal dog statue surrounded by three crew members and one cyclist. Janie Bush poses wearing her ride queen rhinestone tiara and holds two sheets of paper with the backs printed with a pattern of red logos. The shot was taken against the stone outside wall of a school building.
Date: September 27, 2003
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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