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The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Biography of Mr. Victor Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mr. Victor Dominguez, who was an employee at the Murphy-Walker Grocery Store in Marfa, Texas, until her started a taxi stand, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dominguez, Sr., a ranching family.
Date: 1966
Creator: Dominguez, Alice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Fort Stockton, Texas.

Description: Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Jeff Davis, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, and Presidio counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, ranch owners, landmarks, windmills, water sources, oil and gas fields, and other notable physical features. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1967
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Sheep being sheared near Marfa]

Description: Photograph of two men shearing sheep who are laying on a low platform in a pen. A third man is in the background, looking at fleeces and tools around the fence of the pen. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Shearing usually takes place in April before lambing season" (p. 11).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Sheep in a field near Marfa]

Description: Photograph of a flock of sheep a field; a structure is partially visible in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Sheep ranching is most successful on the stony, rolling hills" (p. 11).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Head of cattle in a field near Marfa]

Description: Photograph of a herd of brown-and-white cattle in a grassy field; there are mountains in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Cattle ranching is the primary industry of this country. The major breeds raised are Hereford, Brahmas, Angus, and Charolais" (p. 11).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Sarah Russell Bogel and her son]

Description: In this photograph, a woman and young boy are standing in the yard of a ranch. The woman is young and wearing a loose, white dress. The little boy is wearing a loose shirt with overalls and is petting two dark-colored dogs. They are standing directly in front of a large wooden wagon. In the background, there is a building made of brick, a large pile of wood and a fence and mountains in the distance. On the back of the photograph, a handwritten note reads, "Sarah Russell Bogel (Mrs. William… more
Date: 1913~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Chuck Wagon]

Description: In this photograph, there are four men standing around a parked wagon amidst some brush. Two men are standing to the left of the wagon, wearing work clothes and boots. They are standing in front of a small building with a fenced-in porch. There are some bundles sitting outside the porch, to the left of the wagon. To the right of the first two men, there is a third man in dark overalls with his hands in a silver tub, perhaps doing dishes. The tub is on a folded-out table on the back of a wa… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dipping Cattle on the Bogel Ranch

Description: This photograph shows a vat for dipping cattle and many people standing around it. The people are all wearing light colored shirts, dark pants, and cowboy hats. According to the related report, the people are Graves, Woodworth, and Sarah Bogel (left to right) with Mexican cowhands. The foreground is focused on the dipping vats which is a canal of concrete with wooden gates and filled half-full with water. In the background, there are some other fences, what appears to be part of a wagon to … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Horse and Boy]

Description: In this photograph, a boy is holding the lead rope on a large, black horse. The boy is wearing loose clothing and a cowboy hat; the horse is all black and only wearing a halter. Behind them, there is a long building made of brick with an open, wooden door. In the background to the left, there is a wooden fence. To the right of the photograph there appears to be a black chicken. In the front, there is a shadow of a second person. According to related information, they are at the Bogel ranc… more
Date: 1906~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Gus Bogel on Horseback]

Description: In this photograph, a young man (dressed in a light-colored shirt and chaps and wearing a cowboy hat) is sitting astride a horse. The horse is dark but has a white stripe down the middle of its face and three very short white socks. There is a coiled rope attatched to the saddle. They appear to be standing in a corral or yard of bare dirt. In the background, there is a wooden fence and a wooden structure with pegs and various items hanging on the side. There is also a sawhorse and several … more
Date: 1916
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Bogel Boys After a Hunt]

Description: In this photograph, there are two young men standing in front of a dead cat. The boys are both dressed casually and wearing cowboy hats. Each of them is resting a rifle on the ground next to him, holding the muzzle in his right hand. The taller boy, to the right, is also wearing a belt of ammunition and holding some kind of horn in his left hand. The animal in front of them is a large cat, most likely a mountain lion (a related source refers to it as a panther) which is posed on the ground.… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Old Borunda Cafe

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in January 1965. It contains biographical information about Carolina Palomo Borunda and Carolina Borunda Humphries. Both of these womwn ran the Old Borunda Cafe.
Date: January 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Stock pen in Marfa near golf course]

Description: Photograph of a stock pen on the way to a golf course near Marfa. The stock pen is in the center of the photograph and spans the length of the photograph. A small shadow of Johnny Gibbens can be seen in the far right hand corner of the stock pen.
Date: March 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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[News Clip: Family likes isolated life]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an isolated ranch outside of Marfa inhabited by the Rooney family.
Date: May 27, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Self Heating Branding Iron.

Description: Patent for a self heating branding iron, which allows for branding irons to be easily attached and detached from portable sources of fuel.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Lowe, Marvel Avander
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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