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[Photograph of a Parade]

Description: Photograph of a main street in Marfa, Texas with crowds of people standing to the sides and on the roofs of buildings, and wagons in the middle of the street. The wagon nearest to camera has a banner that says, "The Darkest Light Company in America."
Date: unknown
Creator: Duncan, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Postcard of Butterfield's Overland Stagecoach]

Description: Postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses on a dirt road in the desert. A printed note on the back of the postcard describes the photo, "West Texas - Butterfield's Overland Stage from San Antonio to El Paso is shown here in Wild Rose Pass in the heart of Apache Country between Ft. Stockton and Fort Davis, historic garrisons west of the Pecos."
Date: unknown
Creator: McMenemy, Margo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Belle of the Ball

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a fictitious story explaining scenes, people, and events a young woman in the early 1900s might have experienced.
Date: January 21, 1971
Creator: Newton, Larue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Robert E. Lee Tyler and others at the Half-Way House]

Description: Photograph of Robert E. Lee Tyler with a group of people (including two horse-drawn wagons) at the Half-Way House in Marfa, Texas. The building is a small, one-story stone structure. A handwritten note in the lower-left corner says "1/2 Way house." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[Robert E. Lee Tyler] married Dora Collins from the rapidly growing town of Marfa and took her to live at a lonely ranch house between Marfa and Shafter. At the Half-way House they provide… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carrasco Transport Wagon

Description: Three men working for Rafael Carrasco's transport business. The wagon is carrying silver from the mine at Shafter to Marfa. This photo was included in a research paper by Saul C. Acosta for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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