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Farm Workers

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of farm workers in San Patricio County, TX. Two men and two children are shown. There are two men standing in front of a wooden cart parked in front of several shacks. Both of the men are shown wearing hats. One of the children is wearing a black hat and looking back at the men.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Mexican Market

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a market in Taft, TX. Several large tents and awnings are set up next to a downtown building district. Several pick up trucks are shown parked in front of the tents. Several piles that appear to be melon are stacked under the tents.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Workers Clearing the Land for Progress

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a field near Portland, TX. The field appears to be still filled with wild grasses and plants. Accompanying information states that the land is scheduled to be cleared for farming. A group of seven people is standing on a small hill in the middle of the field. All seven are wearing hats.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Ingleside Bay

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Ingleside Bay near Ingleside, TX. A plant covered shore is shown in the background. In the middle of the shore is a small house. A boathouse with an extended dock is below the house on the edge of the water. A car is parked on the shore to the left. A sailboat is tied to the left of the dock. It appears unoccupied. Four people are are in a small rowboat to the right of the dock.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Coleman Fulton Pasture Company]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Coleman Fulton Pasture Company, Farm number 23, near Gregory, Texas. A group of five men wearing hats are posing outside of a building; four of the men are on a horse-drawn wagon. The wooden building has a sign above the door that says "Portland - Farm."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Coleman Fulton Pasture Company Department Heads]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Coleman Fulton Pasture Company department heads. The first row (left to right) is identified as Professor Chas H. Weyland (Taft band), J. G. Willacy (Portland Development and Founder), Walter P. Napier (company attorney), Joseph F. Green (company manager), H. V. Fetick (Taft Ranch Industries), W. S. Clark (editor Taft Tribune), W. L. Weber (manager of Taft Oil Mill), and A. M. Brooks (manager of Taft store). The middle row is identified as Fritz W. Hoepfner (cattle)… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Portrait of Minnie Oliver]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a woman riding a horse and holding an object in her left hand. She is identified as Minnie Oliver, Joe Green's secretary at Coleman Fulton Pasture Company (later Taft Ranch.) She is wearing a bandanna and a hat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Group and Farming Equipment]

Description: Photograph of three men and one woman posing in front of farming combines and tractors on Bell Farm in Taft, Texas. To the left, there is a truck partially parked inside of a metal building. In the background, there is a field.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Oral History Interview with Mrs. Walter Sparks, May 28, 1969

Description: Interview with Mrs. Walter Sparks, a homemaker and long-time resident of the town of Portland, Texas. In the interview, Mrs. Sparks describes her early life when she first came to Portland with her parents. She also discusses what it was like to live an agrarian lifestyle in the small community. Mrs. Sparks shares her observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around Sinton and Portland throughout the years.
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Sparks, Walter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albin, May 30, 1969

Description: Interview with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Albin, who have been resident farmers in the town of Taft, Texas for a number of years. In the interview, the Albin's describe their observations on land speculation, settlement, and development around the rural town. They also talk about when they first moved to Taft in 1910, and what agrarian life was like until the 1930's. The Albin's discuss Mexican-Anglo relations in the community as well as the rise and impacts of the Ku Klux Klan.
Date: May 30, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Albin, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Daniel Moore, May 28, 1969

Description: Interview with Daniel Moore, a retired farmer, who shares his observations on the land speculation, settlement, and development in the Coastal Bend area of South Texas from 1909 to the 1920s. He also discusses the agrarian social life, Mexican-Anglo relations, the economy of the area, and mule raising.
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: Stephens, A. Ray & Moore, Daniel P.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Beehive

Description: Patent for an artificial stone beehive. Illustrations included.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Ward, Hugh T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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