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[News Script: Frenchmen]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a young French man was was lving 120-feet underground in a cave in Del Rio and conducting experiments for seven months.
Date: September 4, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Pinto Canyon]

Description: Photograph of Pinto Canyon with a river running through it and a road paralleling the river. A printed note on the photo suggests that the vehicles that can be seen on the road are Caterpillar tractors, and identifies the photographer as Frank Duncan.
Date: unknown
Creator: Duncan, Frank
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Observation Point at the Pecos River Canyon]

Description: Postcard photograph of an observation point at the Pecos River Canyon. The photograph depicts a concrete bridge dividing the mountain in the foreground from the rest stop. The bridge is part of U.S. Highway 90. The rest stop features a brick awning topped with large leaves and a gravel floor. A car is parking outside of the awning. Below, the canyon is visible, as well as a large train trestle stretching across two mountains. An inscription on the front of the postcard reads "Observation Point … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Witte Museum

[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Mary Ann Moore, August 22, 1989]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Charles B. Moore and is addressed to Mary Ann Moore. In this letter, Moore details his trip to Colorado for Mary Ann Moore and Laura Jernigan. He notes the town they are staying in at present, Manitou, and mentions their living quarters. He details the activities they have been experiencing such as hiking, searching for caves, and riding electric trolley's up to Pike's peak. He discusses that once on top of the peak, Linnet… more
Date: August 22, 1898
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a Group of People on a Railroad Track]

Description: Photograph of a group of people standing on a railroad track. There are two men standing on the left wearing white shirts and dark pants and holding hats. Two women are standing on the right. They are wearing long dresses and holding hats. They are standing on a railroad track that is between two walls of rocks. The Fox Company's stamp is on the back of the photograph and says "Guaranteed for Life, Sep 1929, This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrigh… more
Date: September 1929
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Inside a small, rocky canyon at Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of a rocky canyon in the Big Bend desert landscape with a mountain range in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Actually, for many thousands of years, Texas was underwater. Many fossils of sea animals can be found especially around Shafter. Even when West Texas became a lush grassland with many rivers and swamps, the animal inhabitants had little security" (p. 1)
Date: 1969
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Calf Slide - Nations Canyon - Davis Mts.

Description: This photograph is of a small body of water surrounded by rock cliffs. In the center of the photo, trees and other brush are growing atop the rocks. At the bottom of the photograph, the writing "Calf Slide - Nations Canyon - Davis Mts. - #3. Frank Duncan (c) Marfa - Texas" has been added. On the back, there is a signature that appears say "Ben S. Arant".
Date: unknown
Creator: Duncan, Frank
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Rio Grande River in Santa Elena Canyon 5]

Description: Photograph of the Rio Grande River running through Santa Elena Canyon with Mexico on the left and Texas on the right located in Big Bend National Park. Three individuals are standing along the shore and there is some plant life growing throughout the area.
Date: 1951
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

[TLU Group Among Rapids]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Lutheran University rafting group among rapids in the lower canyons on the Rio Grande River. Large boulders are protruding from the water and there is various plant life growing along the river's edges.
Date: March 1978
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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