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[News Clip: Parkers]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Boyd Matson about legacy of Cynthia Ann and Quanah Parker in Fort Parker, Texas and Cache, Oklahoma. The story focuses on the family reunions held in Fort Parker and Cache and reenactments of the story of Cynthia Ann's abduction by Comanches and recapture by the Texas Rangers. Baldwin Parker, great grandson of Quanah, Cora Parker Shaw, and Jack Selden are interviewed about their family legacy. The… more
Date: August 11, 1983
Duration: 4 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Midland County Courthouse, historic plaque on grounds

Description: Photograph of a historical marker in Midland, Texas. It reads: "Midland County (created and organized, March 1885). First known as the junction of many trails and site of the last Comanche raid into Texas. In 1881 the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built; equi-distant between El Paso and Fort Worth, this became known as Midland. First settler was a sheepman in 1882. Cattlemen came with Herefords in 1888. Water wells and windmills lured small farmers. Became headquarters for 1928 Permian Basin o… more
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Map of Texas

Description: Reprint of atlas map of the state of Texas with regions or counties outlined with color. Map includes two inset maps: "Plan of Galveston Bay from a M.S." and map of the Western United States, Texas, and Mexico. Cartouche includes two seals, one of the Republic of Texas and the second of the General Land Office, Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:2,661,120
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Arrowsmith, John
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Casa Manana]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Casa Manana in Ft. Worth deciding to cast real American Indians in their production of "Annie Get Your Gun."
Date: August 22, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Uranium farmer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Comanche farmer who found uranium on his land and turned it into a clinic stopping by Dallas en route to New York to appear on a TV show.
Date: August 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Famed Indian chief reburied]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the army digging up and reburying an Oklahoma Indian chief and his family from their cemetery to make room for a firing range.
Date: August 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Famed Indian chief reburied]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the army digging up and reburying an Oklahoma Indian chief and his family from their cemetery to make room for a firing range.
Date: August 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Uranium farmer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Comanche farmer who found uranium on his land and turned it into a clinic stopping by Dallas en route to New York to appear on a TV show.
Date: August 23, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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