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Load of cotton going to river landing for shipment--good roads here

Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon filled with bales of cotton. The driver is standing on top of this tall load, holding the reins of the horses. Buildings and other wagons can be seen in the background.

Date: August 13, 1911

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

Normanna Gin 1910

Postcard of the cotton gin in Normanna in 1910. Santa Domingo was the community’s first name. It was located nine miles north of Beeville where the Santa Domingo Creek joined the Medio Creek, and was settled about 1848. Jose Maria Uranga’s eleven leagues, the largest single Mexican grant in Bee County (1831), covered much of the community. In 1874 it was known as Walton Station after the sheriff of Bee County, D.A.T. Walton. In 1893 a Norwegian colony moved into the area and settled two mil… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[Cotton Baling Plant]

Photograph of a storage area for cotton bales. The bales are made in a cotton baling plant in Sabine, TX. Large piles of bales are placed around the room. In the middle of the room, there is a machine that appears to be forming the cotton coming in on a conveyor belt into bales.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Port Arthur Public Library