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[Contract Between Lake Wichita Irrigation and Water Company and Henry Sayles]

Description: Document describing the contract between Henry Sayles and the Lake Wichita Irrigation and Water Company, in which Sayles purchases permanent water rights from the company. The document also includes descriptions of lands which are not covered by the water rights contract.
Date: June 15, 1903
Creator: Lake Wichita Irrigation and Water Company
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of the First Boat Through a New Canal, January 24,1908]

Description: Photograph of the first boat to move through the new canal in Port Arthur, Texas. The center of the photo shows the lengthy vessel "Sabine" carrying lumber and several men and women in dark formal clothing, a United States flag raised fore and aft. There is a boat behind the "Sabine" and another boat with its nameplate partially hidden is over to the right. To the left is a smaller vessel covered with lumber and tools and a single man in the rear. Land runs across the left side and in the right… more
Date: July 24, 1908
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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