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Map showing location of the original King's Highway from Sabine River to Rio Grande River, marked by DAR of Texas.

Description: Map of the original King's Highway (now the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail) from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande River, surveyed on the behalf of the Texas chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The map also includes county/parish lines, bodies of water, and major towns. No scale indicated.
Date: 1918?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: 29.560738 -104.372146
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[U.S. Infantry Troops Standing at Attention]

Description: Postcard of U.S. Infantry Troops standing at attention. The caption at the bottom of the postcard reads 16th Infantry, Fort Bliss, [Texas]. However it is difficult to positively identify the soldiers in the image as soldiers from the 16th Calvary - there is no company or infantry flag to identify the group. That being stated, the 16th Infantry Regiment was present in El Paso, Texas after April of 1914 under the command of General John J. Pershing. The 16th Infantry arrived from San Francisc… more
Date: 1914~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[House of W. K. Ellis, Glenn Springs, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the House of W. K. Ellis, Glenn Springs, Texas and the Squad of [the] 14th [U.S. Army] Calvary. Glenn Springs, Texas is located within the Big Bend National Park in the southwest part of the State of Texas. The Big Bend National Park includes the entire Chisos Mountain Range and stretches into Mexico within the state of Chihuahua and the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The entire park is approximately 1252 square miles in area. The image shows ten U.S. Soldiers standing in front of t… more
Date: 1916~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Adobe Cook-House at Glenn Springs, Texas]

Description: Postcard of an "Adobe Cook-House at Glenn Springs, Texas in which 9 U.S. Soldiers made their Defense against Mexican Bandits". These are some, if not all, all of the same soldiers that are also pictured in postcard WH PC 189-001 https://edit.texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187877/ The adobe structure in this image appears to have suffered some fire damage. We cannot positively identify the adobe structure in this postcard as being the same adobe structure in postcard WH PC 189-001 how… more
Date: 1916~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mountain Scenery, Hueco Tanks, El Paso County, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of geological formations at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas. The rocky formation just out of the ground is surrounded by wild desert grasses and Ocotillo Cactus. The Kiowa, Mescalero Apache, Comanche, Tigua and the people of Isleta del Norte Pueblo consider the site to be a meaningful part of their heritage.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Hueco Tanks near El Paso, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a cow walking through a "tank" of water, also known as a water hole, at Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso, Texas. The tank is surrounded by rock formations and trees in a desert landscape and two people wearing dark hats and coats are standing on rocks near the edge of the water in the center of the image. In the distant background, mountains are visible.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Family at Hueco Tanks]

Description: Postcard image of a group of unidentified people posing near large rocks in Hueco Tanks State Park near El Paso, Texas. One man is sitting atop a large rock and a woman is standing atop the rock next to his; two other people are standing farther back against a large rock formation. Some trees and shrubs are also visible around the rocks.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Rand McNally & Co.'s new business atlas map of Washington.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Washington counties, township grid, Native American reservations, railroads, national parks, and notable physical features. Includes key to railroads and index of chief cities; more thorough index in accompanying pages. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:950,400].
Date: 1910
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Big Bend District]

Description: Postcard of the Rio Grande River bending around an unknown area in the Big Bend National Park. The Big Bend National Park is in Brewster County, Texas and contains approximately 801,163 acres of protected land according to the National Park Service website. Big Bend is named as such because of the many and vast curves that the Rio Grande river takes in this area of the Texas southwest. There is an unidentified wood shack in the foreground of the image. And on the other side of the river, th… more
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library
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