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Exterior of Ranch House

Description: Copy negative of the back of the rebuilt John Berry ranch house in 1962. The house has a stone chimney and there is a chair on the back step. There is a note at the top reading, "John's office and fire place, 26 May '62."
Date: May 26, 1962
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family on Porch

Description: Copy negative of, in order, in the back, J. B. McCarley II and John Berry, and in the front, Ann McCarley and Louise Cory standing on the porch of the house at Berry Ranch.
Date: 1960~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The Biography of George Dawson

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the rancher George Dawson from Shafter, Texas, who during his lifetime managed two large ranges, "El Rancho Del Pajorito" and "La Mora." In 1918, Dawson was called to the Army for World War I and was stationed in France for a year. Dawson spent the remainder of his life maintaining the two ranches with his wife, Juana Dawson, who was the main contributor of the information in this paper.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Bustillos, Albert, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Dutchovers

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Diedrick Dutchover, his wife, Refugia "Cara" Salcido, and their ten children. The author discusses the origin of the name "Dutchover," Diedrick Dutchover's job riding as guard to mail coaches, and the establishment of the Dutchover ranch.
Date: 1964
Creator: Arriola, Emma D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dutch

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Historic Marker Application: Old Buck Ranch]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Old Buck Ranch, in Bandera County, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1966
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Historic Marker Application: Hix Ranch House]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hix Ranch House, in Bandera, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1965
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Del Rio, Texas.

Description: Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Val Verde, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala, and Terrell counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, select ranch owners, landmarks, aircraft landing areas, and other notable physical features; molded dimensional relief but no printed depiction of internal mountain ranges in Mexico to the west-southwest of Del Rio. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot … more
Date: 1964
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Historic Marker Application: C Ranch House]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the C Ranch House, in Midland, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Date: 1966
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Several ruins in Presidio]

Description: Photograph of the remains of several stone buildings that are part of the remaining ruins of a Presidio ranch. The ruins are next to a road lined with small posts, visible in the lower-right corner, and desert mountains are visible in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "These are the ruins of the ranch house of another West Texas settler whom the land defeated. Manuel Musquiz tried to homestead in the canyon near the present town of Ft. Davis in 1854. … more
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Ruins of a ranch in Presidio]

Description: Photograph of the ruins of a small stone fort that were part of a ranch in Presidio. The ruins are in a desert landscape and rocky mountains are visible in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Besides farming, [John W. Spencer] ran several stores in Ojinaga and Presidio" (p. 4)
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Ranch home in Big Bend]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Cibolo ranch home in Presidio, surrounded by desert trees and landscape. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The first Anglo-American rancher in the Big Bend was Don Milton Faver. He established three ranch headquarters when he came in 1857. His first cattle were Mexican longhorns which he branded with a 'lazy F' on the left hip " (pp. 5-6).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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