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[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 15, 1949, Page 1]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing updates regarding renting/selling a property and fixing the titles in order to successfully do so. Daniel also details the status of the cotton crop, along with providing his opinions on a meeting between a District Attorney and three other commissioners.
Date: August 15, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, August 12, 1949, Page 1]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner discussing potential issues with acquiring a land title for the Oak Grove Ranch. Daniel also forwarded information regarding the cotton crop from Grimes County, and also the projected income that the Kempners' hope to receive from renting out land.
Date: August 12, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Fence-Stay.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive fence-stay that "may be readily applied in a secure manner to horizontal fence-wires" (lines 12-13). The posts are sheets of metal, and metal T-shaped tongues hold the wires in place.
Date: July 21, 1896
Creator: Munger, Ennis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Scharbauer Horse Ranch]

Description: Photograph of the Scharbauer Horse Ranch, near Pecos, Texas. The ranchhouse is at center right, with stable gates to the right and a pond and a windmill to the left. A man stands in the grass (lower center), wearing work clothes and a hat, looking outwards. A vast expanse of grassland, with shrubs across the landscape, surrounds the ranch in every direction.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Quien Sabe Ranch Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of the headquarters of the Quien Sabe Ranch, a two-story ranch house with a large gable roof, a porch along the length of the house, a wooden picket fence and a dirt path in front, and several narrow, column-like trees planted in the front. Several unidentified men stand around the ranch house's fence
Date: [1908..1910]
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, September 16, 1953]

Description: Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing advise from Harris about placing Plantersville cotton in government loan. Mentions about the conversation with Bill Keyser related to cotton production, costs and loans. Calling attention to Moody Interests. Adds more about the conversation with Bill Gatz about the Paragould operations.
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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[News Clip: Drug Ranch]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 4, 1992, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire stretching device employed in fence construction. This device temporarily holds and stretches the wire between fence posts, while being secured. Through the operating lever and gripping jaw, the operator can effectively stretch the wire with minimal effort, while safeguarding against slipping.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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