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[News Script: Galveston Dock Theft] (open access)

[News Script: Galveston Dock Theft]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of police at Galveston who have come up short in their search for clues in the case of the missing 15-tons of rice.
Date: February 12, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aerial view from the railroad yard after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A elevated shot from the rail yards toward the port. View is from above a line of freight cars in the rail yard. Debris lies piled along the line of cars to the far right of the picture. Several men stand on top of one of the cars, while several more stand amid the metal debris below. Another line of rail cars loaded with uniform loads of large forms stands on a parallel set of tracks. In the distance is the grain elevator, a smokestack, two large water towers and the loading structures at the port. Heavy smoke clouds blowing left to right can be seen coming from the port area. The number "#3" is written in the lower right hand corner.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commodity Rates and Charges] (open access)

[Commodity Rates and Charges]

Rates and charges for various commodities listed by the Texas Railroad Commission.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Texas Railroad Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[WWH: Train Trips] (open access)

[WWH: Train Trips]

Text about excursion trains in Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a June 1994 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 1994-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Damaged railroad cars and storage tanks after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A line of damaged freight cars stands amid metal and wooden debris. The top of a crane is seen beyond the train cars behind a large pile of debris. In the far background is a storage tank farm, with visible compression damage on a number of the tanks. On the horizon, in the direction of the port, are heavy clouds of white and black smoke. In the foreground three military personnel stand looking at the damage. On the reverse side of the photograph is written: "From John P. Blazetic with 32nd Medical Battalion."
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collapsed railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Railroad freight cars loaded with wooden structures sit on raised railroad tracks leading to the docks. Part of the support structure for the tracks have collapsed underneath the loaded cars. The dock & pier structures closer to the water have been very heavily damaged.
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood, September 15, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood, September 15, 1953]

Letter from Joe G. Fender to E. Odell Wood discussing freight rate costs.
Date: September 15, 1953
Creator: Fender, Joe G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Chief railroad lines] (open access)

[News Script: Chief railroad lines]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 2, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Galveston/Harrisburg & San Antonio Depot]

Photograph of the Galveston/Harrisburg & San Antonio Depot in Weimar, Texas.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Galveston/Harrisburg & San Antonio Depot]

Photograph of the Galveston/Harrisburg & San Antonio Depot in Weimar, Texas.
Date: July 1, 1984
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas railroad chief] (open access)

[News Script: Texas railroad chief]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: December 2, 1970, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of League City Railroad Station]

Postcard that features a scene at the League City railroad station. A scattered group of men are loading a railroad car with boxes of produce that have been brought on site in wagons.
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft: Ribbons of Steel] (open access)

[Draft: Ribbons of Steel]

Draft of an article about the history of railroads in Texas that was published in the May 1994 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 1994-05~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad]

Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in Denison, Texas. Text: In 1865 the Union Pacific Railway Southern Branch was incorporated to build a railroad from the St. Louis-Kansas City area to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1870, with construction completed to the border of Indian Territory, the line was renamed the Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railroad. This title was often shortened to M-K-T, which led to the familiar nickname by which the line is best known - "The Katy". Following the route of an old cattle trail, the Katy became the first railroad to cross Indian Territory, now the State of Oklahoma, and enter Texas from the North. On Christmas Day 1872, over 100 passengers rode the first Katy train into Denison, a new townsite named for M-K-T Vice President George Denison. The construction and acquisition of branch lines soon extended the Katy east to Greenville, west to Rotan and Wichita Falls, and south to Galveston and San Antonio. By 1904, the system had over 1,000 miles of track in Texas. The railroad transported cattle, cotton, and other crops to market. It also carried passengers on such trains as the "Texas Special" and the "Katy Flyer" …
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Commission of Texas Oil and Gas Division Annual Report: 1967 (open access)

Railroad Commission of Texas Oil and Gas Division Annual Report: 1967

Annual report of the Texas Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Division describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1967.
Date: 1967
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas. Oil and Gas Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged pipelines and railroad tracks near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

A railroad freight car loaded with wooden forms sits amid the debris near the port after the 1947 Texas City Disaster. On the left, the support for the elevated pipelines near the port have collapsed, and pipelines lie on the ground. Metal, concrete and wooden debris are scattered along the pipeline route and the railroad tracks. In the distance can be seen the destroyed pier and dock structures. On the back of the photograph is written: "Loading Dock".
Date: April 16, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Harris County

Map of the Gulf Coast region covering Harris County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1893
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Commission of Texas Oil and Gas Division Annual Report: 1942 (open access)

Railroad Commission of Texas Oil and Gas Division Annual Report: 1942

Annual report of the Texas Railroad Commission's Oil and Gas Division describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1942.
Date: 1942
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas. Oil and Gas Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the International and Great Northern Railroad: (Lone [Star] Route) and connections.

Map shows route of the International & Great Northern Railroad from St. Louis, Missouri to Palestine, Texas and its endpoints in San Antonio, Brazoria, and Galveston, Texas along with side routes to Cairo, Illinois, Mineola, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee. Relief shown by hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1877
Creator: Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Railroad] (open access)

[News Script: Railroad]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new main-line railroad being under construction for the first time in almost a quarter century.
Date: September 2, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Railroad Commission of Texas Self-Evaluation Report (open access)

Railroad Commission of Texas Self-Evaluation Report

Self evaluation report compiled by the Railroad Commission of Texas for the Sunset Commission. It discusses the agency's history, functions, policing making structure, and organization.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Railroad Commission of Texas
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Knox County

Map of Knox County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The west boundary line of Peter's Colony through the 81st mile post is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Galveston Causeway]

Photograph of the old Galveston Causeway taken from between the railroad tracks. A large, metal structure hangs over a line of railroad tracks running above a body of water. Telephone poles line the right side of the tracks. Clouds fill the sky above.
Date: [1912..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Railroad terminal] (open access)

[News Script: Railroad terminal]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: July 18, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library