Interpretive Guide to: Palo Duro Canyon State Park (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Pamphlet briefly covering flora and fauna of Palo Duro Canyon State Park as well as significant historical events and figures and tips for when visiting the park.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interpretive Guide to: Palo Duro Canyon State Park (open access)

Interpretive Guide to: Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Pamphlet giving brief description of the Palo Duro Canyon flora and fauna, historical significance, and a listing of sources where more information can be found.
Date: August 2014
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Homer Lorel Haile, September 22, 1996

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Homer L. Haile, an Army Air Corps veteran (489th Squadron, 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force), concerning his experiences as a crew member of a B-24 in the European Theater during World War II. Stateside training, raid to Kiel, Germany; raid to Oschersleben, Germany; other raids.
Date: September 22, 1996
Creator: Williams, Marian Haile & Haile, Homer Lorel
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1

First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with John Connolly, June 22, 2010

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Interview with John Connolly, veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The interview includes Connolly's personal experiences of childhood in Whitney and Amarillo, Texas, Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Cleburne and Hillsboro, Texas, and Grand Junction, Colorado, as well as his World War II-era experience in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Additionally, Connolly discusses his family's difficulties in the Great Depression, his decision to enroll in the Civilian Conservation Corps, his work as a tool and dye manufacturer, and Republican Party politics in Dallas County.
Date: June 22, 2010
Creator: Moye, Todd & Connolly, John
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Women and Sailor]

Photograph of two women standing outside a brick building with a man wearing a Navy sailor uniform. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "Warren, 'That Sailor,' E. Williams. San Jacinto Church, Amarillo, Jan trip '46."
Date: January 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Escaped prisoners and barge collision] (open access)

[News Script: Escaped prisoners and barge collision]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: April 8, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with William P. Austin, October 15, 1993

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Interview with William Austin concerning his experiences before, during, and after his employment in the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Austin worked at camps in Fort Worth, Texas (Company 1816) and Amarillo, Texas.
Date: October 15, 1993
Creator: Early, Brice & Austin, William P.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Formal show guest] (open access)

[News Script: Formal show guest]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 12, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2

Second volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the northern third of the study area.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching-Machine (open access)

Ditching-Machine

Patent for "a machine for digging ditches or trenches of any desired depth or width, for purposes of irrigation or drainage or pipe-laying, or for building earth fences on lands, or throwing up fortifications, or for making other excavations of like general nature" (lines 7-13).
Date: December 18, 1888
Creator: Edwards, Charles Clark
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Potter County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Potter County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Potter County, Texas.
Date: 1980
Creator: Pringle, Fred B.; Geiger, Luther C.; Bruns, Herbert E. & Pringle, Fred B.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conservation Connect, Number 1, Fall 2014 (open access)

Conservation Connect, Number 1, Fall 2014

Annual magazine published by the High Plains Water District, discussing issues related to water usage and "highlight[ing] stories about water conservation practices and the people across the district that implemented them."
Date: Autumn 2014
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 2, Number 11, May 1956 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 2, Number 11, May 1956

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: May 1956
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 28, Number 4, April 1982 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 28, Number 4, April 1982

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: April 1982
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 24, Number 4, April 1978 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 24, Number 4, April 1978

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: April 1978
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1984 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1984

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: January 1984
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 17, Number 3, March 1971 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 17, Number 3, March 1971

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: March 1971
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 17, Number 7, July 1971 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 17, Number 7, July 1971

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: July 1971
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 8, Number 9, February 1962 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 8, Number 9, February 1962

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: February 1962
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 2, Number 12, June 1956 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 2, Number 12, June 1956

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: June 1956
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 1, Number 7, January 1955 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 1, Number 7, January 1955

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: January 1955
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 33, Number 1, January 1987 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 33, Number 1, January 1987

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: January 1987
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 26, Number 9, September 1980 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 26, Number 9, September 1980

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: September 1980
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History