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Journal of Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Hillsboro, Texas, November 15th to November 20th, 1905 (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Hillsboro, Texas, November 15th to November 20th, 1905

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, selected biographies, and statistical tables.
Date: November 1905
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Held at Mineral Wells, Texas, November 16th to November 21st, 1904 (open access)

Journal of Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Session of The Northwest Texas Conference, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Held at Mineral Wells, Texas, November 16th to November 21st, 1904

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the conferences, condensed minutes, resolutions, reports from committees, selected biographies, and statistical tables.
Date: November 1904
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family on mules in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five members of the Allen family mounted on mules in a rocky outcrop, with trees and a rocky mountain wall behind them, in Mineral Wells, Texas. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats. The photograph is mounted to gray cardstock with a stamp at the lower left corner reading "Judson McClure, / Mineral Wells Texas,." On the back is a handwritten inscription, "Dr. F. D. Emery / August 1901."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family seated on rocks]

Photograph of Allen family seated on rocks during their donkey ride in Mineral Wells, Texas. They sit in a row on rocks and a fallen tree trunk in a rocky outcrop, each dressed nicely and with hats in their laps, except for Dr. J. W. Allen whose hat is on his donkey's head behind them. All look face forward except for Dr. J. W. Allen who looks towards Dr. Frances Daisy Emery Allen. The camera in his lap also faces her. Five donkeys stand behind the group. The photograph is mounted on gray cardstock which has a stamp at the lower left corner reading, "Judson McClure / Mineral Wells Texas,." A very faint inscription on the back reads, "Mrs. C. Emery."
Date: August 1901
Creator: McClure, Judson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Third Annual Session (which is the ninth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fifty-Third Annual Session (which is the ninth session since division), Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, memoirs, resolutions, statistical tables, and advertisements.
Date: 1918
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of county records, Palo Pinto County Courthouse, Palo Pinto, Texas (open access)

Inventory of county records, Palo Pinto County Courthouse, Palo Pinto, Texas

Inventory of records of Palo Pinto County housed in the Palo Pinto County Courthouse in Palo Pinto, Texas. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk, District Clerk, Justice of the Peace, Tax Assessor-Collector, Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, and County School Superintendent. Also provides an index.
Date: 1975
Creator: Sumners, Bill F. & Pearson, Mary
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen family riding donkeys in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of five people mounted on donkeys in a rocky outcrop with a rocky mountain wall behind them. They are all dressed up, the women wearing long dresses or skirts and the man wearing a three-piece suit, and the boy at center wearing a nice jacket. All wear hats except the man, whose hat has fallen on the ground, and the boy who holds his hat. The photograph is mounted on black cardstock which has an imprint in gold on the lower left corner that reads, "Photo Car / H. Clark / Mineral Wells, / Texas." On the back is an inscription naming the individuals from right to left: "Annie Emery - Dr. J. W. Allen - Paul Emery - Dr. F.D. Emery - ?" There is also a large imprint on the back for the Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway.
Date: August 1901
Creator: Clark, H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archive Search Report Findings: Camp Wolters (open access)

Archive Search Report Findings: Camp Wolters

Report describing munitions found during cleanup operations at Camp Wolters. This report also includes descriptions and maps of the area.
Date: September 2002
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2003 (open access)

Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2003

Report containing aerial photography of portions of Parker and Palo Pinto Counties, Texas, for the purpose of mapping historical locations of Camp Wolters onto the modern landscape.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880 (open access)

Farming Someone Else's Land: Farm Tenancy in the Texas Brazos River Valley, 1850-1880

This dissertation develops and utilizes a methodology for combining data drawn from the manuscript census returns and the county tax rolls to study landless farmers during the period from 1850 until 1880 in three Texas Brazos River Valley counties: Fort Bend, Milam, and Palo Pinto. It focuses in particular on those landless farmers who appear to have had no option other than tenant farming. It concludes that there were such landless farmers throughout the period, although they were a relatively insignificant factor in the agricultural economy before the Civil War. During the Antebellum decade, poor tenant farmers were a higher proportion of the population on the frontier than in the interior, but throughout the period, they were found in higher numbers in the central portion of the river valley. White tenants generally avoided the coastal plantation areas, although by 1880, that pattern seemed to be changing. Emancipation had tremendous impact on both black and white landless farmers. Although both groups were now theoretically competing for the same resource, productive crop land, their reactions during the first fifteen years were so different that it suggests two systems of tenant farming divided by caste. As population expansion put increasing pressure on the …
Date: December 1988
Creator: Harper, Cecil
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 635.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2002 (open access)

Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2002

Report containing aerial photography of the Hayes and Marsden Roads area of Mineral Wells, Texas, for the purpose of mapping historical locations of Camp Wolters onto the modern landscape.
Date: June 2002
Creator: Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Star Storyteller & Rambler (Mineral Wells, Tex.), April 2005 (open access)

North Texas Star Storyteller & Rambler (Mineral Wells, Tex.), April 2005

Monthly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes history and travel stories along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 2005
Creator: May, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Camp Wolters Public Meeting Minutes, Mineral Wells, Texas, February 24, 2003 (open access)

Former Camp Wolters Public Meeting Minutes, Mineral Wells, Texas, February 24, 2003

Document containing minutes from a public meeting wherein the public of Mineral Wells is informed about the history of Camp Wolters and plans to clean the site.
Date: 2003
Creator: DeBusk, K. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1904
Creator: Son, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1904
Creator: Son, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 1: Infantry Replacement Training Center (open access)

Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 1: Infantry Replacement Training Center

This volume includes a time-line of events that took place in Fort Wolters from 1921 to 1973, including biographies of personnel, photographs, diagrams and a Roster of Infantry Replacement Center Officers from 1941.
Date: unknown
Creator: Casper, Willie H., Jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.), February 2006 (open access)

North Texas Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.), February 2006

Monthly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes history and travel stories along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 2006
Creator: May, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 19, 1936
Creator: Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 19, 1936
Creator: Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.), April 2009 (open access)

North Texas Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.), April 2009

Monthly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes history and travel stories along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 2009
Creator: May, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1936 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 31, 1936
Creator: Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1936 (open access)

Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1936

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 31, 1936
Creator: Dunbar, Mary Whatley
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Inside Information about the Waters

A souvenir booklet, shaped like a bottle from Mineral Wells. It is almost devoid of information, except to note that it was printed by the Harris Service of Ft. Worth, Texas (with its advertising mark of an arrowhead). A copyright was applied for is the last bit of information on the pamphlet's cover.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History