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The Laws of Texas, 1909-1910 [Volume 14]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1911 [Volume 15]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1911
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1913-1914 [Volume 16]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1914
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1915-1917 [Volume 17]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1917-1918 [Volume 18]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Laws of Texas, 1919 [Volume 19]
Supplement Volume to the Original Ten Volumes compiled and arranged by H.P.N Gammel of Austin.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences
Descriptions, illustrations, photos and analyses of various native Texan animals, and their habits.
Date:
1913
Creator:
Menger, Rudolph
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women in a Decorated Car]
Five females ("Aunt Matie, Edith Preston, Lena, and two of Edith's friends", a legend states on the back)) in a decorated car outside the Western Union Telegraph office. Signs on and by the building read "Crazy Well Flats and Modern Rooms", "Cigars", and "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office."
Date:
1910?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mesquite Street, Looking South]
Shown here is a view of Mesquite Street (Now [2008] NE First Avenue) from its upper end at Coke Street (now NE 2nd Street). Horse-drawn vehicles are present. The building at the left middle of the picture with the "DRUGS" sign and the stone lion statue on its roof is the Yeager Building, home of what was popularly called "The Lion Drug Store." The first building on right, 205 NE First Street (with arched windows) was H. M. Coleman's clothing store for men, which even at this early date, appears to be undergoing renovation.
Date:
1912?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A View of Mesquite Street, Mineral Wells]
An early scene of Mesquite Street (now [2008] NE 1st Avenue) looking North toward old U.S. Post Office from the corner of East Hubbard Street, after a rain? Electrical lines are present as are cars and trucks typical of the post-1914 era, when the streets of Mineral Wells were paved. The cornerstone for the Post Office was laid in May, 1912. The building on the near right housed Campbell's Bargain store. It occupied the site of the current Baker Hotel (Opened in 1929.)
Date:
1914?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oak Street , Looking South
We have here a picture of Oak Street, looking South. The Poston Company and the Palace Saloon are easily visible in photograph. The wording "Fishburn Dallas" appears on the photograph. The unpaved street, several horses and wagons in picture date the picture to an era before 1914, when the street was paved.
Date:
1910?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ladies With Parasols]
"Sllew La Renim" (a social club) was "Mineral Wells" spelled backwards. Its members pose in front of the Old Post Office in 1913. Identified in the photograph are: Anna Mae Guinn, Ernestine Pollard, May Belle Smith, Ann Locke Galbraith, Ruby Andrews, Mattie Withers. Note the Mineral Wells Sanitarium in the left background. This photograph may be found on page 118 of "TIME WAS...", First Edition by A.F. Weaver.
Date:
1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oak Street, Looking North
An early view of Oak Street (now Oak Avenue), looking North is shown here. The first intersecting road is Hubbard Street. Part of the Oxford Hotel is visible on the southeast corner of Hubbard and Oak. Please note the utter lack of street lights. Street car tracks and an overhead cable run on Oak. Mineral Wells Electric System (Street Car) ceased operation in 1913. The downtown streets were paved in 1914. A hardware store, possibly Davidson's, is on the southwest corner of Hubbard and Oak.
Date:
1910/1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An Aerial View of Mineral Wells (2 of 2)]
This aerial photograph is adjacent to, and south of, the previous photograph. It is taken from South Mountain, looking east-south-east. The Chautauqua is on the upper left of the picture. The Crazy Flats Drinking Pavilion (which burned March 15, 1925) is below and to the right of the Chautauqua. The area in foreground is a residential area of west Mineral Wells, Texas.
Date:
1910?
Creator:
Weaver, A. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[A View of Mineral Wells from East Mountain]
A view of Mineral Wells and South Mountain, taken from atop East Mountain is shown here. Notable buildings are the West Ward School next to the "Little Rock" school house in upper right and Poston Dry Goods in left-center. The photograph was taken before the second high school was built in 1914.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Our City
A photograph, taken from Welcome Mountain looking West down NW 4th Street, of unknown date is illustrated here. The small brick building in 4th Street is the Crazy Well. The first Crazy Water Hotel (left middle of picture) was built on same location as present Crazy Water hotel. The present hotel is much larger and extends to the Crazy Well. Note the Crazy Flats (drinking pavilion with apartments) in foreground. Note the first Catholic Church, on West Mountain. The West Ward School and the High School are in upper left quadrant of picture.
Date:
1912?/1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A View of Mineral Wells from East Mountain]
A view from East Mountain, looking down on Mineral Wells and taken about 1910, includes: The First United Methodist Church, the Yeager Building, and the train depot in the background. This photograph was taken before the Baker Hotel was built.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Damron, Mineral Wells, Texas
This picture shows a post-card view of the Damron Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. It was built in 1906 as The Colonial Hotel by rancher J.T. Holt, a rancher whose ranch of five thousand acres was near Mineral Wells. Nonetheless, she would not live in the country. The hotel was traded around 1917 to Agnew and Bessie Damron. The hotel burned completely in 1978.
Date:
1918~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carlisle House, Mineral Wells, Texas
The Carlisle House was owned and managed by Mrs. A[lexander] E[mmett] Carlisle, after the death of her husband in 1911. It was one of the largest hotels of its day, boasting sixty rooms. It was destroyed in a fire on July 4, 1914. The Abilene "Reporter" of July 5, 1914 reports that fire began its course at the Tourist Hotel (located, at the time, at 315 NW 4th street). It spread to the New Hazel Hotel (at 305 NW 4th Street), took in the Harrel House, (at 301 NW 4th street), the Lake Charles, Louisiana (511 NW 2nd Street), and the Burk House, 601 NW 3rd Avenue, as well as seven houses that were not hotels. The fire was so thorough that in 1921, the area was still devoid of buildings. It was on this site that Mordecai Ham (he who converted Billy Graham) put up a tent for a revival on March 23, 1927. He accepted the position of pastor at the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City on June 19, 1927. He remained in that position until June 16, 1929, when he returned to the revival circuit. The Carlisle House was located in the same block as the …
Date:
1913?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Brazos County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Brazos County, Texas.
Date:
July 10, 1916
Creator:
Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto) & Waldrop, C. S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of the central Gulf coast area of Texas
Soil survey of twelve counties on the central part of the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The counties are Brazoria, Matagorda, Calhoun, Aransas, Refugio, Bee, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Wharton, Dewitt, and Karnes. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, irrigation, and drainage of these counties.
Date:
December 20, 1911
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of the panhandle region of Texas
Soil survey of 26 counties in the panhandle region of Texas. Included are Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler counties. Text describes the area, climate, soils, agriculture, and irrigation of these counties.
Date:
October 26, 1911
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnoissance soil survey of South Texas
Soil survey of 8 counties in the extreme southern part of Texas. Includes San Patricio, Nueces, Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Duval, Zapata, and Webb Counties. Text describes the area, climate, soils, alkali, agriculture, and irrigation of these counties.
Date:
June 16, 1910
Creator:
Coffey, George Nelson
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History