El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:48000
Date: 1936
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1948
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1940
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1940
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1954
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2003
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Van Horn State Bank in El Paso, Texas]

Photograph of the Van Horn State Bank building in Van Horn, Texas. The walls are covered in stucco. The doorway and its flanking windows are designed to resemble vertical ovals with the tops leveled off.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ponsford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2011
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Paso Gap Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Subdivison Block Map: Dell City CCD, Texas, Index

Index map for Dell City Census County Division, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:150,232.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geologic Atlas of the United States: Van Horn Folio, Texas (open access)

Geologic Atlas of the United States: Van Horn Folio, Texas

This atlas contains three colored maps and aereal views from the regions around the Van Horn, Texas quadrangle including topography, and structure sections of the territory comprising El Paso County and Culberson County. The illustrated text of the atlas discusses the geological elevation of the area, provides in-depth breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals as well as the economic geology of the region, precious metals and minerals.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Hudspeth County, Index

Index map for Hudspeth County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:222,100.
Date: December 10, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2010 Census County Block Map: Hudspeth County, Index

Index map for Hudspeth County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:222,100.
Date: 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1990 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1990

Proceedings of the 26th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the meeting minutes for the April 7, 1990 SWFAS Executive Committee meeting.
Date: 1991
Creator: Hedrick, Carrol
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Fireball] (open access)

[News Script: Fireball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a fireball which lit up the imaginations of hundreds of the West Texans as it swept across the sky from north of El Paso to Van Horn and beyond.
Date: September 6, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lobo Valley Stock Ranch (open access)

Lobo Valley Stock Ranch

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustrations, business name, and text reading: "Breeders of Thoroughbred and High Grade Black Mooley Cattle"; "On G., H. & S. A. Railway 133 miles east of El Paso"; "The only Exclusive Breeders of Black Mooley Cattle in El Paso Co." Letterhead contains the names Jas. A. Espy; R. A. Espy; R. H. Espy.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region E (Far West Texas), 2016, Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region E (Far West Texas), 2016, Main Report

Water plan for Region E (Far West Texas) describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, recommendations for water management for different suppliers and counties, water quality, water conservation and drought response plans.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Far West Texas Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hudspeth County, Index

Index map for Hudspeth County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:242,706.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Florence and Angus Burn

Photograph of couple. Photograph of Florence and Angus Burn, of Van Horn, TX. Back of photo reads, "Leaving for El Paso."
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Panoramic Image of salt flats and Guadalupe Mountains

Roadside panoramic image of salt flats in Hudspeth county, TX. The Patterson Hills and Guadalupe Mountains can be seen in the distance. Subject of dispute during the 1877-78 El Paso/San Elizario "Salt War."
Date: June 8, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Horn Base-Ball Club 1921

Photograph of baseball team. Photograph of Van Horn, TX's Base-Ball Club, 1921. Including L to R (6 unknown players, Leonides Abreo, Genaro Carrillo, unknown, Fred Clark-manager, Fred Clark, Jr.-bat boy.) "Van Horn, Tex. Base-Ball Club, 1921. Photo by Hallgren 202 1/2 E. San Antonio St, El Paso, Tex."
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper Rio Grande Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper Rio Grande Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper Rio Grande Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History