[Jesus Cabezuela and Catalina Cabezuela in El Paso]

1964 picture of Catalina Cabezuela and Jesus Cabezuela observing flowers in an El Paso yard. Catalina Cabezuela is standing in front of Jesus Cabezuela. They are both standing in front of a one-story brick home.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ashcraft and Kirkpatrick on Mount Franklin

Photograph of Alton Ashcraft and Kirkpatrick on Mount Franklin. El Paso is in the background.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Stagecoach Route]

Map of the stage coach route from El Paso to San Antonio, a total of 673 miles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men at the Knights of Columbus Convention]

Photograph of a large group of men in suits outside of a brick building at the Knights of Columbus Convention in El Paso, Texas.
Date: July 14, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of O. C. and Millie Dowe]

Photograph of O. C. and Millie Dowe at 83 and 71 years old, respectively, walking along a sidewalk with three men walking behind them.
Date: 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of U.S. Infantry]

Photograph of military men in uniform on the ground shooting rifles. A note printed on the photo describes the scene as: "Infantry in Action."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alpine Postcard]

Postcard of a view of Alpine, Texas. The photograph was taken from the top of a hill. The postcard is addressed to Maria R. Pena in El Paso, Texas. It is dated April 22, 1915.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mamie Crosson

Photograph made in 1898 in El Paso of Mamie Crosson wearing a fancy hat with flowers on it. She also wears glasses. This photo was included in a research paper by Marion Quick for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1967.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Butterfield's Overland Stagecoach]

Postcard of a stagecoach pulled by four horses on a dirt road in the desert. A printed note on the back of the postcard describes the photo, "West Texas - Butterfield's Overland Stage from San Antonio to El Paso is shown here in Wild Rose Pass in the heart of Apache Country between Ft. Stockton and Fort Davis, historic garrisons west of the Pecos."
Date: unknown
Creator: McMenemy, Margo
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Workers on Carrasco Ranch

Photograph of workers that were making a road to the house on the Carrasco Ranch in West Texas. The men are: Rijino Zubiate of Alpine, TX; Abel Delgadillo of Ojinaga; Agopito Zubiate of Pecos, Texas; Mike Montoyo of Alpine, Texas; Juan Young of Cloudcroft, Texas; and G.A. Glenn of El Paso.
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grassy Landscape at Big Bend]

Photograph of bushes in the Big Bend landscape with a long line of mountains in the background. The image accompanied a written speech with the caption: "J. M. Dean, an attorney from El Paso, bought land around Marfa" (p. 6).
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Teacher Marks 16th Year as Paisano Secretary (open access)

Former Teacher Marks 16th Year as Paisano Secretary

This article gives a brief biography of Jesse Blackwell, written when he was 81. It tells about his family, career as a techer, and his involvement with the Baptist church. The citation at the beginning says "Copy of article taken from the Saturday, July 26, 1952 El Paso Times by Patty McKenzie, Times Correspondent."
Date: July 26, 1952
Creator: McKenzie, Patty
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Diedrick Dutchover and the Overland Mail Route (open access)

Diedrick Dutchover and the Overland Mail Route

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the first San Antonio-El Paso mail run, which required thirty days to cover 673 miles by stage coach and heavily armed frontiersmen of ward off attacks. Diedrick Dutchover was one of the men that accompanied the stage coaches on horseback to protect the mail carriers from threats.
Date: December 10, 1969
Creator: Arriola, Conrado
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican refugees being loaded on trains]

Photograph of Mexican refugees fleeing during Pancho Villa's attacks. A large group of people are being loaded onto a flatbed train car; on the right, one unidentified man is helping a woman onto the train. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The people were loaded onto railroad cars and sent to El Paso to be relocated in Mexico near Juarez. Finally, in 1920, when Carranza was ousted as President of Mexico, Pancho Villa made peace with the government" (p. 9).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life of Dr. Joseph Darracott (open access)

Life of Dr. Joseph Darracott

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Dr. Joseph Calhoun Darracott, a successful doctor who worked and spent most of his life in Marfa, Texas. Darracott moved to Shafter, Texas, for two years as a company doctor; spent a short time in El Paso, Texas; served as a naval medical officer in World War I; and spent the remainder of his life in Marfa.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Errington, Joe
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[After the deer hunt]

In this photograph, there are two trees with at least three dead dear hanging upside-down from the branches. Two of the deer have been split open and an older man in the center of the photograph is cutting the third. Another man, dressed casually, is watching him work. To the far right, there is a covered buggy or wagon that is unhitched and parked. Behind the men, there is a white spotted dog lying on the ground and a white building, presumably a house. In the background there appear to be mountains. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says "Geo Gleim & Nick Mansfelder hunting on Joe Espy Ranch north of Ft. Davis, Texas."
Date: November 1916
Creator: Fred J. Feldman Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ira Cline - Disciple of Law (open access)

Ira Cline - Disciple of Law

This is a research paper written by Pablo Alvarado for an American History Class at Marfa High School on December 13, 1972. It is a biography of Ira Cline, a man who worked in law enforcement most of his life in west Texas and Mexico.
Date: December 13, 1972
Creator: Alvarado, Pablo
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, A Southwest Empire (open access)

Texas, A Southwest Empire

"Texas, A Southwest Empire" is a booklet published by the Passenger Traffic Department of the Rock Island-Frisco Lines and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, in 1909. It describes the resources and features of the various areas and counties of Texas such as: the Pan-Handle, Amarillo-Tucumcari Extension, the Western Tip of Texas, Wilbarger and Hardeman Counties, North Texas, Montague County, Wise County, Jack and Young Counties, Grayson County, Lamar County, Dallas and Fort Worth, Swedish Settlements, Trinity and Brazos Valleys, Leon Prairie, Galveston and Houston, the Coastal Plain, Liberty County, Jefferson County, Beaumont, Orange County and Newton County. Includes a map of Texas.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story (open access)

Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date: November 7, 1975
Creator: Earney, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Camels are Coming (open access)

The Camels are Coming

Paper illustrating the history of the US Army Camel Corps.
Date: 1977
Creator: Earney, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
School Picture (open access)

School Picture

Description of a photograph in a research paper. These pages describe a school room at a private Catholic school in Marfa, Texas in 1905 and mentions members of the Lujan family that attended the school.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Triesitas and School Picture] (open access)

[Triesitas and School Picture]

Report describing two photographs, written for an American history class at Marfa High School around 1967. Part one describes a photo of "Triestas" take in 1929. Triestas were young girls who prayed to the Virgin Mary de Gualdalupe. The second part in this report describes a photo of school children from 1905.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marfa Border Patrol (open access)

Marfa Border Patrol

This is a research paper written by Gilbert Gonzales for an American History Class at Marfa High School on November 21. 1966. It gives an account of the history of the Border Patrol at Marfa, Texas from its beginning in 1923. It has information about the various patrolmen. It describes the smuggling operations taking place on the Texas-Mexico border at that time.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Gonzales, Gilbert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mister Wayne (open access)

Mister Wayne

This is a paper describing the life of Wayne R. Cartledge. Cartledge was a cattle rancher and businessman in the Marfa area of Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb, Shelley
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History