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How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives (open access)

How Healthy is the Upper Trinity River?: Biological and Water Quality Perspectives

This conference report contains discussions and papers from a symposium hosted at Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, Texas, examining the ecological health of the Upper Trinity River, and the impacts of various human activity, such as agriculture, urbanization, and waste management. The papers cover the effect of water quality on urban rivers, long-term water quality trends in the Trinity River, solutions that may improve water quality in the river, as well as biological, agricultural and waste-water issues.
Date: 1990
Creator: Jensen, Ric
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rabies] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rabies]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 29, 1979, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dog Bite Victim] (open access)

[News Script: Dog Bite Victim]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about locating a six year old boy named King Lear, who was bitten by a dog that was later determined to be rabid.
Date: August 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: McWhorter] captions transcript

[News Clip: McWhorter]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: October 6, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rockwall Sheriff] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rockwall Sheriff]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: October 9, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: DB - McWhorter] captions transcript

[News Clip: DB - McWhorter]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: October 6, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: McWhorter] captions transcript

[News Clip: McWhorter]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 6, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rockwall Sheriff] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rockwall Sheriff]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: October 9, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c. (open access)

Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.

Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Tabler, Guy T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rockwall Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Rockwall County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:160,000] (6000 varas to 1 1/4 of an inch).
Date: [1890..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Fireworks] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fireworks]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 1, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rabies update confusion at meeting & Co. Dr. leaves room] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rabies update confusion at meeting & Co. Dr. leaves room]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 30, 1979, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rockwall observes 100th anniversary] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rockwall observes 100th anniversary]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the town of Rockwall's centennial celebration.
Date: June 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: NAACP] captions transcript

[News Clip: NAACP]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 6, 1985, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dove season opens] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dove season opens]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 1, 1980, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antirefilling Bottle. (open access)

Antirefilling Bottle.

Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Nevill, William Birt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rockwall County [Texas].

Map shows landowners, land patents, railroad lines, and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property lines extend beyond Rockwall County limits. Scale [1:66,600].
Date: 1941
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map showing proposed system of levees for the protection of overflowed lands accompanying engineers report of 1912 : East Fork Trinity River, Rockwall, Collin and Dallas counties, Rockwall sheet.

Map shows buildings, structures, roads, and railroads along the watershed of the Trinity River through portions of Dallas, Collin, and Rockwall Counties; existing and proposed levees, flood lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:24,000].
Date: 1912
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map showing proposed system of levees for the protection of overflowed lands accompanying engineers report of 1912 : East Fork Trinity River, Dallas, Rockwall, and Kaufman counties, Barnes Bridge sheet.

Map shows buildings, structures, roads, railroads, and springs along the watershed of the Trinity River through portions of Dallas, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties; existing and proposed levees, flood lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:24,000].
Date: 1912
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

General highway map Dallas County, Rockwall County, Texas

Map shows city streets, county roads, state and federal highways, railroads, and city boundaries. Includes legend. Insets: "Key to counties," and "For detail of cultural features see supplementary sheets." Scale not given.
Date: 1972
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3098, Chapter 652 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3098, Chapter 652

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the composition of the Rockwall County Juvenile Board.
Date: June 17, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1518, Chapter 1357 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1518, Chapter 1357

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to validation of the creation of and certain acts taken by the Rockwall County Public Safety and Fire Assistance District.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2054, Chapter 1349 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2054, Chapter 1349

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History