Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map shows late nineteenth century Wichita Falls, Texas structures, street names, and businesses. Includes key to selected buildings and eight illustrations. Insets: "Wichita Co. Court House and Jail," "C.A. Souters Block & Opera House," "T.H. Wilson's Grocery Co.," "Wichita Roller Mil' Co. Mill & Warehouse," "Public School," "Keller & Durrett, Saddlery: Buggies & Hard[ware]," "Wagon & R.R. Bridges Across the Wichita River," and the "Panhandle Natl. Bank." Scale not provided.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, T. M. (Thaddeus Mortimer), 1842-1922
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map of a birds-eye view of Wichita Falls, Texas in 1890. Illustrations of the Courthouse, Grocery Store, School, Bank, and other establishments surround the view of the town's buildings and it's lake.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, Thaddeus Mortimer
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1892 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1892 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1892 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1892
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 4

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls 1898 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1898
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panhandle National Bank of Wichita Falls (open access)

The Panhandle National Bank of Wichita Falls

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and bank illustration in lithographic print by R. & T. A. Ennis Staty. Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names R. E. Huff, Prest.; H. Specht, V. Prest.; W. A. McCutchen, Cashier.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panhandle National Bank of Wichita Falls (open access)

The Panhandle National Bank of Wichita Falls

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and map of the panhandle in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names R. E. Huff, Prest.; H. Specht, V. Prest.; W. A. McCutchen, Cashier; W. M. McGregor, Ass't. Cashier.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wichita Falls Agreement, of June 12 1894, Between The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. Of Texas, and The Wichita Falls Railway Company (open access)

Wichita Falls Agreement, of June 12 1894, Between The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. Of Texas, and The Wichita Falls Railway Company

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. Also included is the Railroad Commission of Texas's approval of the contract. "Henry Sayles" is handwritten on the title page in pencil.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Purdy, Thomas C.; Kemp, J. A.; Reagan, John H. & Foster, L. L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company] (open access)

[Articles of Agreement Between the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company and The Wichita Falls Railway Company]

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. The contract is unsigned and the last page has "Railroad" written on the back.
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barwise Home]

Photograph of Judge Joseph Hudson Barwise's home in Wichita Falls. Horses and buggies are standing by the white picket fence in front of the house. Various people are standing on the porch of the house.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
J. S. Mayfield, Lumber (open access)

J. S. Mayfield, Lumber

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, business name, and text reading: "Yards at Wichita Falls, Texas, Henrietta, Vernon, Salisbury, Clarendon, Pan Handle, Texline"; "Direct all Correspondence and Invoices to Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench. (open access)

Pipe-Wrench.

Patent for a pipe-wrench that can "be adjusted to fit accurately pipes and rods from the smallest to the largest of those in more common use, that will grip each with almost any desired degree of force and yet will not materially mar or injure it, and that may also be used for ends not usually possible with pipe-wrenches" (lines 12-18).
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: McCauley, John H. & Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. (open access)

A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.

History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties in Texas, including geology, settlement, organization, courts, military, cities, schools, churches, and other categories for each county. Also included are biographical mentions of some of the pioneers and present prominent citizens, as well as full-page portraits of some of these people.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Placket - Fastener. (open access)

Placket - Fastener.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in placket holders.
Date: February 22, 1898
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles. (open access)

Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles.

Patent for adjustable handle bar for bicycles, including illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1897
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar, M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain-Fixture. (open access)

Curtain-Fixture.

Patent for improvements in curtain fixtures "in which the brackets supporting the spring curtain-roller may be raised or lowered to admit light above the curtain." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adding-Machine. (open access)

Adding-Machine.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, easily operated, and improved registering machine that is meant to add numbers without mistakes. It uses revoluble number wheels and a spring-returned shaft among other materials.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Brooks, Augustus J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Raiser. (open access)

Window-Shade Raiser.

Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: McCauley, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dress Ensemble

Gray silk faille ensemble with green velvet accents.
Date: 1890/1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library