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[Historic Marker Application: Jeff Davis County Jail] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Jeff Davis County Jail]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Jeff Davis County Jail, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: December 7, 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Truehart Residence] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Truehart Residence]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Truehart Residence, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bloys Campmeeting Association (open access)

Bloys Campmeeting Association

This pamphlet gives an overview of the origins of the Bloys Campmeetings as well as the services available at the 1970 service.
Date: 1970
Creator: Bloys Campmeeting Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Genealogy by Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Genealogy by Blanche Perry]

Unbound compiled genealogy of various branches of the families related to Blanche Perry with various transcribed documents about several key family members. Also included are a copy of the funeral program for Blanche Perry, and obituaries of James Dewitt Garrett, Hattie Garrett Rivers, and Mrs. J. W. Rivers.
Date: 1895/1990
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Genealogy by Blanche Perry #2] (open access)

[Genealogy by Blanche Perry #2]

Unbound compiled genealogy of various branches of the families related to Blanche Perry with various transcribed documents about several key family members. Also included are a copy of the funeral program for Blanche Perry, and obituaries of James Dewitt Garrett, Hattie Garrett Rivers, and Mrs. J. W. Rivers.
Date: 1895/1990
Creator: Perry, Myrta Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Union Mercantile] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Union Mercantile]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Union Mercantile, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Fort Davis United Methodist Church] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Fort Davis United Methodist Church]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Fort Davis United Methodist Church, in Fort Davis, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: 1967
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: Montezuma Quail] (open access)

[Trading Card: Montezuma Quail]

Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Davis Mountains State Park, depicting a quail standing on a rock. The back of the card contains information about the species.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Economics of the Lumber Activity at Old Fort Davis from 1854-1884 (open access)

The Economics of the Lumber Activity at Old Fort Davis from 1854-1884

Research paper written by Mac Morrow on July 13, 1972. The paper describes the the lumber activities in Fort Davis, Texas. It covers the history of Fort Davis, the climate of the area, the costs of obtaining lumber, sawmills nearby, and Indian attacks.
Date: July 13, 1972
Creator: Morrow, Mac
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time for Tomatoes (open access)

Time for Tomatoes

Text about tomato farms, greenhouses, and events in Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a June 2000 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date: 2000-06~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Flags Unfurled: More Historic Banners (open access)

Flags Unfurled: More Historic Banners

Text for a sidebar about museums housing historic flags across Texas that was published in the March 2002 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2002-03~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texans Extraordinaire (open access)

Texans Extraordinaire

Text for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Voris C. Riley, November 1, 2005

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Voris C. Riley of Kingland, Texas. He discusses enlisting in the military while living in Abilene, Texas and getting sent to civil service for the Army before being offered to join the Navy. In the Navy he went through basic training in San Diego, California, then to St. Louis Electrical School and finally through firefighting training in Rhode Island. After he completed his training Mr. Riley was assigned to the U.S.S. Lake Champain, CB 39 and went on a shakedown cruise where 16 crewmen were lost for various reasons. In the Navy he was an electrician aboard the ship and dealt with setting up electricity onshore. He also dealt with Prisoners of War, being put in charge of a group of them to build a swimming pool. He was in New York City on temporary leave when the news of the wars end was released by President Truman. Mr. Voris also talks about serving in the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico.
Date: November 1, 2005
Creator: Riley, Voris C.
System: The Portal to Texas History