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Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a simply constructed puzzle with a difficult solution, "but may be accomplished by the exercise of care, skill, and ingenuity in the manipulation of the device" (lines 15-18). It is a rectangular box with eight balls, four of which fit into holes in the corners of the box. There are segmented walls surrounding the holes.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Collis, Michael Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 5, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 5, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 5, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 5, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 5, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 5, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 5, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 5, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 5, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 5, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sister Mary Prendergast, 1978] (open access)

[Letter from Sister Mary Prendergast, 1978]

Letter written in 1978 by Sister Mary Prendergast of the Incarnate Word Generalate in San Antonio thanking Mrs. Murphy Bennett of Marfa Hight School for sharing papers and photographs with her and asking for duplicates of the photos.
Date: December 5, 1978
Creator: Prendergast, Sister Mary
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: New top Texas weather] (open access)

[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 5, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Brite Ranch Raid (open access)

The Brite Ranch Raid

This is a collection of pages and objects related to an entry by Clint W. White for the Alpine History Fair in Marfa, Texas in March 1984. Accompanying the research paper are three "History Day" judges' rating cards, a participant ribbon, and a certificate. The paper mentions a model of the ranch headquarters that accompanied this report. as well. Three ia a hand-written paper telling about the author's sources of information about the ranch. The three-page typed report tells the story of the raid on the Brite Ranch in 1917.
Date: March 5, 1984
Creator: White, Clint W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of Sale for Mule, January 1891] (open access)

[Bill of Sale for Mule, January 1891]

Bill of sale for a mule from Simón L. de León to James Pratt, witnessed and signed by Charles Henderson.
Date: January 5, 1891
Creator: de León, Simón L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funeral Notice for L.C. Brite (open access)

Funeral Notice for L.C. Brite

Funeral notice for Lucas Charles Brite, whose funeral was held at the First Christian Church on Friday, September 5, 1941 at 3 pm.
Date: September 5, 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History