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Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore (open access)

Features and Fillers: Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore

Collection of popular folklore of Texas, including information about animals, folk music, weather lore, folk beliefs, legends, folk medicine, poetry and other folktales. The index begins on page 229.
Date: 1999
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

McDonald Observatory Visitor's Center

McDonald Observatory Visitors Center
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of McDonald Observatory in the distance

View of McDonald Observatory in the distance
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

McDonald Observatory Visitor's Center

McDonald Observatory Visitors Center
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Hotel Limpia

Photograph of the Hotel Limpia in Fort Davis, Texas. It is a two-story building, with a porch on both levels. Three cars are parked in front of the hotel, and a historic marker is visible in front of the car on the far right.
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis County Library, interior

Photograph of the interior seating area at the Jeff Davis County Library. It includes a green chair, a table, a lamp, and a plant. There are books on the shelves behind the chair.
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis County Library, interior

Photograph of the interior of the Jeff Davis County Library. Books and movies line the shelves, and there are fans on the ceiling.
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis County Library, interior

Photograph of the interior of the Jeff Davis County Library. Books line the shelves, and a fan is visible on the ceiling to the left.
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis County Library, interior

Photograph of the interior of the Jeff Davis County Library. Books line the shelves, and there are fans hanging from the ceiling.
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cattle on the Sproul Ranch

Photograph of a head of cattle standing in front of trees on the Sproul Ranch. It has a roan coat, and a yellow tag with the number "20" in it in its left ear.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Horn

Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Combination Map of Jeff Davis County and Presidio County]

Blue line print of survey map of portions of Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties in Texas, showing rivers, creeks, towns, boundaries, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. There is also an inset map at the top of the page showing the entirety of Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties, as well as portions of El Paso, Reeves, and Brewster Counties, and the border between Texas and Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: January 22, 1894
Creator: Stakemann, M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis Co.

Cadastral map of Jeff Davis County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Jeff Davis County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil and appear to denote the addition of names and roads. Scale [ca. 1:426,666] (8000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1915
Creator: Bramlette, H. M. & McDonald, H. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of German Bisque Doll]

Photograph of a small doll in a blue dress sitting on a wooden table. A handwritten note on the back of the photo states that it is a German bisque doll and was purchased for Teda W. Neill by her husband.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Old Fort Davis]

Photograph of the buildings of Old Fort Davis in the distance in front of a hill, with a small stream in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Alex Dominguez's Children]

Photograph of six men in suits and one woman in a black dress with a black veil. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates that the photo was taken at Alex Dominguez's funeral, and includes his seven living children.
Date: November 27, 1964
Creator: Barry Scobee
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jeff Davis Co.

Cadastral map of Jeff Davis County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: June 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Moon experiments] (open access)

[News Script: Moon experiments]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 21, 1969, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mt. Locke] (open access)

[News Script: Mt. Locke]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 20, 1969, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2300, Chapter 1105 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2300, Chapter 1105

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the regulation of certain water wells by the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Stockton, Texas.

Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Jeff Davis, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, and Presidio counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, ranch owners, landmarks, windmills, water sources, oil and gas fields, and other notable physical features. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1967
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Fire (Davis Mountains)] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fire (Davis Mountains)]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 7, 1978
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library