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[Five Wells Ranch, Catching Horses]
Photograph of the Five Wells Ranch remuda—"catching horses." The horses are gathered in a large herd on a vast grass plain, with several cowboys standing among the horses. A note on the back states that "enough farming is now done on Five Wells to produce needed grain sorghums for food, but no cotton is permitted."
Date:
1890
Creator:
Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Llano
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "Polite Attention to All Guests of the House." Letterhead contains the names Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Dunn, Proprietors.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
Date:
October 28, 1890
Creator:
Baugh, Reuben P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Button for Billiard Counters.
Patent for a new and improved button for billiard counters. This design "ha[s] the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire" (lines 83-90).
Date:
November 18, 1890
Creator:
De Vitt, Phillip Melvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Home in South Midland]
Photograph of homes on the southern side of Midland in 1892. The home at right, one-story and gable-roofed with a windmill, sits on the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Baird Street, and was the early home of J. H. Mims. The house at left, mostly identical to Mims', was the early home of Fred Cowden. Bare grassland surrounds the homes.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Legal Tender Saloon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names J. J. Westmoreland; W. E. Truesdell.
Date:
1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Sandstorm, 1894]
Photograph of a sandstorm approaching Midland on February 20, 1894. The sandstorm, dozens of feet tall, lays behind the small town, which consists only of several houses, water towers, and windmills. Two people walk between openings in a fence along a dirt path at right.
Date:
February 20, 1894
Creator:
Symonds, H. G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from C. Bender and Sons to C. C. Cox, May 31, 1894]
An envelope from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, postmarked May 31, 1894, on both sides of which is some arithmetic in Cox's handwriting.
Date:
May 31, 1894
Creator:
C. Bender & Sons
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, October 25, 1894]
Letter from the C. Bender & Sons company to C. C. Cox asking for an overdue payment.
Date:
October 25, 1894
Creator:
C. Bender & Sons
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Day in Midland, Texas]
Photograph of a busy street lined with storefronts. The road is crowded with numerous wagons and horses and people. The caption on the image reads. "Xmas Day in Midland."
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First Section House in Germania]
Photograph of the first section house built in Germania, Midland County, for Texas and Pacific railway workers. The section house sits behind the railway, and is a narrow two-story wooden frame building with a gable roof and a picket fence next to the railway. Workers stand on the railway, a handcar on the rails, a child playing with a shovel next to the rails, and several women standing behind, nearer to the picket fence.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Wells Cowboys]
Photograph of "5 [Wells] [Cow]boys," pictured together in two rows in the grass and facing forward. Several people are identified by name: 1, Andrew Allen, standing first from left; 2, Timberline, seated first from left; 3, Wild Bill seated second from left; 4, Doc Sears, standing second from left; 5, Jim Darling, seated third from left; 6, Jim Smith, standing third from left; 7, Tom Hudspeth, seated fourth from left; 8, Henry Williams, standing fourth from left; 9, Elmer Greenled, seated fourth from right; 10, Top Herd, standing third from right; 11, Jim Herrell, seated third from right; 12, T. O. Midkiff, standing second from right; 13, Ben Boydston, seated second from right; 14, John Deering, seated first from right; 15, standing first from right.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Hoyt, E. E.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Case.
Patent for a "music case or holder for carrying, protecting, and using sheet-music, and is so constructed that by its use the music is not rolled nor creased, is held in place, and it is not necessary to take the music from the case when it is to be used." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1895
Creator:
Ray, Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Legal Tender Saloon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the names Truesdell & Gardner, Proprietors.
Date:
1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of Annie Maude Aycock]
Birth certificate of Annie Maude Aycock, containing information about her birth and her parents.
Date:
June 4, 1899
Creator:
Texas State Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Birth Certificate of Annie Maude Aycock]
Birth certificate of Annie Maude Aycock, containing information about her birth and her parents.
Date:
June 4, 1899
Creator:
Texas State Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dorsey Home Photograph #1]
Photograph of the Dorsey Home in Midland, Texas. Three people stand on the porch, with a man standing in the front yard.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland 1900 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1900
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a new pencil-holder that is "a light, efficient and convenient pencil-holder capable of reliably securing the pencil to which it is attached within the pocket, thereby holding the same in readiness for use." (Lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date:
May 8, 1900
Creator:
Hogg, George, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1901
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double Acting Cylinder Pump
Patent for double acting cylinder pumps capable of continuous operation and a continuous stream of water, including illustration.
Date:
October 15, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Henry B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil-Holder.
Patent for a device to secure a pencil within the breast-pocket, including description and illustrations.
Date:
October 22, 1901
Creator:
Hogg, George, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump.
Patent for improvements in double-acting cylinder-pumps by making “the cages and check-valves detachable from the piston-cylinder without removing or disturbing either the casing or piston-cylinder and can be replaced in the same manner.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration in included.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Arnold, Henry B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History