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[Ashton House]

Photograph of the porch of the Ashton House in Marfa, Texas. The house is dilapidated and the yard is overgrown with grass and weeds. The porch roof is held up with two wooden posts. A handwritten note on the back says, "Armida Campos, Time: March 19, 1971, Place: A very old house near the "lce Plant."
Date: March 19, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ashton House]

Photograph of the roof of the Ashton House in Marfa, Texas. The house is made of brick. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Ashton House 1971."
Date: March 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fire at Rogers #1 Oil Well

A view of the Rogers #1 fire at a distance of 70 feet from the flames. The fire burned for 9 days before being extinguished on March 20, 1921 in Eldorado, Arkansas. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: March 1921
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joe C. Mitchell Ranch]

Photograph taken at the J.C. Mitchell ranch. A metal and wood structure stands in the center of a barren pasture. Behind the structure in the far distance stands one bovine.
Date: March 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stock pen in Marfa near golf course]

Photograph of a stock pen on the way to a golf course near Marfa. The stock pen is in the center of the photograph and spans the length of the photograph. A small shadow of Johnny Gibbens can be seen in the far right hand corner of the stock pen.
Date: March 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of View from Candelaria Hill Road]

Photograph of Candelaria Hill in the mountains of west Texas with a butte rising up out of the hill, taken from Candelaria Hill Road.
Date: March 3, 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History