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[Written Account of the Origins of the Danevang Farmers Cooperative Society] (open access)

[Written Account of the Origins of the Danevang Farmers Cooperative Society]

Four page account of the beginning of the Danevange Farmers Cooperative Society written by W. E. Paulson, a marketing specialist in the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A. & M. University. Early hardships in Danevange frame the communal spirit of the early Texas Danes, who begin cooperative enterprises after the devastating "Galveston storm" in 1900. Mr. Paulson ends with some of the financial benefits of the Coop society on Danevange.
Date: September 16, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Shearith Israel Congregation Bulletin: High Holy Days, 1996] (open access)

[Shearith Israel Congregation Bulletin: High Holy Days, 1996]

Bulletin listing the order of worship for the High Holy Days services of the Shearith Israel Congregation as well as various notes about upcoming events, congregational news, and other information of relevance to members.
Date: September 13, 1996
Creator: Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, September 9, 2000 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, September 9, 2000

Interview with Marguerite Sammon Voges, a Kerr County Native whose mother established the Voges Mobil Home Park (under the name, Blue Ridge Mobile Home Park), from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Voges describes growing up in the area, the flood of 1978, her family, and interesting aspects of farm life. Her sister, Minneola, and her cousin, Josie B. Kendall, are also present during the interview.
Date: September 9, 2000
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Voges, Marguerite Sammon
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Wharton County Courthouse] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Wharton County Courthouse]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Wharton County Courthouse, in Wharton, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, narrative and photographs.
Date: September 18, 2007
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History