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Cattle Roundup

Copy negative of a cattle roundup. There are men on horses and a herd of cattle in a fenced field.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowhand and Roped Steer]

Photograph of a cowhand on horseback with a roped steer in a corral withe more cattle and a farmhouse in the background.
Date: 1930~/1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crude House of Rammed Earth]

Photograph of a crude house made of rammed earth in the middle of the field. Various items are strewn about the outside of the home. The back of the picture notes that it was taken "probably at Balmorhea."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Car of Oil Shipped from Toyah, Texas]

Photograph of a group of people with the first T&P tank car of oil shipped from Toyah, Texas. Men and women stand beside the tank car and on top of it. A sign hangs from the side of the car reading, "First Car of Oil from Reeves County - Produced from Richard Shaw-Anthony no. 1." A building and electrical pole can be seen in the background on either side. Faint text in the upper left corner of the photo says, "Toyah, Texas 1927." Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P tank car with first car of oil shipped from Toyah Texas in 1927."
Date: 1927
Creator: Hubbs, Barney
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fishing at Balmorhea]

Photograph of several men fishing alongside a river. The river is lined by rocky banks with sparse vegetation.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of the hammermilling of blue grama seed harvested with a drum type seed stripper. About 11,000 pounds of blue grama seed (uncleaned) were harvested on the H. D. Cornell ranch this fall [i.e., 1950]. Cornell will use part of the seed on his ranch to reseed denuded areas and has purchased a drill. TX-47-380.
Date: November 2, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Sam Prewitt, polled hereford breeder, and Soil Conservation Service (SCS) technician [name unclear], left, look over an area of alkali-sacaton range on Mr. Prewit's ranch. The range is flood irrigated and has not been irrigated this year (1946). TX-42-632.
Date: April 9, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Mr. Billie Prewitt, [unclear] Hereford breeder, and with a Soil Conservation Service technician, left, look over an area of alkali-sacaton grass range on Prewitt’s ranch. The range is flood irrigated and has not been grazed this year. TX-42, 652.
Date: April 9, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, E. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Group on a Fishing Trip with Scott Locke]

Photograph of Scott Locke (center left) holding a fish as four others point at and lean towards it. All of the subjects except for the man on the far right are wearing wide-brimmed hats. The woman on the far left is identified simply as Sarah while the remaining three subjects are unidentified. The back of the photograph notes that it was taken on a fishing trip in Balmorhea.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

H. D. Cornell Ranch

Photograph of two men hammermilling blue grama seed with a drum type seed seedstripper on the H. D. Cornell Ranch.
Date: November 2, 1950
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Memorial for George Reeves, on Reeves County Courthouse grounds

Photograph of a memorial plaque for George Reeves on Reeves County Courthouse grounds. It reads: "County named for Texas Confederate George R. Reeves (1826 - 1882). Organized, captained company in 11th Texas Cavalry start Civil War. Served in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kentucky. Invasion of 1862 assigned to Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee. Promoted Colonel and command of 11th Cavalry 1863. Led regiment Chickamauga in 1864, fought in 100-day Atlanta campaign, guerilla warfare against Sherman's march to the sea. In battle at Savannah in 1865. Participated Carolinas campaign. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas, 1963."
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Roundhouse in Toyah, Texas]

Photograph of the T&P roundhouse in Toyah, Texas with two box cars in front of it. Written below the image are "Toyah Texas July 1911 - 'El Paso Route' Boxcar" and "Texas & Pacific Quarterly."
Date: July 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Station in Pecos City, Texas]

Copy photo of the T&P depot in Pecos City, Texas. The top right corner of the photo is torn, and there are six men lined up in front of the building. Written on the photo is "The old TP Depot of Pecos city 1892." Written below the image are "Pecos City Texas - T&P Station 1892" and "West of the Pecos Museum / Barney Hubbs."
Date: 1892
Creator: Hubbs, Barney
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Station in Pecos, Texas]

Photograph of the T&P train station in Pecos, Texas. There are a few people standing in front of it, and some buildings and train cars in the background. Written below it are "T&P Pecos, Texas Station elevation 2583 (1915-16 era)" and "Don Watson Collection."
Date: 1915~/1916~
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Station in San Martine, Texas]

Photograph of the T&P station in San Martine, Texas with people outside it. Written below the image are "T&P's San Martine - Telegrapher's room was upstairs to the far right. Note the train signal on the balcony upright" and "T&P Topics, Mar 1956, pg 23."
Date: March 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train #612]

Photograph of T&P train #612 in Pecos, Texas. Written underneath the image are "[sic] Pecos Texas Oct 23 1946" and "Ernest Sevoe."
Date: October 23, 1946
Creator: Sevoe, Ernest
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Water Tank Stop]

Photograph of a division point with two large water tanks in Toyah, Texas. The tank in the center is a double spout tank, and there are houses and buildings in the distance to the right of the image. In between the two tanks there is an engine visible. Written below the image are "Toyah, Texas - began as a division point on the T&P in 1881 with shops and a roundhouse, note: the double spout tank" and "G. Dawson Photo."
Date: 1881
Creator: Dawson, G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Water Tank Stop 2]

Copy photo of a division point with two large water tanks in Toyah, Texas. The tank in the center is a double spout tank, and there are houses and buildings in the distance to the right of the image. In between the two tanks there is an engine visible. Written below the image are "Toyah, Texas - began as a division point on the T&P in 1881 with shops and a roundhouse, note: the double spout tank" and "G. Dawson Photo."
Date: 1881
Creator: Dawson, G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pecos Station]

Copy photo of Texas and Pacific Pecos Station in Pecos, Texas. The handwritten text below the image says "T&P Pecos Station 1912-1916" and "James Milton Frame Scrapbook Permian Historical Society 6027.23."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John Ben Shepperd Standing with Historical Marker]

Photograph of two older middle-aged men in dark suits standing on either side of a large Texan Historical Marker with the title, "The Pecos Cantaloupe." The man on the left has graying dark hair, dark-rimmed clear glasses, a red-striped tie. The man on the right, who has lighter gray hair, is turned to the left, slightly away from the camera and is also wearing a red tie. The marker is made of shiny silver metal and dark metal, with a large block of text below the title and the Texan historical marker insignia at the top of the marker. The men and marker are right in front a tall, cream-colored stone wall with a tall window on the left side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Work Crew in Toyah, Texas]

Photograph of a large group of twenty-four men, posing in front of a roundhouse. The men are organized in two rows, with ten men seated in the front and the others standing behind. Most of the men are wearing overalls and work clothes, though several are wearing suits. Several Texas and Pacific train cars are visible in the bays of the roundhouse behind the men. Text at the bottom of the image says "Round House Crew. Toyah Texas. J. F. Keating Gen. Foreman. A. Thoer Night Foreman."
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reeves County Courthouse Erected 1937

Dedication plaque: REEVES COUNTY COURT HOUSE. ERECTED 1937
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reeves County Courthouse, Pecos

The Reeves County Courthouse, built in 1937.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reeves County memorial to the dead of Korean and Vietnam wars

Memorial says: "Dedicated to the eternal memory of the men of Reeves County and Barstow. Who gave their lives Korean Conflict Reeves County Ruben J. Gomez MIA 11-2-50 Thomas R. Russell 11-4-51 Walter L. Hood MIA -51 Viet Nam Conflict Reeves County Larry A. Bradley 1-7-70 William M. Harrison 2-6-69 Otha Weldon Exum 2-8-68 Richard L. Henry 6-24-69 Manuel M. Gonzales 12-10-67 Joe M. Juarez 12-10-68 Ernesto S. Perea 3-26-68 Barstow Jose Renteria Diaz 4-12-69 Emilio Gamboa Garcia 1-23-68 John F. Hummel MIA 3-6-71 "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
System: The Portal to Texas History