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Texas Ranches Panhandle Section

Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7287 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7287

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Commission to be paid the Delinquent Tax Collector and the Tax Assessor-Collector of Collingsworth County for the collection of delinquent taxes.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collingsworth Motor Company]

Photograph of the Ford Dealership at the Collingsworth Motor Company. There are five cars parked inside of a large garage. Two men in suits and hats are standing near a door at the end of the garage. The operator of the dealership is identified as Kelly Pigg.
Date: [1947..1948]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kelso Funeral Home]

Photograph of a burial service from Kelso Funeral Home. There is a hearse parked next to a tent with a crowd of people around it.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars at Collingsworth Motor Company]

Photograph of two cars inside the Collingsworth Motor Company Ford Dealership, operated by Kelly Pigg. The car on the left side of the photograph is a convertible, and there is a large bouquet of flowers in front of the car on the right.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim White standing on highway]

Photograph of a man identified as Jim White, standing on the reconstruction site of a highway. Writing on the back of the photograph states that the bridge being re-built was over Salt Fork of Red River on U. S. Highway 83, between Wellington and Shamrock. A gasoline truck and a wheat truck collided and destroyed the north part of the bridge.
Date: July 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wellington students]

Photograph of a group of students from the Wellington School. The are each in band uniforms and holding instruments. An accompanying note identifies them from left to right as Earl James, Edmond Shaid, C. G. Gray, O. B. Rayburn, Dick Ellis, and Howard Moore.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nazarene Church]

Photograph of a Nazarene Church in the snow. There are two front entrances with stairs leading up to the doorways and a large window in between them.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wellington Fire Department]

Photograph of Wellington Offices and Fire Departments, on the corner of a small intersection. There is one small building pictured, with two garages for fire trucks. There are other small buildings across the street in the background.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group outdoors in snow]

Photograph of a group of five people standing outdoors in the snow. They are pictured on the South side of Main Street in Dodson, standing in front of a cafe and barber shop. They are identified from left to right as Elton, McKinney, Bernice Riddle, Norma Copeland Coran, Abra Lewis, and Jo Ann Bowling Farris.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two men in cowboy hats]

Photograph of two men standing outside by a brick wall. They are wearing cowboy boots and hats and smiling at the camera.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. B. Raburn to T. N. Carswell - November 25, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from O. B. Raburn to T. N. Carswell - November 25, 1942]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from O. B. Raburn, Treas., Raburn Grocery and Market, Wellington, Texas, dated November 25, 1942. Raburn advises Carswell of an attached check to help cover some of his expense and that they enjoyed his helpful message.
Date: November 25, 1942
Creator: O. B. Raburn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History