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Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1997
Proceedings of the 33rd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, meeting minutes for three SWFAS meetings, and August 9, 1997 financial statement.
Date:
1998
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1995
Proceedings of the 31st regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes a financial statement for April 1995 and the SWFAS by-laws.
Date:
1996
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1988
Proceedings of the 24th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. Also includes the meeting minutes for the April 9, 1988 SWFAS meeting.
Date:
1989
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1974
Proceedings of the 10th regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference.
Date:
1975
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Midland Fair Race Meet, 1935]
Program for the eight horse races held at the end of the Midland Fair in 1935, listing the officials and betting information along with details for each of the races, including the purse amount, length, and other stipulations followed by the participating horses by gate number (name, owner, trainer, jockey, weight, and ticket number).
Date:
1935
Creator:
Hill & Hill
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show: Announcement Catalogue
Booklet documenting information about the second annual Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show held in 1915, including information about the organization membership, rules and regulations of the show, and listings of registered livestock to be auctioned off at the end of the show, along with local business advertising that is indexed on the back cover.
Date:
1915
Creator:
Midland County Fair & Fat Stock Show Association
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: The Professors Love Story, 1911]
Program for a benefit performance of a comedy titled "The Professors Love Story," listing the cast and a brief synopsis listing the setting of the acts in the center of the page with local advertising printed around the outside. The are two ticket stubs attached near the top of the page for Section 8, Row H, Numbers 2 & 3.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Midland Texas: Cheapest Good Land in Texas, Shallow Well Irrigation, Abundant Rainfall
Booklet describing the town of Midland as well as the agricultural and ranching opportunities in the region, intended to encourage farmers to move to Midland County.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Charlie Watson]
Photograph of Charlie Watson, an early Midland newspaper publisher, working at his desk with a pen in his hand and a newspaper in front of him. He wears a hat and a coat, and is turning to the photographer from his chair. A note on the back of the photograph's mat indicates the photo was taken spontaneously, and was given to Lydia Watson, Charlie's sister, after his death.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bird's Eye View of Midland]
Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome and an arched window. One block south of the auto shop is the Schaurbauer Hotel, which has a sign hanging from its northwest corner.
Date:
193X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of M. J. Riggs]
Photograph of M. J. Riggs, the "cattle queen" of the early 1900s, wearing a light-colored dress with floral designs and a puffy hat. Riggs was a famous rancher in Texas and New Mexico.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Furniture Company]
Photograph of the Midland Furniture Company, formerly the Midland Hardware and Furniture Company. The furniture store is in a two-story building at 108 N Main Street, with a large sign in front of the building above the fabric awnings. The ground floor walls are made of glass planes. Numerous stores occupy neighboring lots next to the furniture store.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Midland Parade, Main and Wall]
Photograph of a parade in downtown Midland at the corner of Wall and Main streets. A long line of men on horses, extending deep into the background, passes the First National Bank on its left and the Llano Hotel on its right, turn left onto southbound Main Street in front of the bank's front facade. Rows of people stand in front of the cars parked along the curb of the road, watching the procession of horseback riders. A sign prominently at center points the direction down Main Street to the Haley Hotel, which was located along the train tracks on Front Street.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[Officials of Midland County, Sworn In 1931]
Photograph of Midland County officials sworn in on January 1, 1931, standing together in a courtroom posing with their right hands raised. From left to right, the officials are: M. R. Hill, county judge; Charles L. Klapproth, district judge; Mrs. Nettye (Charles) Romer, district clerk; R. D. Lee, constable, precinct 1; Mary L. Quinn, county treasurer; R. T. Bucy, county surveyor; Susie Graves Noble, county clerk; B. C. Girdley, justice of the peace; Lee P. Boone, district court reporter; T. D. Kimbrough, county attorney; D. L. Hutt, commissioner, precinct 3; Neal D. Staton, tax assessor; A. C. Francis, sheriff and tax collector; L. M. Estes, commissioner, precinct 2; Holly E. Roberts, commissioner, precinct 4; and H. G. Bedford, commissioner, precinct 1.
Date:
January 1, 1931
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Views of Midland from the Llano Hotel / Cowboys at Waddell Ranch]
Two sets of photographs, one taken from the top of the Llano Hotel in Midland, displaying different parts of the snow-covered town (front), and the other depicting different activities at Waddell's Ranch (back). Midland pictures on the front: (815) West view along Wall Street, county courthouse (far right) and Henry Halff real estate office (at left, "LAND" sign); (816) North view along Main Street, First Methodist Church (left of center, tower behind two-story building) and Western Windmill Company (bottom right); (817) Northwest view, corner of Texas and Lorraine, Midland County Jail (far left), North Ward School (background, left of center), First Catholic Church (right of center), Hotel Dyer (center) and Midland Lumber Company (center right); (818) South view along Main Street, T&P Midland Depot (behind Lee Heard's Cafe at center left), First Class Garage and Auto Livery (Doublemint ad at center right), and the Yeakel Hotel (behind garage and livery, with windmill and water tower). Waddell pictures on the front: (810) and (820) Horseback riders with lassos around a trough in front of a large shed; (821) Automobile on the side of a hill surrounded by people; (822) Branding in a pen at Waddell Ranch.
Date:
unknown
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
[Quien Sabe Cowboys]
Photograph of cowboys from the Quien Sabe Ranch, mounted on horses outside the Powell and Gamel Undertaking and Embalming building. The seven cowboys each wear white, long-sleeved shirts, bandanas around their neck, and cowboy hats, parked together on dirt patches. Two identical notes, one partially torn on the front and another complete on the back, lists the names of the cowboys from left to right: Ben Driver, Fred Truelove, Rabe (or Raby) Preston, Gill Haynes, James (or Jason) Curry, Bob Preston, and Cleo Gaither.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beatrice and Addison Wadley]
Photograph of Beatrice and Addison Wadley on November 15, 1906, shortly after their marriage. Addison stands behind a large tree log, while Beatrice stands in front in a dark-colored dress, both standing next to a wooden house.
Date:
November 15, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[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
[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
[Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley - November 6, 1911]
Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley of Maverick, Runnels County. The front of the postcard depicts a panoramic view of a parade held on July 4, 1911 on the intersections of Wall and Main Street in Midland, looking at the northwest.
Date:
November 6, 1911
Creator:
Trammell, Calvin E.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Senior Class of 1922, Midland High School]
Photograph of the 1922 senior class of Midland High School, posing on the front steps of the school building together in three rows. A paper accompanying the photograph identifies the students present on the photograph, describing the merits of the graduating class. Two students were not present for the class photograph: Frank Boyd and Curtis Nance.
Date:
1922
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History