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Mural in Weatherford - Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006
Mural in Weatherford - "Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006", near the courthouse square.
Date:
April 14, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Confederate Memorial and statue, Parker County
Photograph of a Confederate Memorial in Parker County, Texas. It is a statue of a man in uniform holding a rifle. It reads "In honor of the United Confederate Veterans of Parker County, 1861-1865" on the base of the statue.
Date:
April 14, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Historic Plaque, Parker County C. S. A.
Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County C. S. A. Part of a colonial grant to S. M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61. Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18 other men organized a full-time patrol against the frequent, bloody Indian raids. Citizens of adjacent counties took refuge here. In 1864 three local men were charged with treason. One admitted inviting Federal General J. G. Blunt to come from the Cherokee nation and give Parker County protection from the Indians. General John R. Baylor, a local rancher, was an officer in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign to make the Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean nation, and after victories there became Governor of Arizona. He was in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865. Parker County sent the Confederate army nine companies. Its Company E, 19th Texas Cavalry, served in Parsons' Brigade--which fought over 20 …
Date:
April 14, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Historic Plaque, Parker County Courthouse
Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County Courthouse. Scene of many noted trials. Built 1884-1886. Cost $55,555.55. Fourth courthouse in history of county, organized 1856. An oak on Ft. Belknap Road was Court site that year. In this building practiced S. W. T. Lanham, who was Governor of Texas 1902-1906. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964."
Date:
April 14, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Parker County
Cadastral map of Parker County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
April 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Recutting Files.
Patent for a new and improved file re-cutter. This design consists "[i]n an apparatus for recutting files by electro-chemical action, the dialectric plates and the carbon plates having their upper ends attached to said non-conducting plates, whereby the files to be recut are disposed between the carbon plates when in the solution" (lines 76-82).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Emley, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists "[i]n combination with the hopper having its front wall inclined and formed with a guide-groove, the inner wall of which is cut out, the belt having its side edges working in the groove, and having hooks attached to the same between the side edges, said hooks projecting through the cut-out portion of the groove, so as to have free communication with the seed in the hopper" (lines 88-96).
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Easley, Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Operating Churns, &c.
Patent for an apparatus for operating churns, ice cream freezers, or the like, and is meant "to produce an apparatus in which there is simultaneously given to the vessel a revolving motion and a revolving or vibrating motion to the agitator working in the vessel" (lines 14-18).
Date:
April 16, 1895
Creator:
Crawford, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pea or Bean Thrasher.
Patent for a new and improved pea or bean thrasher. This design consists, "with the main frame, having a removable top and an inclined bottom containing the thrashing concave and cylinder, of the fan-chamber and fan, the air-chamber having an aperture intermediate of the fan-chamber and concave, and means . . . for rotating said cylinder and fan" (lines 5-12).
Date:
April 5, 1892
Creator:
Grayson, William Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1892
Creator:
Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1892
Creator:
Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 7, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 7, 1892
Creator:
Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 14, 1892
Creator:
Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Republic. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 21, 1893
Creator:
Shropshire, H. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Republic. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1893
Creator:
Shropshire, H. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 4, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1450
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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Duty of the County Clerk to record deaths and births occurring in Parker County within or without the City of Weatherford.
Date:
April 30, 1952
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Confederate Tax Receipt from H. Maxwell]
Confederate tax receipt for taxes received from H. Maxwell for the year 1963.
Date:
April 12, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Raymond Curtis, April 29, 2010
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Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Raymond Curtis, longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Curtis' personal experiences of farm life in the Great Depression, childhood in Collin County, Texas, and education at the University of North Texas under the GI Bill. Additionally, Curtis discusses his family history, his career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, the integration of Weatherford schools, the school-building program, and his career as CEO of the Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
April 29, 2010
Creator:
Liles, Debbie & Curtis, Raymond
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Body Supported Brackett
Patent for body supported bracket for mirrors. Illustration included.
Date:
April 26, 1910
Creator:
Birdwell, Russell J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gin Saw Gummer
Patent for gin saw gummer. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Machine
Patent for well drilling machine.
Date:
April 21, 1903
Creator:
Lewis, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History