Family History of Luis and Nieves Colomo (open access)

Family History of Luis and Nieves Colomo

Paper written by Teresa Ceniceros chronicling the family life of Nieves Marquez Colomo and Luis Rodriguez Colomo. Includes descriptions of siblings, parents, and children. Details life from the late 1800s through the early 1970s.
Date: November 10, 1975
Creator: Ceniceros, Teresa
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Children's Entertainment (open access)

The Children's Entertainment

Small card listing items in a program to entertain children in Marfa, Texas on November 20, 1891. Included are songs, tableaux, drills, and a minuet.
Date: November 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Conners (open access)

John Conners

This is a research paper written by Albert Garcia for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1969. It chronicles the life of John Conners.
Date: November 18, 1969
Creator: Garcia, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Five Pictures (open access)

Five Pictures

Biography of Rafael Carrasco, his early life, his marriage, his different jobs and his family with seven children. It describes photos of the family and people who worked for Mr. Carrasco. This is a research paper written by Daniel R. Lujan for an American History Class at Marfa High School on November 21, 1966.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr (open access)

Biography of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr

A history paper chronicling of the life of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: McCutchen, Sellen
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Camp Holland (open access)

Camp Holland

Paper written by William Kim Thornsburg about Camp Holland built in Viejo Pass near Valentine, Texas. He accounts that the last Apache battle in Texas and how the camp was used later to supply troops along the Rio Grande.
Date: November 20, 1966
Creator: Thornsburg, William Kim
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Card from Lizzie Crosson's Funeral

Copy photo of a card from Lizzie Crosson's funeral with an illustration of an angel to the left and a curtain drawn back by two cherubs on the other. The angle is leaning on a gravestone with the text "Mrs. Lizzie Crosson, Born Aug. 25, 1844. Died Nov, 17, 1924. Age 80 years 2 mos. 22 D."; the text of the poem is written on a lower part of the stone with "In Loving Remembrance" at the very bottom.
Date: November 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History