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Tarrant County Courthouse and Public Square in 1879

Photograph of the Tarrant County Courthouse and public square. The courthouse is in the center of the photograph and surrounding the building are many men in jackets and cowboy hats with wagons pulled by horses. In the foreground is a wagon topped with haystacks and men standing on top of it. In the background are several buildings and a stack of lumber. A piece of paper at the bottom of the photograph reads, "The Public Square and Court House in 1879. To the East can be seen the Old Masonic Hall with belfry and opposite (south) the old jail."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks]

Tax receipt for Aaron Parks for the year 1872, for the amount of one dollar and fifty-five cents. The property taxed was valued at two hundred and thirty three dollars. The document was signed by J.C. Hightower, sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 26, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and forty-five cents and was signed by Jno H. Traylor. The receipt is dated March, 1878.
Date: March 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks reflecting a payument of five dollars and thirty-six cents. The receipt is dated January 10, 1874. The document is signed by A. Wright, sheriff of Hood County in 1874.
Date: January 10, 1874
Creator: Wright, A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks showing a payment of eleven dollars and sixteen cents. The receipt is dated December 26, 1874. The document is signed by A. Wright, sheriff of Hood County in 1874.
Date: December 26, 1874
Creator: Wright, A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and five cents.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Traylor, J. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett] (open access)

[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett]

Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett for the sum of Twenty-one dollars and forty-nine cents. This document was signed by J.C. Hightower, the sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 25, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History