Photograph of Judge Joseph Hudson Barwise's home in Wichita Falls. Horses and buggies are standing by the white picket fence in front of the house. Various people are standing on the porch of the house.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration and business name, with the name R. F. Powell, Proprietor.

Map of a birds-eye view of Wichita Falls, Texas in 1890. Illustrations of the Courthouse, Grocery Store, School, Bank, and other establishments surround the view of the town's buildings and it's lake.

Map shows late nineteenth century Wichita Falls, Texas structures, street names, and businesses. Includes key to selected buildings and eight illustrations. Insets: "Wichita Co. Court House and Jail," "C.A. Souters Block & Opera House," "T.H. Wilson's Grocery Co.," "Wichita Roller Mil' Co. Mill & Warehouse," "Public School," "Keller & Durrett, Saddlery: Buggies & Hard[ware]," "Wagon & R.R. Bridges Across the Wichita River," and the "Panhandle Natl. Bank." Scale not provided.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains illustrated map of Iowa Park, Texas, with images and extensive text enticing settlers to the area.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, business name, and text reading: "Yards at Wichita Falls, Texas, Henrietta, Vernon, Salisbury, Clarendon, Pan Handle, Texline"; "Direct all Correspondence and Invoices to Wichita Falls, Texas."

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, wagon illustration, and business name with text reading: "The Old Reliable Peter Schuttler Wagon Is Sold and Warranted By Keller & Durrett."

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and bank illustration in lithographic print by R. & T. A. Ennis Staty. Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names R. E. Huff, Prest.; H. Specht, V. Prest.; W. A. McCutchen, Cashier.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and map of the panhandle in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names R. E. Huff, Prest.; H. Specht, V. Prest.; W. A. McCutchen, Cashier; W. M. McGregor, Ass't. Cashier.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and depicts bank building in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts. Letterhead includes names L. T. Carr, President; G. S. DeWolf, Cashier.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, easily operated, and improved registering machine that is meant to add numbers without mistakes. It uses revoluble number wheels and a spring-returned shaft among other materials.

Patent for an extension brace for ladders that improves on the inventor's previous patent (No. 416,413). The invention's parts "are positively raised and lowered by means of direct acting mechanism which is so constructed and arranged as to obtain the most beneficial results from a comparatively small application of power, the parts being strong and durable easily operated and readily understood" (lines 20-26).

Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. The contract is unsigned and the last page has "Railroad" written on the back.

Contract between Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway Company of Texas and The Wichita Falls Railway Company detailing an agreement between the companies regarding a railroad line between Wichita Falls and Henrietta, Texas. Also included is the Railroad Commission of Texas's approval of the contract. "Henry Sayles" is handwritten on the title page in pencil.

Patent for a pipe-wrench that can "be adjusted to fit accurately pipes and rods from the smallest to the largest of those in more common use, that will grip each with almost any desired degree of force and yet will not materially mar or injure it, and that may also be used for ends not usually possible with pipe-wrenches" (lines 12-18).

Patent for a railroad-tie that improves on a patent granted to John C. Lee (No. 513,792). The improvement that simplifies and makes the tie stronger and uses less materials.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with company logo, business name, and text reading: "Office of A. Newby, Agent for Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, "The Anheuser Standard." Special Brewings: The Budweiser, Erlanger, Liebotschaner, The Faust Beer."

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration and business name, with text reading: "Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Saddlery, Harness, Hardware and Implements"; "Live Stock, Cattle and Horses." Letterhead contains the names D. Waggoner; W. T. Waggoner; T. M. Holt, Manager.

Patent for an improved way of raising, lowering, and locking window shades into place. "The operating-cord passes over a pulley located between two larger disks, one of which is screwed toward the other by a spring to clamp the folds of the cord and is screwed in the opposite direction by means of a lever, upon which the chord itself acts when drawn in the proper direction" (lines 14-20).

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains bank illustration, stylized text of business name, and decorative designs in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes the names Joseph A. Kemp, President; C. A. Brown, Vice Prest.; Frank Dorsey, Cashier.