Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park.

Photograph of Monahans Sandhills State Park.

"This picture of Antonio G. Cano was taken in Grand Falls, Texas on December 12, 1914. Her husband, Martin, was a loyal follower of Pancho Villa. They later moved to Grand Falls in 1925." This statement was made by Alma Cano and was included in a research paper by Delfina Heredin for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.

Photograph of the Christ the King Catholic Church and Sands Art Center in Monahans, Texas. The one story building has dark colored panels with white trim around the windows.

Photograph of the Christ the King Catholic Church and Sands Art Center in Monahans, Texas. The church is a wide one story.

Photograph of the Christ the King Catholic Church and Sands Art Center in Monahans, Texas. The building can be seen from the rear.

Photograph of the Christ the King Catholic Church and Sands Art Center in Ward County, Texas. The one story building has wooden paneling on the outside.

Photograph of the Christ the King Catholic Church and Sands Art Center in Monahans, Texas.

Three women on horseback. Virginia Tucker Schulze with friends at a ranch in Pyote, Texas. Back of photo reads: “First ride to Brown tank, Madeline, Henrietta and Virginia.” Virginia Schulze was married to C. P. Schulze, Sr. The Schulze family owned Irving Lumber Company from the town's inception in 1903 until the 1980s.

Virginia Tucker Schulze, wife of early Irving settler, C. P. Schulze, is seen on horseback with friends on an outing in Pyote, Texas, c. 1910. C. P. Schulze was the brother of Irving's co-founder J. O. Schulze.

Virginia Tucker Schulze on horseback at a ranch in Pyote, Texas. Virginia was the wife of C. P. Schulze, Sr. The Schulze family owned the Irving Lumber Company form it inception in 1903 until it closed during the 1980s. Back of photo reads: "My first ride to Brown's tank, August 1910."

Photograph of the Old West County Bank in Barstow, Texas.

Photograph of Celia Acosta at age 7, dressed for her first Holy Communion. The photo was taken in Grandfalls, Texas on March 29, 1923. She wears a white dress with a crown and veil and holds a candle and a little book.

Photograph of a Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio longilobus) along a roadside. These are poisonous plants invasive on poor range. TX-45, 452.

Photograph of white triodia (Triodia abescens) growing in a burrow ditch along a highway where it receives extra water. This grass is a palatable species adapted to low spots. TX-45, 453.

Photograph of Ward County Courthouse in Monahans, TX. The courthouse faces towards the right edge of the photo as a sidewalk separates the building's lawn from the paved road running from the left edge of the photo to the bottom right corner. A section of the sidewalk near the center of the photo curves outwards to accommodate a patch of yellow and brown shrubs, next to which is a small brown box with a red top labeled "US mail". Behind the shrubs it a stone block with and upward-slanting top and indistinguishable writing, positioned to the right and in front of a taller stone slab with writing placed within a shield shape on the slab's surface. Throughout the lawn of the courthouse are small brown bushes and green trees, planted at the edge of the sidewalk and the bottom of the courthouse's walls. The building itself is made of stone white blocks accented with gray stone blocks, constructed in a mostly cubic shape with two rectangular sections projecting outwards at the front of the building. The sides of the building connected to these projecting sections rise to a lower height than the main part of the building. The shorter sections …