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Soil map, Texas, Eastland County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, roads, railroads, mines, and oil well prospects. Includes legend and symbols.
Date:
1917
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Eastland County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Eastland County, Texas.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Smith, William G.; Agee, J. H.; Watkins, W. I. & Rockie, W. A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene of Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. There are several horse drawn carriages and people crowded in the middle of a busy street. There are local stores and businesses visible in the background. Printed on the bottom of the photograph is, "End of the Rainbow", "Fields of Liquid Gold", and "Ranger, Texas".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Station in Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a large crowd of people waiting outside of a train station. A large building and train tracks are visible in the photograph. Handwritten at the top of the photograph is, "L. Swagerty: R.R. Station at Ranger, Tex during oil boom of 1918". Typed on the back of the photograph is, "Ten times a day, trains of the Texas & Pacific Line pulled into Ranger to disgorge their load of passengers who had packed the coach seats, stood in the aisles and, in some cases, ridden atop the cars".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad Station in Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a large crowd of people waiting outside of a train station. A large building and train tracks are visible in the photograph.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene of Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. Several women and children are walking by local stores and businesses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene of Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. Several men and women are walking by local stores and businesses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene of Ranger, Texas]
Photograph of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. Several men and women are walking by local stores and businesses. There are horse drawn carriages visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Courthouse and Jail at Rising Star, Texas]
Photograph of a man standing next to a horse and a dog. Behind the man, horse, and dog are the local courthouse and jail. Handwritten below the photograph is, "the Courthouse and jail at Rising Star."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ranger, Texas Police Force
Photograph of the Ranger, Texas Police Force. There are seventeen men total, three are seated and four standing on the porch and ten are lined up in front of the porch. The four men standing on the porch are wearing suits, hats, vests and neckties. The rest of the men are wearing dark police uniforms with shiny buttons, vests, hats, collared shirts and bow ties or neckties. Three of the men have large mustaches. George Cooper, the Police Chief, is seated in the center.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Methodist Conference at Rising Star]
[Methodist Conference at Rising Star near Erath County.] Information provided: The man circled in the picture is identified as James Robert Mace who lived from 11-22-1851 to 3-14-1940. According to his obituary, he was a Steward in the Methodist Church for 67 years and was married to Lida Maude Mace Warren. He and his sons would later build the Methodist Church at Lelia Lake in Donley County, Texas after they moved there in 1904. The photograph was taken prior to the family's move in 1904.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men Placing Boilers
Photograph on postcard of men setting up boilers to put out an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the workers.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well on Fire
Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Courthouse and Town
Photograph on postcard of Eastland, Texas. A few businesses anc a large building are visible. The large brick building on the right is the old Eastland County Courthouse (demolished in 1926).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car in Front of House
Photograph on postcard of a house in Eastland, Texas. The house, partially hidden behind trees in the yard, is the Wolf residence. There is an early model car with an old style license plate in the driveway.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burning Oil Well
Photograph on postcard of the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well on fire near Ranger, Texas in 1919. Fire and smoke reach high in the sky, towering over the nearby trees.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derricks over Desdemona
Photograph on postcard of Desdemona, Texas from the south side. Oil derricks tower over the other buildings, hundreds visible stretching back to the horizon.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derricks in Desdemona
Photograph on postcard of Desdemona, Texas. Oil derricks tower over the other buildings, seemingly hundreds visible stretching back to the horizon.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parade
Copy negative of the Shrine Mesa Drum Corps marching down the street in a parade in Ranger, Texas. There are decorations over the street and on buildings, and the street is lined with crowds.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baptism in Lake
Copy negative of a baptism taking place in a lake in Dothan, Texas. Nancy Boles Buchanan, Hubert Henry Buchanan, W. M. Andrew Buchanan, and Elder Hamp Richards are pictured.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
People by Car
1 copy negative of two photographs. The first shows a group of three people. There is a man holding a hat on the right. The second photograph shows the profile of a man.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boy with Dog
1 copy negative of a young boy and a dog.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man and Woman; Portrait of Man; Portrait of Woman
1 copy negative of scrapbook pages with various photographs; three central photographs are fully visible with other, partially visible photographs surrounding them. The first, in the upper left shows an unknown woman in a long dress and apron standing in front of a house with a porch. A man stands behind her, with his arms wrapped around her. To the right, the second photograph is a portrait of Francis Marion Winfield Scott Seastrunk taken in 1923 and the third photograph is a portrait of Hallie May Harris Seastrunk taken in 1942.
Date:
{1923,1942}
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Family Portrait
1 copy negative of some members of the Seastrunk family in 1942.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History