2 photographs of a landscape view of Big Spring, Texas. There is a small pen in the foreground. Written underneath the image are "Big Spring in the 1890's - This unusual view of Big Springs (as it was known then) was taken from the northwest slopes and includes the T&P shops to the right. The steeple of the courthouse, erected less than a decade earlier may be seen dimly in the centre. Some say the pens in the foreground were on a tract owned by the Earl of Aylesford and operated by his friend, John Birdwell" and "Big Spring Heritage Museum." On the back of the mat is a card with an image of Heneage Finch and a short description of his life, as well as a letter from Joe Pickle to a man named Don.

Photograph of high floodwaters in front of the T&P roundhouse in Big Spring, Texas. Three trains are visible outside of the roundhouse, and two more are visible inside the house. A few men can be seen wading in the water. Text below the image says "[sic] View of the High Water in Big Spring, Texas July 24, 25, and 26, 1902 - T&P Roundhouse" and "Dean or Gene Moon."

Photograph of high floodwaters in front of the T&P roundhouse in Big Spring, Texas. Three trains are visible outside of the roundhouse, and two more are visible inside the house. A few men can be seen wading in the water. Text below the image says "[sic] View of the High Water in Big Spring, Texas July 24, 25, and 26, 1902 - T&P Roundhouse" and "Dean or Gene Moon."

Photograph of the Howard County Courthouse in Big Spring, Texas. It is a two-story stone building with a bell tower. A man ("Jones") and a cow are visible in front of the building.

Photograph of a train depot for the Texas & Pacific Railway in Coahoma, Texas. A family is seated on the stairs outside the building and railroad tracks are visible in the foreground. Text in the upper-right corner says, "T&P Depot 1907 Coahoma, Texas."

Photograph of numerous bales of cotton with loaded wagons in the background. Several men stand near or on the loaded wagons. Multiple buildings are visible in the far background. The caption on the image reads "Cotton Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."

Photograph of four trucks belonging to the O. H. McAllister Trucking Company, headquartered at Odessa in the early 1930's. This is a scene at the Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas showing the unloading of fuel oil from tanks, which caught fire and set the McAllister trucks on fire.

Photograph of train #256 in front of a water tower. Written below the photo are "Big Spring, Texas Aug 9th 1931" and "William Monypeny."

Photograph of train #256 in front of a water tower. Written below the image are "Big Springs, Texas Aug 9th 1931" and "R. H. Carlson."

Photograph of Janet Halchett Baird (center) branding a calf in a pasture with two cowhands on horseback on her left and right and other cattle and horses and trees in the background.

Photograph of an aerial view of Big Spring, Texas. There are many buildings and streets throughout the photograph. The inscription on the back reads: "Big Spring Settles Bld in left center."

A photograph print showing Texas Pacific (T&P) 624, 2-10-4 (Lima, class I-1B), Big Springs, TX.

A photograph print showing Texas Pacific (T&P) 406, 2-8-0 (class F-1S), on freight train, Big Springs, TX.

Photograph of a field of Abruzzi rye, which helps control wind erosion losses. A few buildings and a windmill are present in the background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Abruzzi rye which has controlled wind erosion. An adjacent field of 12 soil is blowing. The Abruzzi is on 12 soil. It has not has not been grazed."

Photograph of an aerial view of the T&P roundhouse in Big Spring, Texas near a train yard full of train cars. Written below the image are "T&P Roundhouse Big Spring, Texas 1949" and "Jack M. Haynes Photo (Big Spring Daily Herald)."

Aerial view of a train yard and roundhouse in Big Spring, Texas. Various buildings are visible in addition to a number of train cars on several sets of tracks and a bridge over the railway in the upper part of the image. Handwritten text below the photo says, "T&P Roundhouse - Big Spring, Texas 1949."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Cadet William E. Whitten, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Simon, is now attending the ROTC summer encampment at Webb airforce base, Big Spring, Texas."

Photograph of a follow-up from photo TX 49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc spruced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, E, F and H. TX-49-126-G

Photograph of a follow-up from photo TX 49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc spruced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, E, F and H. TX-49-126-D

Photograph of more range pitting. A follow-up to photo TX-49-126A. The picture shows a homemade range pitter made from a one-way and mounted or a power lift [sic] of an Allis-Chalmers tractor. The one-way had a 22 inch disc plow spaced 10 inches apart, with 5 inches cut off of one side. See pictures A, B, C, D, F, G, and H. TX-49-126-E.

Photograph of showing a home-made range piter made from a one-way plow and mounted on a power lift of an Allis-Chalmers tractor. The one-way plow had 22-inch diameter discs spaced 10 inches apart. Five inches were cut off one side. A follow-up picture to 49-126A. And see pictures B through F and H. TX-49-126G.

Photograph of a range-pitting machine. A follow-up photo to TX-49-126-A. This picture shows where range a range pitting machine has been run. The pits are 36 inches apart, 5 inches deep, and 11 inches wide at the top and are 36 inches in length. These pits will hold 5 gallons of water. A mixed land range site, unit 7 soil, poor condition. R.R.P. [Recommended Retail Price?]. The grass is about all dead, only small clumps remain alive. See pictures D, E, F, G, and H for pitter (also see TX-49-126-A and –B). TX-49-126-C.

Photograph of the 1902 flood in Big Spring, Texas. There are buildings visible in the distance and to the right, as well as a train engine and a few cars filled with debris in the middle-left of the image. A man can be seen to the right in front of a small gate. Text below the image says "Flood in Big Spring in 1902 - [sic] Early settlers and particularly immigrants from Pennsylvania who came to work in the T&P shops, often wrote back about the sandstorms on the frontier. But now and then they had occasion to write about floods, too, which inundated the T&P yards. This view is east from Gregg Street." and "T&P Topics, Jun 1957, pg 21 - J. H. Bradford Photo."

An aerial photograph of Big Spring, Texas, taken by photographer Don Hutcheson.