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[Personal Narrative About Herding Cattle]
Personal narrative about life on cattle trails, mentioning a particular camp on the red river where mail would accumulate.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Voting and Politics]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing voting for Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, and his views on current politics of the time. Penciled notes are visible in the margins.
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Houston & Texas Central Railway Pass]
Railroad pass assigned to the Honorable W. J. Bryan from the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Houston & Texas Central Railway Company.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative about Ranchers]
Note or brief narrative that discusses ranchers caught at the mouth of Indian Creek.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of 1876 Rath City
Description of the steel shoe that oxen wore in a particular caravan that created Rath City and a description of a particular ox that escaped and led a heard of wild cattle. A drawing of a horseshoe-like object is done in pencil around the title on the page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Police and a Model T]
Personal narrative involving the police and a Model T automobile.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Fort Griffin]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing frontier life in the town of Fort Griffin, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About Abilene Post Office]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing how life in Abilene centered around the Post Office. Corrections are penciled in at the bottom of the page.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes on Duck Creek Ranch]
Various notes discussing life on Duck Creek Ranch.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas & Pacific Railway Pass]
Railroad pass assigned to W. J. Bryan from the Texas & Pacific Railway.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Heel Flies]
Note about heel flies and a crossed out name with an address.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note: 1879 The Ranch]
Paper with "1879 The Ranch" written on one side and "Less gallop off with the crowd" written on the other side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Horses]
Personal narrative by an unknown author describing a story involving cowboys and horses.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Life in a Small Cattle Town]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing day to day scenes from life in a small cattle herding town.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Rath City]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing life on cattle driving trails, and visiting the frontier town of Rath City. Pencil notes and correction are written throughout the pages.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative Involving Dancing]
Notes that begin with a story involving girls and dancing. The pages are numbered eighteen and nineteen.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About the Heel Fly Insect]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing aspects of the heel fly, such as the species it comes from, its anatomy, and its behavior towards cattle and oxen. Correction notes are written in pencil throughout.
Date:
1882
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Back of Check]
Small note written on the back of a ripped, blank check that reads, "I always feel that I am leaving home when I move out to find a place in town. I don't like [illegible], but I don't like her habit[?] ways". The check is from the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Cowboys]
Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing the life of cowboys in the wild west and a visit to Dodge City.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding]
Personal narratives written by an unknown author describing describing personal and secondhand accounts of life as a trail herder. Many paragraphs are crossed through, and a few penciled corrections are visible throughout.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Mrs. and Mr. W. L. Gillfillen to Mrs. W. J. Bryan, August 22, 1912]
Telegram from Mrs. and Mr. W. L. Gillfillen to Mrs. W. J. Bryan sending sympathy for her husband's accident.
Date:
August 22, 1912
Creator:
Gillfillen, Mrs. W. L. & Gillfillen, Mr. W. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. Louis Southwestern Railway Pass]
Railroad pass assigned to W. J. Bryan from the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company.
Date:
1907
Creator:
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Narrative about an Attack Led by Quanah Parker]
Narrative describing an attack on Adobe Walls led by Chief Quanah Parker, followed by the U.S. army's eventual retaliation.
Date:
February 1948
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About a Cowboy's Diary]
Personal narrative describing finding a cowboy's diary and listing the entries within its pages. Handwriting at the top of each page reads, "Out of Rollie Burns Book Lubbock" and Rollie Burns Book Lubbock Tex".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History