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[Ventura Contreras marriage license]

Marriage license from 1898, joining "Ventura" Contreras and Angelita Madrid in marriage.
Date: September 14, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Heating Branding Iron. (open access)

Self Heating Branding Iron.

Patent for a self heating branding iron, which allows for branding irons to be easily attached and detached from portable sources of fuel.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Lowe, Marvel Avander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to A.M. Avant from L.J. Roter in 1909] (open access)

[Letter to A.M. Avant from L.J. Roter in 1909]

Handwritten letter written to A.M. Avant from L.J. Roter on August 14, 1909. It discusses Mr. Roter's health, his whereabouts and a business transaction between him and Mr. Avant.
Date: August 14, 1909
Creator: Roter, L.J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 14, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 14, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 14, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 14, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 14, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 14, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 14, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 1913 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1913
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Texas Cotton Industries to Daniel W. Kempner, June 14, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Texas Cotton Industries to Daniel W. Kempner, June 14, 1950]

Letter from Texas Cotton Industries to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that an order has been placed with the Packing Shed to ship Mr. Kempner some cantaloupes.
Date: June 14, 1950
Creator: Texas Cotton Industries
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, November 14, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, November 14, 1955]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the freeze that hit which shook the country and the damages it caused. Also, discussed about delaying the sale of some of these properties which were put for appraisal.
Date: November 14, 1955
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of Telephone Conversation with Mr. Fred Chandler, Jr., November 14, 1956] (open access)

[Summary of Telephone Conversation with Mr. Fred Chandler, Jr., November 14, 1956]

Typed summary of a telephone conversation between R. I. Mehan and Fred Chandler, Jr., terms of sale for Ward, Reeves and Presidio County lands.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: Mehan, R. I.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Texas Weather New Top] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Weather New Top]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of turbulent weather which continues along the upper Texas coast while other storms that roamed the Panhandle-Plains during the night are dying down.
Date: August 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather] (open access)

[News Script: Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of heavy fog in coastal sections of Texas which has made travelling dangerous.
Date: December 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Businesses in Marfa] (open access)

[Businesses in Marfa]

Report by Glenn Garcia for an American History class at marfa High School in January 1974. It is about businesses in Marfa, Texas based on his interviews with Jesusita Brito of Chuy's Place and Robert Martinez of Sandy's Grocery Store.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Garcia, Glenn
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disastrous Depression of the 1930's (open access)

Disastrous Depression of the 1930's

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression of the 1930s, specifically in Presidio County, Texas, with numerous interviews from farmers and ranchers of the Depression era.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Roman, Hallie Rey
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marfa Businesses (open access)

Marfa Businesses

This is a paper describing Marfa, Texas businesses.
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Zubiate, Barbara
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Mary's Catholic Church (open access)

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Paper describing St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas
Date: January 14, 1974
Creator: Hernandez, Lionel
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 9

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 16

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 24

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 33

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 43

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Brewster County, Block 54

Parent map for Brewster County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History