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Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture
Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cavalry wagon trains and pack trains. Picture]
Drawing of an Army wagon train; list of personnel of a wagon train; description of pack trains; information about water and camp sites in the Big Bend District, c. 1916-1920.
Date:
1916/1920
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nomenclature of harness, ambulance, or escort wagon. Picture
Drawing of the "off" (right) side of a four-mule army wagon team detailing and naming the harness parts. The drawing was published in Chronicles of the Big Bend, W. D. Smithers, Madrona Press, Austin, Texas, 1976, p. 14.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]
Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date:
December 16, 1836
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketch of the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church]
Sketch of the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church with the choir door and the main door marked. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History