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Texans Extraordinaire
Text for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date:
2013-09~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Hunter Gymnasium]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hunter Gymnasium, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
March 14, 2011
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Blackwell School]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Blackwell School, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
February 8, 2011
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: El Solitario]
Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Big Bend Ranch State Park, depicting an aerial view of the Solitario formation. The back of the card contains information about the formation and the area.
Date:
2011
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: Texas Brown Tarantula]
Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Fort Leaton State Historic Site, depicting a close-up image of the face of a tarantula. The back of the card contains information about tarantulas.
Date:
2011
Creator:
Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Time for Tomatoes
Text about tomato farms, greenhouses, and events in Texas that was published in the "When..." section of a June 2000 Texas Highways magazine article.
Date:
2000-06~
Creator:
Mallory, Randy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Historic Marker Application: Humphris-Humphreys House]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Humphris-Humphreys House, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps and floorplans, photographs, and other documentation.
Date:
July 25, 1996
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: El Fortin Del Cibolo]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for El Fortin del Cibolo, in Presidio County, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
1992
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pat Godbold to Abelardo Sanchez - May 24, 1991]
Letter from Pat Goldbold to Abelardo Sanchez in response to a postcard sent by Abelardo Sanchez requesting information about the timeline of Dr. J. C. Darracott's practice in Marfa, Texas, while researching the death of Ambrose Bierce. Mrs. Goldbold includes a short biography of Dr. Darracott in reference to Marfa, according to the Marfa Museum records.
Date:
May 24, 1991
Creator:
Goldbold, Pat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Abelardo Sanchez to Mrs. Pat Godbold - May 20, 1991]
A postcard with a blank front sent to Mrs. Pat Goldbold, care of the Marfa Museum, from Abelardo Sanchez requesting information about the timeline of Dr. Darracott's practice in Marfa, Texas, while researching the death of Ambrose Bierce.
Date:
May 20, 1991
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brite Ranch Raid
This is a collection of pages and objects related to an entry by Clint W. White for the Alpine History Fair in Marfa, Texas in March 1984. Accompanying the research paper are three "History Day" judges' rating cards, a participant ribbon, and a certificate. The paper mentions a model of the ranch headquarters that accompanied this report. as well. Three ia a hand-written paper telling about the author's sources of information about the ranch. The three-page typed report tells the story of the raid on the Brite Ranch in 1917.
Date:
March 5, 1984
Creator:
White, Clint W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lee G. Bennett to Wm. F. Dukes - October 19, 1979]
Letter from Lee G. Bennett to Wm. F. Dukes in acceptance of the additional photographs by Frank Duncan of the people and happenings of the 1920s, which Mr. Dukes offered to the Marfa Museum in a previous letter.
Date:
October 19, 1979
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. Glenda McCravey - October 12, 1979]
Letter from Wm. F. Dukes to Mrs. Glenda McCravey to inquire whether the museum to be built in Marfa, Texas, might appreciate the donation of some additional photographs by Frank Duncan.
Date:
October 12, 1979
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: El Paisano Hotel]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for El Paisano Hotel, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Presidio County Courthouse]
Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Presidio County Courthouse, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Texas Historical Commission
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Crosson Family
Paper written by Jon Polson for his history class at Marfa High School on January 29, 1978. It is about the family of George and Lizzie Crosson, two of the earliest settlers in west Texas. They arrived by covered wagon in 1866-1867. The started the Goat Mountain Ranch and had five children.
Date:
January 29, 1978
Creator:
Polson, Jon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cow Country Comedy
Paper on the history and development of West Texas humor
Date:
1978
Creator:
Odell, Cindy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Service: Kathleen Menard - April 24, 1978]
Script for the memorial service of Kathleen Menard at Nalley-Pickle Rosewood Chapel on the morning of April 24, 1978. Kathleen Menard attend and graduated valedictorian form Marfa High School in Marfa, Texas. Kathleen Menard was deeply devoted to her father, Frank Duncan, and helped him in his photography business.
Date:
1978
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A 1913 Wedding
Information about a photograph for a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the 1913 wedding of Hijinio Roman and Pilar Dominguez. A footnotes page and bibliography to the research paper are also included.
Date:
January 18, 1977
Creator:
Carrasco, Irma
System:
The Portal to Texas History
My Grandmother's Sisters
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's sisters, Rubio D. Dominguez and Maria Rubio D. Ochoa.
Date:
January 17, 1977
Creator:
Carrasco, Carlos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mrs. Carrasco
This paper contains a biography of Paula Quiroz Carrasco. It discusses her family and her talent for knitting. This was a research paper by Silvino Ocon for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1977.
Date:
January 10, 1977
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Adobe House: A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School
Research paper written by Mary Francis Conners about the construction of adobe bricks and buildings. The paper describes what adobe is and where adobe buildings are normally found. This paper was written in in January of 1977 for a history class at Marfa High School.
Date:
January 1977
Creator:
Conners, Mary Francis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interesting Person
Paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in January 1977 by Rink Polson. It is about Lee Bennett, a teacher in Marfa and founder of the Junior Historians of Marfa.
Date:
January 1977
Creator:
Polson, Rink
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marfa Junior Historians
Paper by Lee Bennett about the Junior Historians in Marfa, Texas. It explains what they do, projects and papers the have written and awards they have won. She discusses how history helps young people build relationships with their parents and living relatives through interviews, projects and oral history and how they learn to appreciate the Big Bend area by researching things about it.
Date:
1977~
Creator:
Bennett, Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History