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[Ada Belle Oil Company Sign]

Photograph of an Ada Belle Oil Company sign for the Honeymoon Well No. 354. An open field is visible in the background.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ada Belle Oil Field Round House]

Photograph of a corrugated metal pumphouse in the Ada Belle Company Oil Field. Sucker rods run along the ground into the pumphouse, propped up on small pieces of wood. Equipment and debris litter the ground.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ada Belle Oil Well, (discovery well)]

Photograph of the Ada Belle Oil Well in Batson, Texas.
Date: March 13, 1978
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Belt inside Pump House at Ada Belle Oil Field[

Photograph of a belt used to run a large wheel within the pump house at Ada Belle Oil Field. Unused coils of tubing lean against a wall behind the belt.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Electric Motor at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Photograph of an electric motor used to run other equipment for the Ada Belle Oil Field. The engine is placed on the floor of a corrugated metal building. Shelves piled with various equipment and parts are visible in the background. A can of Havoline Motor Oil sits open on the floor next to the engine.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post Foundation (open access)

Fence Post Foundation

Patent for fence post foundation. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Gregory, Marshal J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire and Burglar Alarm. (open access)

Fire and Burglar Alarm.

Patent for a fire and burglar alarm for use in buildings.
Date: February 13, 1912
Creator: Gregory, Marshall J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of the Ada Belle Oil Field Pump House #1]

Photograph of gears where sucker rods are attached inside of the pump house at Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. Coils of unused tubing leans against a wall in the background.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of the Ada Belle Oil Field Pump House #2]

Photograph of a large wheel in the Ada Belle Oil Field pump house used to run sucker rods. A belt runs along the outside of the spoked wheel. The wheel itself lays parallel to the ground.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ballinger Mills to C. C. Hemming, October 13, 1915] (open access)

[Letter from Ballinger Mills to C. C. Hemming, October 13, 1915]

Letter from Ballinger Mills to C. C. Hemming discussing land in Hardin County. Mills mentions timber sold and taxes paid. Mills says that in conveyance of the land to J. R. Chapman no assumption of liability was made.
Date: October 13, 1915
Creator: Mills, Ballinger
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: APO 72] (open access)

[News Script: APO 72]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about republican senator John Tower who has introduced a bill asking for the creation of a big thicket National biological reserve in texas.
Date: June 13, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oil City Visitor. (Sour Lake, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1913 (open access)

The Oil City Visitor. (Sour Lake, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Sour Lake, Texas that includes local, area oil field, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1913
Creator: Cornwell, B. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1964 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1964

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 13, 1964
Creator: Welch, James E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1964 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1964

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 13, 1964
Creator: Jennings, James C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1965 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1965

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 13, 1965
Creator: Jennings, James C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1966 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Kountze, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1966

Weekly newspaper from Kountze, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 13, 1966
Creator: Jennings, James C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee , Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 69, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1966 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Silsbee , Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 69, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1966

Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 13, 1966
Creator: Barrington, Peggy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1967 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1967

Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1967
Creator: Barrington, Peggy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1967 (open access)

The Pine Needle (Silsbee, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1967

Weekly newspaper from Silsbee , Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 13, 1967
Creator: Barrington, Peggy
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque for a Discovery Well in Batson, Texas]

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the discovery of oil in a Batson, Texas oil field in a well known as Paraffine Oil Co. No. 1. The plaque notes that the well reached a depth of 790 feet, initially produced 600 barrels of oil, and was completed on October 31st, 1903. Located in Ada Belle Oil Field.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new type of wing plow with new improvements designed to prevent earth from being thrown onto previous plants.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Moore, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Process of Sucker Rod Replacement at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Photograph of the process of replacing old sucker rods with new ones at the Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. A long, metal rod lays across the ground, stretching off into the distance. The rod is propped up off the ground with small pieces of wood. On the left side of the frame, several wooden structures are visible.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pump House Complex at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Photograph of the pump house complex at Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. Several one-story structures and wooden oil tanks are visible in the distance. Power lines run above the buildings. Bare dirt and several large puddles of water occupy the foreground.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pumphouse at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Photograph of a pumphouse at Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. Sucker rods run from a pumpjack in the foreground to the pump house in the distance. The sucker rods are propped up off the ground on small blocks of wood.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History