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Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Sign in Irving

Photograph of the plaque honoring Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train in Irving, Texas. The sign says, "New Home of (Early 1985) Texas Wagon Train 'Circle Texas for the Past and Future' Garry L. France - Wagon Master, Walt Garrison - Honorary State Wagon Master, Billy Bob Barnett - Asst. Wagon Master, Tom Landry - Asst. Wagon Master, Gib Lewis - Asst. Wagon Master, Glen D. Courson - Asst. Wagon Master, Jan France - Executive Director, Donald H. Stringer - Business Manger 'Centerpiece of the Texas Sesquicentennial' 'Join our train for a day, a week, or all the way!' Corporate and business sponsorships available *A Texas Non-Profit Corp. CH #676274"
Date: July 2, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Sign in Irving

Photograph of a sign on a brick building in Irving, Texas with the text: "Texas Wagon Train, 'Circle Texas for the Past and Future.'" There is an image of a covered wagon on the left and the logo for the Texas Sesquicentennial on the right.
Date: July 2, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Sign in Irving

Photograph of a large sign with the text "Texas Wagon Train Headquarters" hanging in front of a brick building in Irving, Texas. There are logos on either side of the name; a "Texas Sesquicentennial" logo on the left, and an image of a covered wagon on the right.
Date: July 2, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters Where it was Located in Irving

Photograph of the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train Headquarters in Irving, Texas. The photo shows the front of the building that housed the headquarters for the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon Train. The headquarters were located in a shopping center, next to Glen's Sporting Goods.
Date: July 2, 1986
Creator: Cirincione, Nick
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado Destruction]

Photograph of destruction caused by a tornado in Dallas, Texas. A car in the foreground has been partially destroyed, and is covered with rubble from the building behind it. Debris litters the ground.
Date: April 2, 1957
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Fire Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter to Henry Forschmidt from W. A. Donald]

Letter from W. A. Donald to Henry Forschmidt expressing thanks to the Michigan Blueberry Growers Association for moving a cultivated blueberry crop.
Date: November 2, 1954
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[California Crossing]

Photograph of a body of water surrounded by concrete. Driftwood floats downstream. The water is surrounded by trees.
Date: December 2, 1977
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Building Being Constructed at Tietze Park]

Photograph of a building being constructed at Tietze Park. The building is made of stone, and many of the stones are visible in the foreground of the image. Three men are visible working on the building.
Date: August 2, 1946
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0225.0477]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Charles Hahn and his secretary, Mrs. Nettie Owens, take a break outside 'Catastrophe Bus"
Date: May 2, 1974
Creator: Artman, Roger
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0242.0670]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Fifty six high school students Friday will wind up a three week program of study at Oklahoma State University designed to acquaint them with the wide variety of future careers in engineering and science."
Date: July 2, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0120.0289]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Gregg Caliendo, Dallas, prepares his Old English Sheep Dog, called Blue Denim Levi Strauss, for showing in the Mid-Del- Tinker Kennel Club's purebreed Dog show."
Date: May 2, 1981
Creator: Hoke, Doug
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0320B.0175]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Keen Johnson is a regular fellow."
Date: June 2, 1959
Creator: Albright, Bob
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0285.0088]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Detectives Friday quoted the arresting officers as saying the pair told them they were about to do a "safe job" at the grocery."
Date: March 2, 1951
Creator: Kaho, C. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0360.0764]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: January 2, 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1233.0075]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Martha Schroeder, MIss Teenage Oklahoma City, joined other contestants for a tour of "World of Animals" in Mesquite, Tex., as 40 girls began preparation for the Miss Teenage America Pageant in Fort Worth Saturday night."
Date: December 2, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1092.0244]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. Janna Boren, 31, Oklahoma's former first lady, was married this morning to a Longview, Tex., oilman in ceremony in Dallas."
Date: November 2, 1974
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1194.0183]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dennis B. Sossamon"
Date: August 2, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1194.0182]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dennis B. Sossamon"
Date: August 2, 1966
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Park Police Directing Car]

Photograph of a Dallas Park patrolman directing a white car into a parking space.
Date: November 2, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Park Police Writing]

Photograph of a Dallas Park patrolman writing down the license number of a beached boat.
Date: November 2, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Broken Sidewalk at Moore Park]

Photograph of a large wooden fence near a tree, with a sidewalk broken by the open earth that leads to a building with one window.
Date: February 2, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Creek and Banks at Moore Park]

Photograph of the high rocky banks of the creek that runs through Moore Park.
Date: February 2, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Park Police Bringing Young Boy Home]

Photograph of a Dallas Parks patrolman with his hand on a young boy's shoulder near the entryway of a brick house where a woman stands in the threshold looking at the boy.
Date: November 2, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wooden Fence and Brush at Moore Park]

Photograph of wooden fencing supporting dirt on one side of the fence, and supported by trees on the other.
Date: February 2, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History