Building Exteriors

Copy photograph of two images. The top image shows the two buildings of the high school in Ballinger, Texas. Both buildings are made of stone, and a group of people stands outside the building in the foreground. The bottom image shows the First Baptist Church of Ballinger. Two men walk in front of the church. A hand-written note says, "First Baptist Church, Ballinger, Texas. Photo by Ballinger Photo Co."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Church Exterior

Copy photograph of two images of postcards. In the top image, three churches in San Angelo are pictured. A Methodist, a Catholic and a Baptist church are shown. The three churches are adjacent to each other on the same street. Labels identify the denominations of each church. Text at bottom reads, "Three of San Angelo's churches." The bottom image shows the First Baptist Church in Ballinger, Texas, identified in the image by a hand-written note.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Two Mutuals Enter Merger] (open access)

[Clipping: Two Mutuals Enter Merger]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Two Mutuals Enter Merger," announcing the merging of Citizens Mutual Life Insurance Association of Abilene and Winters Mutual Aid Association. There is an attached note to the article reading, "They paid in full several days ago with check on a Winters bank - 3500 I think I told Mather about merger. Mather carries same amt in this co. [fou] us children."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Relating to Grenville M. Dodge vs. Abilene Central Railway Company, et al.] (open access)

[Document Relating to Grenville M. Dodge vs. Abilene Central Railway Company, et al.]

Document answering the bill of complaint against the Abilene Central Railway Company in the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Texas. This document is possibly a fragment of a larger document and contains two counterarguments.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Note on Sayles & Sayles Letterhead] (open access)

[Handwritten Note on Sayles & Sayles Letterhead]

Handwritten note on Sayles & Sayles letterhead reading "The Ballinger and Abilene Ry Co, C. A. Doosd, Prest. Ballinger, Tex., J. A. [..] Gregor - Secy."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man With Horse and Trailer

Copy photograph of Dr. William O. Beazley sitting in the doorway of a trailer. At his left side is a white hat. To his right is a white horse tethered to the trailer.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 1: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 2: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 3: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 4: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 5: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 6: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 7: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 8: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the late 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 9: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 10: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 11: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map No. 12: River Surveys

Survey map of Runnels County school land, using surveys from the last 1800s, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of DOD River Survey]

Map of the DOD river surveys, including the Runnels County School Land No. 3 and with text listing the contents of the survey. There is a statement at the top of the paper reading, "This is a copy of DOD map as returned to General Land Office."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Runnels County Schools Land

Survey map of Runnels County School Land, using surveys 3, 101, 102, 103, and 104, with surveys 34 and 35 superimposed in red.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Man on his Porch

Copy negative of John T. Moore standing on his porch in front of the doorway. He has a beard and is wearing a light shirt and dark pants.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Children]

Photograph of children posed in front of a clapboard-sided structure in the Walhalla area of Fayette County, Texas. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo frame, Walter Schuhmann stands eighth from the left in the back row.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Clerks in Post Office]

Photograph of Walter Schuhmann, John Schuhmann, and Julius Kaiser performing filing duties in the first post office in Rowena, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Communion Group]

Photograph of a Communion and Confirmation group, showing the young men and women posed in three rows. The photo was taken in Rowena, Runnels County, Texas at the Zoar Lutheran Evangelical Church. According to a note on the back of the photo, Earle Schuhmann sits rightmost in the first row. Earleā€™s cousin Delta Schlake is on the middle row in glasses, second from right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History