[Memorandum of a telephone conversation with J. C. Wilson, I. H. Kempner, and R. I. Mehan, January 12, 1955] (open access)

[Memorandum of a telephone conversation with J. C. Wilson, I. H. Kempner, and R. I. Mehan, January 12, 1955]

A memorandum of a telephone conversation with J. C. Wilson, I. H. Kempner, and R. I. Mehan discussing cotton properties in Ward County.
Date: January 12, 1955
Creator: Wilson, J. C.; Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967 & Mehan, R. I.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas

From Purpose: "This study in the area of Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, and Winkler Counties was conducted to address the problems of overdraft and quality deterioration with respect to the Cenozoic Pecos Alluvium aquifer (previously referred to as the Cenozoic Alluvium aquifer), which is the primary aquifer in the area. A discussion of underlying aquifers is also included" (p. 1).
Date: January 1990
Creator: Ashworth, John B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas (open access)

Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas

Report documenting an inventory of West Texas underground water supply for public use and consumption.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ward County Courthouse in Monahans, TX]

Photograph of Ward County Courthouse in Monahans, TX. The courthouse faces towards the right edge of the photo as a sidewalk separates the building's lawn from the paved road running from the left edge of the photo to the bottom right corner. A section of the sidewalk near the center of the photo curves outwards to accommodate a patch of yellow and brown shrubs, next to which is a small brown box with a red top labeled "US mail". Behind the shrubs it a stone block with and upward-slanting top and indistinguishable writing, positioned to the right and in front of a taller stone slab with writing placed within a shield shape on the slab's surface. Throughout the lawn of the courthouse are small brown bushes and green trees, planted at the edge of the sidewalk and the bottom of the courthouse's walls. The building itself is made of stone white blocks accented with gray stone blocks, constructed in a mostly cubic shape with two rectangular sections projecting outwards at the front of the building. The sides of the building connected to these projecting sections rise to a lower height than the main part of the building. The shorter sections …
Date: January 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Dan Oppenheimer, January 19, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Dan Oppenheimer, January 19, 1955]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear Jr. to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the purchases made in Ward and Pecos counties and the land sold to Mr. J. C. Wilson and about his auditor's report and its confidentiality.
Date: January 19, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History