[A "State of Texas" deed signed by Wm Richter C.D. Barrnet] (open access)

[A "State of Texas" deed signed by Wm Richter C.D. Barrnet]

A deed signed by Wm Richter C.D. Barrnet of Weimar Lodge No 2001, 1.0.0.F. for the consideration of 10 dollars paid by Thos. J. Rogers and his heirs for a certain parcel or lot of ground, 18x20 feet No 17 situated inside of the enclosure of the Odd Fellows Rest in the vicinity of the town of Weimar. Signed Sept 5 1887
Date: September 5, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double strand barbed wire. Jacob Haish's ripple wire.]

Double strand barbed wire. Jacob Haish's ripple wire. Patented Febraury 1, 1887
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. Brotherton "Round Barb", Barb is reversed Twist.]

J. Brotherton "Round Barb", Barb is reversed Twist, Patented September 3, 1887
Date: September 3, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887

Flat Barb barbed wire - Brotherton, patented September 3, 1887
Date: September 3, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students at Richmond Public School in 1887]

Original mounted print on cardboard. Students at Richmond Public School. On the front row there are six girls seated on the left and there are five boys (one sitting and the rest kneeling) to the right of the photo. Students of Richmond Public School (about 1887) are identified as: Back Row: 1. Fanny Lamar 2. Mary Preister 3. ? 4. Mattie Bell 5. Reg. Dyer 6. ? 7. Cecil Dyer 8. ? 9. ? 10. Albert George 11. Bassett Blakely Second Row: 1. Minnie Preister 2. ? 3. Bell Dyer 4. Julia Norwood 5. ? Norwood 6. Professor Norwood 7. Tony Wessendorff 8. John Baker 9. ? 10. George Baker Third Row: 1. Bessie McCloy 2. Lillie Winston 3. ? 4. Nina Bell 5. Kate Eckman 6. Heard Dyer 7. ? 8. ? Fourth Row: Lizzie McGee 2. Pearl Winston 3. Jennie Jones 4. Annie Somerville 5. Lyda Baker 6. Bertie Winston 7. Lola Jones 8. Alex Davis 9. Charlie Andrews 10. Will Robinson Fifth Row: 1. Maybell Davis 2. Winnie McGee 3. Lilly Rambolt 4. Mamie Davis 5. Minnie Waffles 6. Allie Ogilby 7. Freddie Kochan 8. Earl McFarlane 9. Bush Pleasants 10. Len McFarlane 11. ?
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Page in autograph album to Mamie from Alex K. Jones] (open access)

[Page in autograph album to Mamie from Alex K. Jones]

Page in autograph album reads: "To Mamie Remember me when far far off where the wood chuck dies with the whooping cough Yours truly Alex K. Jones".
Date: 1887~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Page in an autograph album to Mamie from Gertrude Earnest] (open access)

[Page in an autograph album to Mamie from Gertrude Earnest]

Page in autograph album reads: "Mamie. May your life be of pleasure of Peace and of love untill [sic] the Angels shall whisper Mamie Your home is above! Your True Friend Gertrude Earnest January 25, 1887".
Date: January 25, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A page from an autograph album addressed to "Mamie"] (open access)

[A page from an autograph album addressed to "Mamie"]

Page from autograph album reads: "To Mamie On this leaf in memory forest may my name forever rest. Your Friend E.H. Da___".
Date: 1887~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A page from an autograph album addressed to a ten year old "Mamie"] (open access)

[A page from an autograph album addressed to a ten year old "Mamie"]

Page from autograph album reads: "To Mamie, You are 10 years old to day: my wish is that the years to come may be as happy as the past Cousin Belle Richmond Sept 13th 1887".
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Page from an autograph album from "Katie Peareson"] (open access)

[Page from an autograph album from "Katie Peareson"]

Page from the autograph album that reads: "Sincerely Your friend Katie Peareson Richmond Feby 1/87".
Date: February 1, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Page from an autograph album from Katie C. Bell to Mamie] (open access)

[Page from an autograph album from Katie C. Bell to Mamie]

Page from the autograph album that reads: "To Mamie May flowers along thy pathway bloom, From every care thy heart be free And of every joy that earth can yield Be a portion given to thee Your true friend Katie C. Bell Richmond Jan 28th 1887".
Date: January 28, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the 1887 class of the Richmond Public School]

Photograph of the 1887 class of the Richmond Public School. The students are lined up in six rows in front of the wooden school building. They are identified as: Back row: 1. Fanny Lamar 2. Mary Preister 3. ? 4. Mattie Bell 5. Reg. Dyer 6. ? 7. Cecil Dyer 8. ? 9. ? 10. Albert George 11. Bassett BlakelySecond row: 1. Minnie Preister 2. ? 3. Bell Dyer 4. Julia Norwood 5. ? Norwood 6. Professor Norwood 7. Tony Wessendorff 8. John Baker 9. ? 10. George BakerThird row: 1. Bessie McCloy 2. Lillie Winston 3. ? 4. Nina Bell 5. Kate Eckman 6. Heard Dyer 7. ? 8. ? Fourth row: 1. Lizzie McGee 2. Pearl Winston 3. Jennie Jones 4. Annie Somerville 5. Lyda Baker 6. Bertie Winston 7. Lola Jones 8. Alex Davis 9. Charlie Andrews 10. Will Robinson Fifth row: 1. Maybell Davis 2. Winnie McGee 3. Lillie Rambolt 4. Mamie Davis 5. Minnie Waffles 6. Allie Ogilby 7. Freddie Kochan 8. Earl McFarlane 9. Bush Pleasants 10. Len McFarlane 11. ?The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate.
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jane Pells]

Photograph of Jane Pells. This photo was included in the Pells-Trotter collection of photos and memorabilia which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1887
Creator: Bailey Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Dallas County, Texas : from 1837 to 1887 (open access)

History of Dallas County, Texas : from 1837 to 1887

A history of the settlement and political organization of Dallas County as well as altercations between Anglo-American settlers and the indigenous American Indians of the region.
Date: 1887
Creator: Brown, John Henry
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed (open access)

I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed

The deed contains C. C. Bell's purchase of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, located in Denton, Texas, for the sum of twenty dollars on June 13th, 1887. The deed was drafted and signed in the Denton Lodge, No. 82, of the I.O.O.F.
Date: 1887-06-13?
Creator: Long, D.R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenue A - Palestine]

Photo of a snowy Avenue A, Palestine taken December 24, 1887
Date: December 24, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sworn statement (open access)

Sworn statement

Notarized document stating that account of Mississippi Mills against S. Rubenstein of Navasota is true
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drink and the drink question : a discriminating license the true policy ; prohibition a fraud and failure. (open access)

Drink and the drink question : a discriminating license the true policy ; prohibition a fraud and failure.

Anti-prohibition booklet arising from the Anti-Prohibition State Convention held in Dallas, 1887.
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Courthouse in Lipscomb

Photograph of the first courthouse in Lipscomb, Texas. In the foreground is a field with tall grass and brush. The courthouse has a wooden fence around it and part of it is brick. On either side of the courthouse are two nearby houses and trees. Behind it is a windmill. Written on the photograph at the bottom is, "CourtHouse Lipscomb County 1887".
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and fifteen cents for the year 1886.
Date: February 19, 1887
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jas M. Cartney to M. Parks, February 17 1887] (open access)

[Letter from Jas M. Cartney to M. Parks, February 17 1887]

Letter from Jas M. Cartney to M. Parks. The letter was written February 17, 1887.
Date: February 17, 1887
Creator: Cartney, Jas M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of LS Ranch in Oldham County, Texas]

Photograph of the LS Ranch. In the foreground is a river with tall dead trees on either side. Up the hill from the river are two large houses connected by a wall. The house facing the viewer has a large front porch. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "LS Ranch 1887, Oldham County, Texas".
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Palo Pinto Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 19, 1887 (open access)

The Palo Pinto Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 19, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 19, 1887
Creator: Son, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History