Resource Type

Abandoned Mix-Mill in Vernon

Photograph of the side of an abandoned building in Vernon, Texas. The building is at least two stories, and a porch is attached to the outside of the ground floor. A sign afixed to the outside of the building next to the front door reads: "We Make Our Own Feed With Mix-Mill." In the 1920s the building was a bank, a Mix-Mill in the 1940s, and in 1977 it was a residence on the upper floor and a craft shop on the bottom floor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys Eating at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of cowboys in the mess hall at the Waggoner Ranch, a 550,000 acre ranch in North Central Texas near Vernon.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys Eating at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of the Waggoner Ranch helicopter.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men at Santa Rosa Roundup, 1966

Photograph of three men at the Santa Rosa Roundup in Vernon, Texas in June 1966. The man in the center is John Biggs, manager of the W.T. Waggoner Estate Ranch and the man on the right is Carter McGregor of Wichita Falls.
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboy Dismounting "Pretty Buck" at the Waggoner Ranch

Photograph of a cowboy mounting "Pretty Buck" a Grand Champion quarter horse at the Waggoner Ranch in North Central Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Pretty Buck" at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of Grand Champion, "Pretty Buck" a quarter horse at the Waggoner Ranch, a 550,000 acre ranch in North Central Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of Jimmy Patterson, Dick Yeager, Richard Siegel and two unidentified men at the Waggoner Ranch, a 550,000 acre ranch in North Central Texas near Vernon.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of cowboys at the Waggoner Ranch, a 550,000 acre ranch in North Central Texas near Vernon.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys at the Waggoner Ranch, 1983

Photograph of Joe Parker, Byers, Wilson Scaling, Henrietta, and Richard Siegel at the Waggoner Ranch, a 550,000 acre ranch in North Central Texas near Vernon.
Date: 1983
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marker at Doan's Crossing

Photograph of the granite marker at Doan's Crossing, a point where over six million longhorn cattle crossed the Red River on the way to Kansas. The monument has over 60 Texas cattle brands illustrated on it.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Men Standing and on Horseback by Store

1 copy negative of a group of citizens on horseback and standing in front of "Doan's Store." There is a caption near the bottom of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0402.0198]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "WRITING HOME to tell about a party are Mrs. George C. Lee, Houston, and her daughter, Miss Deborah Lee, who are the houseguests of the former's brother and sister-in-law, Col. and Mrs. Robert Lee Wilson, Vernon, Texas, entertained at a coffee to honor Miss Lee."
Date: June 23, 1964
Creator: Miller, Joe
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0399]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In photo below Souris is shown with that ever present cigar he puffs on while shooting."
Date: July 14, 1967
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1255.0398]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: July 14, 1967
Creator: Wood, Tony
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[The Doan's Adobe House, (Front door detail)]

Photograph of the The Doan's Adobe House in Wilbarger County, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Doan's Adobe House, (Northeast oblique)]

Photograph of the The Doan's Adobe House in Wilbarger County, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Doan's Adobe House, (Southwest oblique)]

Photograph of the The Doan's Adobe House in Wilbarger County, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Doan's Adobe House, (South elevation)]

Photograph of the The Doan's Adobe House in Wilbarger County, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Doan's Adobe House, (Southeast oblique)]

Photograph of the The Doan's Adobe House in Wilbarger County, Texas.
Date: August 31, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Young Child]

Portrait of a young child wearing a white gown and sitting on a floral-print chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sink, D. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Wylfa Sullivan]

Portrait of Wylfa Sullivan, a baby wearing a white dress and sitting in a wicker chair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sink
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reed Young Under Arrest]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, sitting between two gentlemen after being recaptured in Vernon, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Bounty Hunters]

Photograph of two bounty hunters who recaptured Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, and was recaptured in Vernon, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of an Office Inside the W. T. Waggoner Building]

Photograph of an interior view of an office inside the W. T. Waggoner building. There is a sectional with a table, a cabinet on the side wall, and a large horse portrait hanging on the back wall.
Date: January 5, 1952
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History