Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Weatherford 12-Inch Sewer Pipeline Route, Parker County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Weatherford 12-Inch Sewer Pipeline Route, Parker County, Texas

Results of field and archaeological investigations along with recommendations concerning proposed sewer pipeline.
Date: 2008
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey for Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company's Coalson #3H-5H Well Pad Sites and Associated Pipeline Route Park County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey for Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company's Coalson #3H-5H Well Pad Sites and Associated Pipeline Route Park County, Texas

Archaeological survey results of proposed pad well sites, access roads, and pipeline routes in Parker County, Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey (open access)

2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Confederate Memorial and statue, Parker County

Photograph of a Confederate Memorial in Parker County, Texas. It is a statue of a man in uniform holding a rifle. It reads "In honor of the United Confederate Veterans of Parker County, 1861-1865" on the base of the statue.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Parker County C. S. A.

Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County C. S. A. Part of a colonial grant to S. M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61. Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18 other men organized a full-time patrol against the frequent, bloody Indian raids. Citizens of adjacent counties took refuge here. In 1864 three local men were charged with treason. One admitted inviting Federal General J. G. Blunt to come from the Cherokee nation and give Parker County protection from the Indians. General John R. Baylor, a local rancher, was an officer in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign to make the Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean nation, and after victories there became Governor of Arizona. He was in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865. Parker County sent the Confederate army nine companies. Its Company E, 19th Texas Cavalry, served in Parsons' Brigade--which fought over 20 …
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Parker County Courthouse

Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County Courthouse. Scene of many noted trials. Built 1884-1886. Cost $55,555.55. Fourth courthouse in history of county, organized 1856. An oak on Ft. Belknap Road was Court site that year. In this building practiced S. W. T. Lanham, who was Governor of Texas 1902-1906. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964."
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mural in Weatherford - Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006

Mural in Weatherford - "Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006", near the courthouse square.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885 by architects Dodson & Dudley.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse, detail of windows.

Parker County Courthouse, detail of windows. Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford

Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street scene in Weatherford

Street scene in Weatherford.
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2003 (open access)

Former Camp Wolters Historical Aerial Photographic Analysis, June 2003

Report containing aerial photography of portions of Parker and Palo Pinto Counties, Texas, for the purpose of mapping historical locations of Camp Wolters onto the modern landscape.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Parker County] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parker County]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 3, 2003, 4:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Andrew Joseph Brenner, Sr., November 3, 2009

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Joseph Andrew Brenner Sr., Hungarian-American immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Brenner's personal experiences of childhood and education in Budapest, Hungary, having a career as a tool and die machinist, the involvement with his brothers in anti-Soviet and anti-Communist resistance movements, being captured by Hungarian political police and subsequent torture, his sentence in a Soviet work camp, escaping across the Austrian border, and coping with memories of torture. Additionally, Brenner discusses his father's service in the German Luftwaffe, memories of the Soviet Army entering Budapest in 1945, immigrating to the U.S., settling in Weatherford, his efforts to maintain connections with family in Hungary, and the process of earning his citizenship. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: November 3, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Brenner, Joseph Andrew, Sr.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, November 2, 2009

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Interview with Eleonore Greenfield, Germany-born immigrant to Weatherford, Texas, as part of the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. The interview includes Greenfield's personal experiences of childhood and education in Germany, escaping to Berlin from the Soviet army, and again to Bavaria, and marriage to an America GI. Greenfield also discusses her family's experiences with occupying U.S. Army forces, the decision to settle in Weatherford, the struggle to pass on German language and culture to her children and grandchildren, and her family history. The interview includes an appendix with photographs.
Date: November 2, 2009
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Greenfield, Eleonore
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Weatherford College Fire Academy Patch]

Patch from the Weatherford College Fire Academy. The rectangular patch has a black background and oxblood red edging. "Weatherford College Fire Academy" is written in yellow along the top and bottom edges. In the center of the patch is a Florian Cross with red points, a braided yellow and blue central circle, and an image of Texas.
Date: 2008
Creator: Malley, Steve
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

Interview with Glenn G. Morgan of Weatherford, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Navy. In the interview, Mr. Morgan talks about his time before the war as well as his military training, travels, life on and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and his survival at sea.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Morris, Cork & Morgan, Glenn G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Parker Co Fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parker Co Fire]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 5, 2006
Creator: NBC 5 (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Time Critical Removal Action, The Former Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, Final Report (open access)

Time Critical Removal Action, The Former Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas, Final Report

Report containing information regarding the cleanup activities at the Camp Wolters area in Texas. Includes forms with daily activities and weekly reports.
Date: January 30, 2002
Creator: SCI UXO/OE Services
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002 (open access)

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 105, July 2001 - April, 2002

The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 719.
Date: 2002
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0335 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0335

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Weatherford Independent School District must release information about applicants for the head football coach/athletic director position.
Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History