Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, October 1917 (open access)

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, October 1917

List of firemen employed in the Smithville District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of October 1917. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: October 5, 1917
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Durham Cow in Corral]

Postcard of Brahman-Durham cow in a corral at McFaddin ranch with other cattle in pens in the background. "Oct 1917" is written on the front of the postcard.
Date: October 5, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waco Water Filtering Plant]

Postcard of a color image of a water filtering plant, which consists of three red brick buildings, a water tower, and a smoke stack, with a horse-drawn carriage on the driveway in the foreground and trees and a blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco's New $300,000 Filtering Plant, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: October 5, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History