[Form letter from George C. Betts to Flake George - October 7, 1942] (open access)

[Form letter from George C. Betts to Flake George - October 7, 1942]

A form letter addressed to Mr. Flake George, 18th District Rehabilitation Officer, The American Legion, Shamrock, Texas, from GCB--George C. Betts, Chairman Rehabilitation Program Committee, dated October 7, 1942. Betts advises that the American Legion Rehabilitation Program Committee met with the Department Rehabilitation Committee and selected George as 18th District Rehabilitation Officer and then explains the goals regarding a rehabilitation program. He advises of the Department Commander appointment of Mr. Henri Warren as Chairman of the Department Rehabilitation Committee. Members of the Department Rehabilitation Program Committee: George C. Betts, L. L. B. Hofer, Howell S. Palmer, H. V. Royston, Henri Warren.
Date: October 7, 1942
Creator: Betts, George C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wheeler County

Blue line print of survey map of Wheeler County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1899
Creator: Hedick, Jno. D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amarillo

Topographic quadrangle map of Amarillo, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranches Panhandle Section

Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Group Shot

Copy negative of Frances McCarley and family posing on a porch for a picture in Wheeler, Texas. The three adult women are wearing house dresses. The woman in the middle holds an infant while five children stand behind.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History