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Zoning Ordinances of 1946: Abilene, Texas
Book of zoning ordinances passed by the City Council of Abilene, Texas from 1946 through 1948.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
Abilene City Council
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: $2.45 Million Asked for Streets Work]
Newspaper clippings of two articles about Abilene city's plans for funds for improvements to city streets, including illustrations of several streets in need of improvement.
Date:
February 7, 1967
Creator:
Armistead, Bob
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Council Okays Federal Aid Application for Water Plant]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene City Council's approval of action to file an application for federal aid for the city water plant, including the council's considerations, decision-making process, plans for the aid, and public reception of the plan.
Date:
January 12, 1967
Creator:
Armistead, Bob
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Parks Bonds]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene park improvements, including a map of the parks, and a photograph of one of the parks.
Date:
February 6, 1967
Creator:
Armistead, Bob
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Progress Needs Wings]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the Abilene Council's vote on improvements for the Abilene Municipal Airport, including a photograph of an airplane and an airport.
Date:
February 8, 1967
Creator:
Armistead, Bob
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Here's What City, County Bonds Would Buy]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for city and county bonds, including a list of the proposed improvements. The article includes a photograph of an airplane stewardess standing on an airport runway, looking upwards.
Date:
February 5, 1967
Creator:
Armistead, Bob & Tabor, Don
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buffalo Gap Messenger, Fall & Winter Edition 1959
Fall and Winter 1959 edition of the Buffalo Gap Messenger, with articles about the Ernie Wilson Museum of the Old West. There is handwritten text on the first page to Mr. Holdes from someone named Ernest.
Date:
December 15, 1959
Creator:
Buffalo Gap Publishing Co.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buffalo Gap Messenger, Summer Edition 1960
Summer 1959 edition of the Buffalo Gap Messenger, with articles about the Ernie Wilson Museum of the Old West and other Buffalo Gap history, including photographs.
Date:
July 1, 1960
Creator:
Buffalo Gap Publishing Co.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buffalo Gap Messenger, Summer Edition 1965
Summer 1965 edition of the Buffalo Gap Messenger, with articles about the Ernie Wilson Museum of the Old West, historical sites around Buffalo Gap, and other points of history about Buffalo Gap, Texas.
Date:
July 15, 1965
Creator:
Buffalo Gap Publishing Co.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. Wiley L. Caffey to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, March 8, 1937]
Letter from Abilene, Texas City Attorney Mr. Wiley L. Caffey to Mr. O. K. Hobbs, city engineer of Abilene, discussing building ordinances and the Abilene City Commission's authority to change them. The letter is typewritten on stationary for the City of Abilene.
Date:
March 8, 1937
Creator:
Caffey, Wiley L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book of Carefully Selected Ordinances
Book of Abilene, Texas's City Ordinances, including a list of city officers in the beginning pages. Index begins on page 77.
Date:
[1920-04-02..]
Creator:
Cox, B. A.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Drama, Courage Fill Business History]
Newspaper clipping of an article about businessman W. G. Swenson, including a photograph of Mr. Swenson with three young entrepreneurs.
Date:
December 5, 1965
Creator:
Duff, Katharyn
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The Big Floods]
Newspaper clipping of an article about one of the worst floods in Abilene history, including a drawing of Abilene showing the flood area. There is also a small additional article about the runoff effects of the flood.
Date:
May 26, 1974
Creator:
Duff, Katharyn
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Says City's Pumps Short on Horsepower]
Newspaper clipping of a letter to the editor of the Abilene Reporter-News concerning the city's work on Abilene's water pumps.
Date:
November 2, 1952
Creator:
English, Joe H.
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Sidewalk Construction Ordinance]
An Ordinance titled "An Ordinance Regulating the Construction and Repairing of sidewalks: Providing for Notice to Property Owners and Fixing a Lien on the Abutting property, and Providing for a penalty." The ordinance is signed by Thomas. E. Hayden, Jr., Mayor.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Hayden, Thomas E., Jr.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Electrical Ordinance]
Electrical ordinance of the city of Abilene, Texas.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Creator:
Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene, Texas Ordinance 173 Regarding Fair Grounds in City Limits]
A copy of Abilene, Texas City Ordinance 173, passed and approved on December 23, 1921.
Date:
December 23, 1921
Creator:
Hobbs, Oscar Knox
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. O. K. Hobbs to Mr. Wiley L. Caffey, March 6, 1937]
Letter from Abilene City Engineer Mr. O. K. Hobbs to Abilene City Attorney Mr. Wiley L. Caffey, listing three questions about Abilene's city ordinances and the authority of the Abilene City Commission.
Date:
March 6, 1937
Creator:
Hobbs, Oscar Knox, 1893-1975
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Brick Paving, Long Used All but Faded From Scene]
Newspaper clipping of an article about the historical brick paving in Abilene's streets and the city's replacement of the brick with more modern paving material. The article includes a photograph of an example of brick paving in Abilene.
Date:
November 21, 1966
Creator:
Martin, Ray
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Critical Sewer Line Planned]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for the city's sewer system, including a map of the planned sewer line in relation to the layout of the city. On the same page are advertisements for Grissom's couturier and drinking glasses, as well as an article about Abilene High School.
Date:
November 17, 1960
Creator:
McAda, Bill
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: City Construction Continues to Soar]
Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene city construction plans and progress with the object of promoting business. The article includes photographs of the construction around Abilene, Texas. The last clipping also includes an American Stock Exchange List.
Date:
November 28, 1965
Creator:
Pouns, Joe
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: $2,433,000 City's Bonded Debt For Water, Sewer Systems]
Newspaper clipping with several articles, including one reporting on the financial picture of Abilene, Texas. In particular, the article discusses a $2,433,000 bonded debt for water and sewer systems.
Date:
May 22, 1938
Creator:
Roe, Maurine Eastus
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Executive Order Regarding Hours and Wages]
A document titled, "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Wages, Hours of Work, and Conditions of Employment Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-A." Also includes "Executive Order: Prescribing Rules and Regulations Relating to Procedures for Employment of Workers Under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. File No. 1676-B."
Date:
May 20, 1935
Creator:
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: $3.6 Million Proposed For Water, Sewer Plan]
Newspaper clipping of an article about funds for Abilene City's improvement plans for their water and sewer systems. To the right, there is also a small article about nine men who were rescued at Padre Island.
Date:
December 23, 1963
Creator:
Shell, Bill
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History