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[Most Interesting Person: Evelyn Raetzch Davis] (open access)

[Most Interesting Person: Evelyn Raetzch Davis]

Research paper outline written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mrs. Evelyn Raetzch Davis, who was a teacher in elementary schools, high schools, and colleges in and around the area of Marfa, Texas, between the years of 1954 and 1972. She also authored several books and enjoyed writing and painting in her free time.
Date: 1967
Creator: Balga, Frank
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anne Jordan Childers (open access)

Anne Jordan Childers

This is a paper describing Anne Jordan Childers
Date: December 21, 1967
Creator: Browne, Joe
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Five Pictures (open access)

Five Pictures

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Alejandro "Alec" Dominguez, the author's grandfather, and his children.
Date: November 28, 1967
Creator: Dominguez, Alice
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Emory Peak

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1967
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cedillo family (open access)

Cedillo family

Paper describing photos of the Cedillo family.
Date: 1967
Creator: Malimar, Lorena
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reminiscing with My Grandmother (open access)

Reminiscing with My Grandmother

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Dorotea Quintana, the author's grandmother, keeping house on a large farm - using a flat iron to iron clothes, carting water from a nearby creek, and fueling a wood-fueled stove.
Date: November 28, 1967
Creator: Quintana, Socorro
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-17 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-17

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Presidio County Hospital District has the authority to levy a tax for the purpose of initiating the operation of the Hospital District even though the entire year in which the district was created has expired.
Date: February 1, 1967
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Stockton, Texas.

Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Jeff Davis, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, and Presidio counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, ranch owners, landmarks, windmills, water sources, oil and gas fields, and other notable physical features. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1967
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
American History Project (open access)

American History Project

This is a paper describing the people who lived in Casa Piedra (otherwise known as La Punta del Agua).
Date: 1967~
Creator: Vasquez, Olga
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burial Ground near Presidio, Texas

Indian burial ground near Presidio, Texas.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indian Arrowheads found in Presidio County]

Photograph of some Indian arrowheads in a case that were found in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Indian Arrowheads found in Presidio County

Photograph of some Indian arrowheads in a case that were found in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indian Arrowheads found in Presidio County]

Photograph of some Indian arrowheads in a case that were found in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indian Arrowheads found in Presidio County]

Photograph of some Indian arrowheads in a case that were found in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Indian Artifacts found in Presidio County

Photograph of some Indian stone carvings found in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Indian Pueblo Site in Presidio, Texas

Photograph of an Indian Pueblo site in Presidio, Texas. Unidentified people pose in the photograph. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pedro Chavez and the First Well in Redford, Texas (open access)

Pedro Chavez and the First Well in Redford, Texas

Paper about Carrasco family and their ranch in Redford, Texas where the first well was dug. Pedro Chaves, a child raised by the Carrasco family on their ranch in Redford. This is a research paper written by Saul Acosta for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1967.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tinaja Cave in Presidio County, Texas

Photograph of a cave in a rock outcropping in Presidio County, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Nancy Edwards for an American History class at Marfa High School in April 1968.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Triesitas and School Picture] (open access)

[Triesitas and School Picture]

Report describing two photographs, written for an American history class at Marfa High School around 1967. Part one describes a photo of "Triestas" take in 1929. Triestas were young girls who prayed to the Virgin Mary de Gualdalupe. The second part in this report describes a photo of school children from 1905.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two men with two horses in front of the Saint George building]

Two men are in front of the Saint George building. One man is standing in the center of the picture, between two horses, and he has a rope in his hands. The second man is to the right of the first man. He is sitting on the other horse.
Date: December 21, 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History