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[Guarding the Bodies of U.S. Soldiers Killed at Columbus, New Mexico]

Postcard of a U.S. soldier guarding the tent where the caskets of fallen soldiers are held in Columbus, New Mexico.
Date: March 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916. (open access)

First Aereo Squadron, Signal Corps, war diary : period from March 12 to April 23, 1916.

Photocopy of typescript describing activities and participants in the 1st Aereo Squadron of the Signal Corps during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa from March 12 to April 23, 1916.
Date: 1916
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps. Aereo Squadron, 1st.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Navajo Country ; Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Map shows Native American reservation boundaries, pueblos, numbered wells, mining activity, roads, trails, buildings, county lines, township grid, water resources, national parks, monuments, and forests, and other notable features; routes of exploration before 1909. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:500,000].
Date: 1916
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Geologic map of the Navajo country : Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Map shows geological composition of Four Corners Region; boundaries of Indian reservations; national forests and monuments; water resources, mines, quarries, roads, trails, railroads, cities, towns, pueblos, and notable geological formations. Includes legend and key to map symbols. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:500,000].
Date: 1916
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonnie Bird the Horse]

Photograph of two horses (one named Bonnie Bird) in stock pens with a farm house and telephone poles in the background.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. Genevieve Catholic Church - Las Cruces, New Mexico]

Postcard image of a large group of uniformed U.S. soldiers standing or mounted in a group outside St. Genevieve Catholic Church and a wooden gazebo situated in front and to the right of the building. Two men at the front-left part of the image are riding Harley Davidson US Army J Model motorcycles that have attached sidecars. The church has square towers on either side of the entrance with rounded roofs; another building is partially visible to the left of the church and there is a partial sign with the word "Hotel."
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It (open access)

The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It

This report discusses the false chinch bug, which is common to the plateau region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States (especially in Kansas and Colorado), and methods for controlling it.
Date: 1916
Creator: Milliken, F. B.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area (open access)

Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area

This report gives recommendations to farmers in the Great Plains of the United States who would like to grow fruit in this region in which fruit is not commonly cultivated. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements, pruning, irrigation, orchard pests, injury from hail, and suggested fruit varieties.
Date: 1916
Creator: Gould, H. P. & Grace, Oliver J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916]

Letter from J. J. Wheeler to James Harrison Parramore discussing signed contracts to begin work on repairing the Cienega ditch, how the cattle and mares are doing, water tanks and the lack of rain, and a bad season of the Spanish flu.
Date: January 13, 1916
Creator: Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prospecting and Mining of Copper Ore at Santa Rita, New Mexico (open access)

Prospecting and Mining of Copper Ore at Santa Rita, New Mexico

Report discussing techniques for the mining of large masses of low-grade ores such as though found in Santa Rita, NM. It is hoped that a study of the methods used at Santa Rita will help engineers in other industries who may have to handle large masses of material.
Date: September 1916
Creator: MacDonald, Donald F. & Enzian, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[U.S. Soldiers]

Photograph of U.S. soldiers getting a ride on a trash truck. Five men in uniform are perched on top of trash cans and various other objects. Several of the men are holding rifles and there is a small black dog sitting on the lap of one of the solders. There appears to be a train in the background.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[U.S. Army]

Photograph of U.S. Army practicing wig wag signaling. The man that is holding the flag is sending the code while the men on the ground are reading the code from the other group. The soldiers are wearing military uniforms and hats.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[National Guard Unit]

Photograph of a National Guard Unit riding on horseback. These men are in New Mexico near the city of Columbus. The soldiers are wearing military uniforms and hats. One of the soldiers is holding the unit's flag. It has the letters G.T. on it but the other letters are not clear.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers]

Photograph of General George Bell, Jr. with Charles (Chas.) Moore and Conger Pratt. They are standing together looking at papers and other materials. Accompanying information states: "General Bell on the left side of the photograph. On the right side of the photo is Lieutenant Moore, Charles B. The officer in the center is Lieutenant Conger Pratt, of the Infantry, ADC. The men were most likely discussing tactics and strategy after the raids on Columbus, New Mexico."
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lieutenant Townsend Whelen]

Copy negative of Lieutenant Townsend Whelen and an unidentified man resting under a make-shift tent. These men are resting on a trail south of Columbus, New Mexico.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colonel]

Photograph of an U.S Officer wearing a military uniform, glasses, and a hat. The officer is standing in front of a glass door.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Army Officers and War Correspondents]

Photograph of four men standing in field. Two of the men are war correspondents, and the other two are officers in the U. S. military. There is a building in the right side of the image with a man walking in front of it holding a rifle. Text underneath the photograph reads: "American Army & A War Correspondent, south of Columbus, N. M. 1916. 1. Charles S. Hamilton, 1st Lieut. 6th Infant. 2. Richmond Smith, Capt., 6" Inf. (Civ. clothes). 3. Louis J. Van Schaick, Capt., 6" Inf. 4. Jas. N. Peale, 2nd Lieut., 6th Infantry."
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burning Bodies]

Photograph of a dead body burning in a desert field in Columbus, New Mexico.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dead Body]

Photograph of a dead body in Columbus, New Mexico. In the image, an unidentified man is lying face down in the grass with his boots missing. Accompanying information states that: "Upon close inspection of the body, the man has suffered a possible cannon blast to the right part of his upper back."
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man with Clock]

Photograph of Louis Turner Jager holding a clock. The man is wearing a suit and tie with a vest. There is a wooden building in the background. According to accompanying information, the clock shows the time that the Colombus raids began.
Date: March 9, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[National Guardsmen on the Border]

Postcard image of a line of Springfield rifles (United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903) arranged in upright stacks, with packs around the outside of each grouping. Uniformed men are standing behind the equipment; another line of stacks and tents are visible in the background. Caption text along the bottom of the image says: 'National Guardsmen arriving on the Border.'
Date: March 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[New Mexico Nation Guard]

Photograph of uniformed National Guard troops standing around a collapsed tent at a campsite, in front of two lines of raised tents of different shapes. Around the outside of the site (left side of image), Springfield rifles (United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903) are arranged in upright stacks, with packs around the outside of each grouping and a U.S. flag is visible above one stack. Text is printed at the bottom of the image: "National Guard on the Mexican Border, Deming, New Mexico." with a handwritten note written below the photo: "putting up tents."
Date: March 1916
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History