[Desert Mountains]

Postcard image of an unidentified desert mountain range, likely in Luna County, New Mexico. Several rocks, bushes, and scrub are visible in the foreground of the image with the mountains visible in the background.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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

[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

[Southwest Desert Vista]

Postcard image of a southwest desert vista in the Chihuahuan Desert, taken near an outcropping of large rocks surrounded by small, brushy bushes. A flat desert area is visible behind the rocks, with mountains in the background.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
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

[Tres Hermanas Mountain Range]

Postcard image of an outcropping of rocks with bushes and scrub in front of a flat desert area with peaks in the background, which are part of the Tres Hermanas Mountain range.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tres Hermanas Mountains]

Postcard of the Three Sisters mountain peaks in the New Mexico desert. In the foreground, there is a relatively flat desert area covered in scrub and plants, with a wooden structure at the left side of the image that may be an old mine headframe entrance to the Canon Quarry Mine. The postcard caption says: Tres Hermanas (3 Sisters) Mountains, New Mexico.
Date: 1910/1920
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elephant Butte Dam]

Postcard image of the construction of Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico, viewed from the south side of the dam, with the reservoir in the background. The postcard front caption reads: "Elephant Butte Dam, Biggest Irrigation Project in the World. Lands under this Project Our Specialty. Broaddus & Le Baron, El Paso, Tex." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Horne, Hallowell, Maine and the postcard is post marked, El Paso, Texas, June 14, 1915.
Date: 1915~
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