A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families (open access)

A History of Fannin County featuring Pioneer Families

Book outlining the early history of Fannin County, including detailed descriptions of the main city (Bonham); churches, schools and community centers; ranching; settler families; and other related informtaion.
Date: October 1966
Creator: Hodge, Floy Crandall
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Inglish Story: A History of Bailey Inglish, the Inglish Family and the Founding of Bonham, Texas (open access)

The Fort Inglish Story: A History of Bailey Inglish, the Inglish Family and the Founding of Bonham, Texas

Booklet outlining biographical information about the Inglish family and narratives about the early history of Miller County, including clashes with the local Native American tribes.
Date: 1986
Creator: Scott, Tom
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas (open access)

A Brief History of Dodd City, Texas

Booklet providing a brief history of Dodd City in Fannin County, Texas, including a summary biography of namesake Major E. H. Dodd as well as information about important people and families, businesses, churches, newspapers, schools, and other aspects of the city's history
Date: 1962
Creator: Brent, Millard Doan
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Family of Three]

Photograph of an unidentified family of three. At left is the family's mother, who is wearing a corseted dark-colored dress with a pendant on her collar, and at right is the family's father, facing to the left and wearing a coat and a bowtie. At center is a baby, wearing a white gown and facing forward. .
Date: unknown
Creator: Keasler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Couple]

Photograph of an unidentified couple in dark-colored clothes, a man at left and a woman at right. Both have their hands placed on a tall rock in front of a small bush of flowers, gazing forward.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thompson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pictorial Souvenir Album of the City of Bonham, Texas. (open access)

Pictorial Souvenir Album of the City of Bonham, Texas.

Booklet outlining general information about Bonham, Texas focusing primarily on businesses, newspapers, and educational institutions along with images of business interiors, residences, and other buildings.
Date: January 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Bonham, Texas (open access)

A History of Bonham, Texas

Book outlining the early history of Bonham, Texas, including information about people, businesses, development of municipal services and government, and other related topics, organized into four main sections: Early Pioneer Days (1836-1861), War Period (1861-1865), Period of Reconstruction (1865-1875), and Later Development (1875-1929).
Date: 1929
Creator: Bonham High School. American History Class.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man Leaning on a Tree]

Photograph of an unidentified man standing a mat of grass and posing next to a tree. He wears a coat and stands in front of a painted background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thompson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Fake Boat]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a fake boat. She holds a dark-colored umbrella and holds an oar in the other. Behind her is a painted background depicted a dirt path and a river. A hat is placed on the aft of her boat.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thompson
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Man at a Gate]

Photograph of an unidentified man with a mustache standing behind a partially-open gate. The gate is located between two painted cardboard "rock" walls, the man posing with his hand on the end of a pillar.
Date: unknown
Creator: Thompson, Will S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Less Stone]

Photograph of Less Stone, pictured seated from the waist up. He wears a dark colored coat, a necktie, and a high-collared shirt. He has combed hair and looks forward.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Trimble
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[David N. Myrick in a Buggy with a Horse]

Photograph of David N. Myrick sitting in a small wooden buggy hitched to a horse. Myrick poses with his right leg placed on his left thigh, and his hat tilted slightly obscured. The buggy is stopped on a dirt road, in front of a building with an arch entrance.
Date: November 28, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mamie Parker Near a Well House]

Photograph of Mamie Parker in white pants, posing in front of a well house with another individual. The well house is made of latticed wood walls and a shingled roof, and is enclosed by a wooden fence in the background. Mamie Parker's white pants belonged to D. N. Myrick, his "best Sunday pants."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Sallie and Her Three Children]

Photograph of Sallie and her three children. She sits at center in a dark-colored chair, with a young girl standing on a chair to her left, and a boy and girl standing on a platform behind her with both placing hands on her shoulder.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trimble, W. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of D. N. Myrick, Mamie Parker, and Friends]

Photograph of D. N. Myrick, Mary Lou Myrick, Mamie Parker, Jessie Parker, and Evelyn Biggs. They pose together in two rows: standing in the back is Evelyn Biggs at center and Mary Lou at right, with an unspecified woman at left. Sitting at front is D. N. Myrick at right, with another unspecified girl at left. The positions of Jessie Parker and Mamie Parker are not indicated. A note on the back states that the Myricks were neighbors in Ladonia, and that Evelyn lived in Dodge City before moving to Ladonia.
Date: 1907?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Unknown Woman Next to Curtains]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a dark-colored pleated dress. She stands in front of parted translucent curtains next to a chair, which is covered with a blanket
Date: unknown
Creator: Clampet, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Margreta Fender as a Child]

Photograph of Margreta Fender, pictured here as a child. She wears a white gown and is seated with roses in her lap. She looks to the right and smiles.
Date: unknown
Creator: Foster
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Dan, Sallie, Their Two Children, and Mary]

Photograph of Dan, Sallie, their two children, and Mary. Dan and Sallie are seated next to each other at center, with two children dressed in white gowns at Sallie's sides. Behind them stands Mary, dressed in a wide dress. The family is seated in front of a painted background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trimble, W. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lewis Garner]

Photograph of Lewis Garner, pictured seated from the waist up. He wears a dark-colored coat, a necktie, and spectacles. He has combed hair and looks to the right.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Trimble
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F. W. Woolworth Store with Group of Women, Bonham]

Photograph of the interior of the F. W. Woolworth store on the south side of the courthouse square in Bonham. A group of women pose for a photograph along an aisle of merchandise. Fans hang from the ceiling, as well as signs that read: "nothing on this counter over 15 cents." On the left displays are jewelry and flat papers, and on the right aisles are rolls of material and a cash register. There are eight women standing together, facing the photographer; two watch from across an aisle on the left.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonham Grocery Store]

Photograph of an unidentified grocery store in Bonham, Texas. Four men stand in the rear of the store, near the back counter. The man at left, in front of the counter's corner and standing next to a glass display, is Tom Locke (1879–1934). The third man from left with a hat and mustache is Sam Hancock (1854–1923), and the man at the very right is Audrey Bryant. The man second from left is unidentified. Meat is hung along the walls in the right corner, and coffee is for sale. Seed packers from C. C. Morse & Co. are displayed in rows in the right counter. Sacks of some grain-like material are placed along the wooden counters.
Date: 190X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fannin County Electric, Installing a Power Line]

Photograph of a truck from Fannin County Electric Cooperative, Inc. The letters "REA" are written on the side of the truck. One worker stands behind the truck and assists with the construction of a power pole for an electric line.
Date: November 22, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Taylor Grocery Company, Bonham Square]

Photograph of Taylor Grocery Company, a grocery store located on the Courthouse Square in Bonham. Three individuals stand within the store: a woman along behind a desk counter on the left, and two men standing next to glass displays. Cans and bags are arranged on shelves on the left and right walls, with baskets of foodstuffs in front of the counter at left. In the glass display, cigars are on sale. Large brooms are placed on the top of shelves and reclined against the wall.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonham Wholesale Grocery, Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the Bonham Wholesale Grocery, located along the railroad in south Bonham. In the room depicted here, workers stand to the left of a large gas stove in the middle of the area. Chairs and desks are located to the left in the room. Identified in the picture, from left to right, are: Alonzo Allen. Harry Roberts, June Kennedy, Claude Allen, Floy Campbell, and George Hancock.
Date: [1895..1919]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History