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Lobo Valley Stock Ranch (open access)

Lobo Valley Stock Ranch

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustrations, business name, and text reading: "Breeders of Thoroughbred and High Grade Black Mooley Cattle"; "On G., H. & S. A. Railway 133 miles east of El Paso"; "The only Exclusive Breeders of Black Mooley Cattle in El Paso Co." Letterhead contains the names Jas. A. Espy; R. A. Espy; R. H. Espy.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two hikers in Guadalupe Mountains National Park]

Photograph of two hikers walking in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. There is a large, spiny plant in the foreground of the photograph.
Date: 200X
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texans Extraordinaire (open access)

Texans Extraordinaire

Text for an article about interesting Texans that was published in the September 2013 issue of Texas Highways magazine.
Date: 2013-09~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fireball] (open access)

[News Script: Fireball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a fireball which lit up the imaginations of hundreds of the West Texans as it swept across the sky from north of El Paso to Van Horn and beyond.
Date: September 6, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 17, 1944]

A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS, Van Horn, Texas dated April 17, 1944. Carswell reports on an irregular request for deferment by the Appeal Agent in Jeff Davis County.
Date: April 17, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 17, 1944]

A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS, Van Horn, Texas dated April 17, 1944. Carswell advises of a current rumor that the Reeves County Sheriff, a member of the Local Board, is allowing his political bias to influence classifications made by the Board.
Date: April 17, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944]

A letter of complaint addressed to Major [John W.] Lipscomb from the wife of a registrant in Van Horn, Texas dated March 13, 1944. The letter includes an advisement to Lipscomb of having written to him previously and having received no answer regarding an unfit board member noting that the board member has been "drunk for the past week now".
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Colonel John R. Banister to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board - March 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Colonel John R. Banister to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board - March 15, 1944]

A letter addressed to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board, Van Horn, Texas, from John R. Banister, Colonel, Q. M. C., Deputy State Director of Selective Service dated March 15, 1944. Banister requests information from the chairman regarding the previous occupation of a registrant, whether or not a deferment request was made and, if so, on what grounds.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: Banister, John R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - March 27, 1944] (open access)

[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - March 27, 1944]

A memorandum from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Chief, Field Division, to Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor, dated March 27, 1944. Fellbaum advises Carswell of the enclosed copy of a complaint against Culberson County Board No. 1 requesting that Carswell investigate and report.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter Pertaining to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944] (open access)

[Letter Pertaining to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944]

A letter addressed to the State Director from the wife of a registrant in Van Horn, Texas, dated March 13, 1944. The letter includes a complaint made regarding a board member in Culberson County and an advisement that two letters written previously to Major [John W.] Lipscomb have not been answered.
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from wife of registrant to Major Lipscomb - February 22, 1944 (open access)

[Letter from wife of registrant to Major Lipscomb - February 22, 1944

A letter addressed to Major [John W.] Lipscomb from the wife of a registrant in Van Horn, Texas and dated February 22, 1944, in which a written request is made for an investigation regarding her husband having been offered a deferment if he would go to work in the mine and for an investigation regarding false statements by a board member.
Date: February 22, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Mrs. Ruth J. Burchard - April 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Mrs. Ruth J. Burchard - April 22, 1944]

A letter written to Mrs. Ruth J. Burchard, Clerk, Local Board No. 1, Van Horn, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS dated April 22, 1944. Carswell advises Burchard as to the correct proceedure for the classification or reclassification of a registrant.
Date: April 22, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Turtle Back Mountain]

Postcard of Turtle Back Mountain near Van Horn, Texas. A handwritten note on the postcard reads, "near Fort Davis about 10 hours west of Dallas."
Date: 19XX
Creator: Payne, John H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a close up of an International Harvester [unclear] harrow plow, 9 feet in width with eccentric discs, that is used for pitting rangeland. Discs come with off-center holes and can be obtained from the company. Plow owned by the High Point Soil Conservation District [SCD]. TX-47-833.
Date: January 30, 1952
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a close-up of the International Harvester # 3 harrow plow. 9 feet in width, with eccentric discs that are used for pitting rangeland. Discs come with off-center holes and are available from the company. Plow owned by High Point Soil Conservation District [SCD]. TX-47-833.
Date: January 30, 1952
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Snow] (open access)

[News Script: Snow]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about snow. A late season snow-storm struck the Guadalupe Pass area. Up to two feet of snow were reported. Several trucks were stalled at the mountain pass.
Date: March 10, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Van Horn Unconformity Dataset]

Datasets of uranium samples taken from the Proterozoic unconformity the Van Horn areas in Texas.
Date: 1979
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from Headquarters X Ranch]

Postcard from Headquarters, X Ranch located in Kent Texas. The postcard is a photograph of many young and older gentlemen seated outside of a stable.
Date: 19XX
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mrs. Ora Potter to Truett Latimer, March 16, 1955] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Ora Potter to Truett Latimer, March 16, 1955]

Letter from Mrs. Ora Potter to Truett Latimer expressing opposition to House Bill 346.
Date: March 16, 1955
Creator: Potter, Mrs. Ora
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hazel Copper-Silver Mine, Culberson County, Texas (open access)

The Hazel Copper-Silver Mine, Culberson County, Texas

Report concerning the availability of ore reserves in the Culberson County, Texas. Report offers an overview of the history, production, extraction and recommendation for ore mining. Index starts after page 21.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Flawn, Peter T.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence and Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) Aquifer in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas (open access)

Occurrence and Quality of Ground Water in the Edwards-Trinity (Plateau) Aquifer in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas

Report on the Edwards-Trinity aquifer, including recharge rates, the effects of irrigation on water levels, water quality analysis, and more.
Date: September 1980
Creator: Rees, Rhys & Buckner, A. Wayne
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paleontology of the Rustler Formation Culberson County, Texas (open access)

Paleontology of the Rustler Formation Culberson County, Texas

Report detailing the results of a study examining fossils found in the Rustler formation to substantiate the "Permian age of the Rustler formation." An errata sheet at the end includes corrections.
Date: September 1953
Creator: Walter, J. C., Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Data for The Salt Basin, Eagle Flat, Red Light Draw, Green River Valley, and Presidio Bolson in Westernmost Texas (open access)

Ground-Water Data for The Salt Basin, Eagle Flat, Red Light Draw, Green River Valley, and Presidio Bolson in Westernmost Texas

Report on Ground-Water Data for The Salt Basin, Eagle Flat, Red Light Draw, Green River Valley, and Presidio Bolson in Westernmost Texas.
Date: October 1980
Creator: White, Donald E.; Gates, Joseph S. & Fry, Bonnie J.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas (open access)

Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas

Report documenting an inventory of West Texas underground water supply for public use and consumption.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History