Finders Keepers, Volume 1, Number 3, December 1984 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 1, Number 3, December 1984

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: December 1984
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Celia Carroll to Joseph A. Carroll, December 28, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from Celia Carroll to Joseph A. Carroll, December 28, 1863]

Letter from Celia Carroll to Joseph A. Carroll asking him to come home soon so he can see his daughter. She mentions dresses she is making for herself, and promises that she will make him some clothes soon.
Date: December 28, 1863
Creator: Carroll, Celia J. Burrows
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, December 19, 1862] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, December 19, 1862]

Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll informing her that he is being sent on important business to Little Rock, and so can't come home as he had expected.
Date: December 19, 1862
Creator: Carroll, Joseph A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[B. J. Smith Speaking to Crowd]

Photograph of Mayor B. J. Smith speaking at the opening of the McWhorter-Greenhaw Store in Mesquite, Texas. From left to right are B. J. Smith, Reverend Buist Wildon, Patricia Greenhaw, Raymond Holley, Joe Gogans, Hack Wagoner, Curt Austin, and Len Gibbons.
Date: December 5, 1977
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Former Grocery Store]

Photograph of the former N. A. Holley & Sons Grocery Store building, presently occupied by the Adrian Chiropractic Clinic.
Date: December 12, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bulldozer Destroying Building]

Photograph of a bulldozer destroying the old base theater after the new theater was opened in December 1973.
Date: December 1973
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men's Barracks]

Photograph of the old Men's Barracks at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. There is a line of laundry between houses to the left, and men sit at a picnic table to the right.
Date: December 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Robert G. Williams Receiving Card]

Photograph of Colonel Robert G. Williams, center, receiving his 200-mission club card from Colonel Herman J. Tillman, Jr., right. Another man stands to the left, and Williams holds his card in front of his chest. There are pictures and maps on the wall behind them.
Date: December 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Fees from the Maxwell Estate by R. W. Duke, December 1, 1866] (open access)

[Receipt of Fees from the Maxwell Estate by R. W. Duke, December 1, 1866]

Receipt for fees received from the Maxwell estate by R. W. Duke, including stamp duties.
Date: December 1, 1866
Creator: Duke, R. W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background. A slip of paper taped to the reverse side says "North Side of the Square."
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bond from Hannah Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, December 24, 1853] (open access)

[Bond from Hannah Maxwell to Henry Maxwell, December 24, 1853]

Bond wherein Hannah Maxwell states that she owes Henry Maxwell twenty five dollars. She also writes that she has sold ten and a half acres of headright land to Henry for six dollars and fifty-eight sense. The paper has been stamped with a five-pointed star and notarized by George Pegues.
Date: December 24, 1853
Creator: Maxwell, Hannah
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students of Ireland School, 1915]

Photograph of a group of children of various ages that attend school in Ireland, Texas. Two chaotic rows of children stand behind a row of their sitting peers. A ball with "Ireland" painted on it rests against the legs of a girl on the lower left of the photo. The teacher, H. Hall, stands behind the group of children.
Date: December 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gatesville May Queen Float]

Photograph of a May Queen parade float attached to a team of horses. A canopy covers much of the flower-festooned float. The five formally dressed girls are identified from the left as Nona Christman, Marie Suggs, May Queen Eula Gilder, and Annie Atkins. A man wearing a bowler hat and dark clothes rides a dark horse beside the float. A man wearing a dark hat and coat sits at the front of the float and holds the reigns of its team of horses. A man can be seen riding behind the horses, and another man holds the heads of the front pair of horses. Ruby's Saloon and the city's First National Bank can be seen in the background.
Date: December 1915
Creator: William J. Blair Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 4, 1913
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1913 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 25, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 25, 1913
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1911
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1913 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 18, 1913
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1909 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche. (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1909
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1913 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 11, 1913
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1911 (open access)

The Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 21, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Alpine, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1911
Creator: Yates, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1975 (open access)

Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1975

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: December 11, 1975
Creator: Groff, Jill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1971 (open access)

The Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Monday, December 13, 1971

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1971
Creator: Simpson, Mike
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1973 (open access)

Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1973

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: December 13, 1973
Creator: Block, Pam
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974 (open access)

Western Texan (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1974

Bi-weekly student newspaper from Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas that includes campus news and news of interest to students along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 1974
Creator: Ellington, Benny
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History