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Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session. (open access)

Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session.

This document is a message to the legislature of Texas from Governor T.M. Campbell. The purpose of the message was to get the legislature prepared to discuss laws concerning: simplification of court proceedings in the state of Texas, making telephone companies transmit other telephone companies messages, fair and lawful taxing of its citizens, increase business fees of both domestic and foreign businesses, and any other matters relating to the Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 17, 1907
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. Photo taken at the Texas Association of Museums annual meeting.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, Beaumont. Reenactment of the Spindletop Gusher with performers in period costumes. There she blows - a water cannon recreates the Spindletop gusher of January 10, 1901.
Date: April 4, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

John J. French Museum, Beaumont

Photograph of the John J. French house museum in Beaumont. It is a two story wooden building.
Date: April 5, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885 by architects Dodson & Dudley.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse

Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mural in Weatherford - Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006

Mural in Weatherford - "Parker County Peach Festival, July 8, 2006", near the courthouse square.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Memorial and statue, Parker County

Photograph of a Confederate Memorial in Parker County, Texas. It is a statue of a man in uniform holding a rifle. It reads "In honor of the United Confederate Veterans of Parker County, 1861-1865" on the base of the statue.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Parker County C. S. A.

Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County C. S. A. Part of a colonial grant to S. M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61. Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18 other men organized a full-time patrol against the frequent, bloody Indian raids. Citizens of adjacent counties took refuge here. In 1864 three local men were charged with treason. One admitted inviting Federal General J. G. Blunt to come from the Cherokee nation and give Parker County protection from the Indians. General John R. Baylor, a local rancher, was an officer in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign to make the Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean nation, and after victories there became Governor of Arizona. He was in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865. Parker County sent the Confederate army nine companies. Its Company E, 19th Texas Cavalry, served in Parsons' Brigade--which fought over 20 …
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Historic Plaque, Parker County Courthouse

Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County Courthouse. Scene of many noted trials. Built 1884-1886. Cost $55,555.55. Fourth courthouse in history of county, organized 1856. An oak on Ft. Belknap Road was Court site that year. In this building practiced S. W. T. Lanham, who was Governor of Texas 1902-1906. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964."
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County Courthouse, detail of windows.

Parker County Courthouse, detail of windows. Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells

Photograph of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, built 1929 by architects Wyatt C. Hendrick and Co. Architects. It has been vacant since 1972.
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History