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My Grandparent's Ancestry (open access)

My Grandparent's Ancestry

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's and grandfather's ancestry, Fransiscia (McIntire) Dominquez and Alex Dominquez, respectively.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Dominquez, Tommy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dowes of Pinto Canyon (open access)

The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story (open access)

Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date: November 7, 1975
Creator: Earney, Ann
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Biography of George Dawson (open access)

The Biography of George Dawson

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the rancher George Dawson from Shafter, Texas, who during his lifetime managed two large ranges, "El Rancho Del Pajorito" and "La Mora." In 1918, Dawson was called to the Army for World War I and was stationed in France for a year. Dawson spent the remainder of his life maintaining the two ranches with his wife, Juana Dawson, who was the main contributor of the information in this paper.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Bustillos, Albert, Jr.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Five Pictures (open access)

Five Pictures

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Alejandro "Alec" Dominguez, the author's grandfather, and his children.
Date: November 28, 1967
Creator: Dominguez, Alice
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Alphie Dunlap]

Photograph of Alphie Dunlap wearing a plaid skirt and jacket with a dark collared shirt and standing in front of a car in a driveway, with snow on the ground.
Date: November 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wedding Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson]

Wedding portrait of Mr. George Dawson in a black suit and Mrs. Juana Dawson in a white wedding dress with a long veil.
Date: November 17, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 16

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 28

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 15

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 25

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 17

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Index

Index map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:230,288.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Jeff Davis County, Block 26

Parent map for Jeff Davis County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:25,000.
Date: November 27, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Card from Lizzie Crosson's Funeral

Copy photo of a card from Lizzie Crosson's funeral with an illustration of an angel to the left and a curtain drawn back by two cherubs on the other. The angle is leaning on a gravestone with the text "Mrs. Lizzie Crosson, Born Aug. 25, 1844. Died Nov, 17, 1924. Age 80 years 2 mos. 22 D."; the text of the poem is written on a lower part of the stone with "In Loving Remembrance" at the very bottom.
Date: November 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Conners (open access)

John Conners

This is a research paper written by Albert Garcia for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1969. It chronicles the life of John Conners.
Date: November 18, 1969
Creator: Garcia, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr (open access)

Biography of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr

A history paper chronicling of the life of Mr. Robert Jefferson Carr.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: McCutchen, Sellen
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Wilbur H. Ford, November 18, 1999

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Army Air Forces veteran Wilbur H. Ford. The interview includes Ford's personal experiences about being a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II, training, transferring to the Army Air Force from the Army, flight training, B-17 transition training, and crew training. Ford also talks about his assignment to the 401st Bomb Group, enemy flak, the highlights of his nine missions over Germany, battle damage to his plane, the Dresden raid, returning to the States, and transition training in B-29s for transfer to the Pacific Theater.
Date: November 18, 1999
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Ford, Wilbur H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 25, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1908 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 21, 1908
Creator: French, A. Gordon
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 26, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1909 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 27, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 27, 1909
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1910 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 12, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 4, 1911 (open access)

The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 4, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Marfa, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 1911
Creator: Kilpatrick, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History