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Map of Eastland Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Eastland County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Eastland County
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1896
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adults and Children Gather for Country Sporting Event]
Photograph of a group of people posing together for a country sporting event. Older girls and women stand to the left and older boys and men stand to the right behind a fence. Many of them are carrying farming implements. A mixed group of younger children sits by an open gate on the left. A small livestock pen has a boy seated beside it to the right. The heads of two reined horses are visible in the foreground at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1896%
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Custer Cox and Schoolchildren]
Photograph of a group of boys and girls of various ages standing with Custer Cox in front of the door of a schoolhouse. The group is arranged in three rows, with younger children standing in the front and middle rows and older children standing on either side of Custer Cox in the back row. Cox is wearing a suit with a boutonniere and stiff white collar. The children in the front row are barefoot. A handwritten note on the reverse side of the mat says "Custer might be teacher."
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lone Star Brass Band]
Photograph of members of the Lone Star brass band posing together with their instruments. The thirteen white men are arranged in three rows, with six standing in the background, five kneeling in the middle, and two sitting in front. A bass drum to the right has the words "Carbon Band" written along its rim and "Lone" written above a star. A United States flag hangs in the background to the left. The leftmost man in the back row is identified as Custer Cox.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Standing on Main Street in Eastland, Texas]
Photograph of people standing on Main Street in Eastland, Texas. The center of the photo features the street filled with people and livestock. Shops, banks, and utility poles line the dirt road.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Men Posing with Horse-Drawn Carts]
Photograph of a group of white men and boys posing with their animal drawn carts in a clearing. Eight carts are positioned around a small mound. Most are drawn by mules, though Custer Cox can be seen with a team of white mares to the upper right.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1896
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1896 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1896 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddle.
Patent for a durable, simple, and inexpensive riding-saddle. The seat, front, rear, and middle jockeys and cantle are made form one piece of leather. The rear quarter is laced to the cantle, and the saddle has a bag for storing articles during travel.
Date:
November 17, 1896
Creator:
Percifield, Clarence W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cisco Round-Up, A Democratic Newspaper
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized business name and text reading: "Devoted to all the Interests of the People of Eastland County." Letterhead includes the names Preveaux & Thompson, Proprietors.
Date:
1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History