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[Cienega Ditch: Contract to Dig Ditch, 1916] (open access)

[Cienega Ditch: Contract to Dig Ditch, 1916]

Contract between the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company, J. H. Lacy, and C.L. Simpson to hiring the two men to cut and dig a ditch along the Scinega [sic] Creek, specifying all special requirements, the time frame, additional time fro inclement weather, and the payment to be received.
Date: January 6, 1916
Creator: Arizona
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916]

Letter from J. J. Wheeler to James Harrison Parramore discussing signed contracts to begin work on repairing the Cienega ditch, how the cattle and mares are doing, water tanks and the lack of rain, and a bad season of the Spanish flu.
Date: January 13, 1916
Creator: Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ranch Hands Gathered in front of Ranch House]

Photograph of seventeen ranch hands gathered in a "v" formation with a wooden house and trees in the background. The men are dressed in western attire and all wearing brimmed hats. Some appear to be wearing riding chaps. Handwriting on the bottom right edge of the photo reads, "Noon at Ranch House after dinner".
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History