A thank you letter from Jane M. Martin to Cart B. Compton.

Photograph of train engine #700 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "700" is visible on the front. Smoke billows to the right from the front chimney. Electrical poles line the grassy side on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P #700 with Train No. 21 the 'Louisiana Limited' at Shreveport, LA. Sept 29th 1940."

For four hundred years the Red River Valley has been the battleground between contending Indian tribes and European races, and for almost three hundred of these years the river has been a disputed boundary line, either between rival nations, or between neighboring states of our country. The river has never been of much importance as a commercial route, yet very few rivers in all the United States have played so an important and persistent a part in this history of their sections as the Red River has played in the history of the Southwest.

Photograph of train wreckage in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of a small group of men inspecting the wreckage of T&P train #54 in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Printed on the car is "Ventilated Refrigerator." Below the image is written "[sic] Boyou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. A small group of men are inspecting the wreckage. Written underneath the image are "Bayou Goula, La. 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana with a small group of men nearby inspecting the wreckage. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. A large group of men are inspecting the wreckage, and there is a small cart in the foreground. Written underneath the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas. Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of two men in front of the wreckage of T&P train #54 in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written underneath the image are "Bayou Goula, La. 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. There are damaged power lines amidst the wreckage and a mile post in the background. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel * note mile post" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana with a man in the background. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 #54 a through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. A small group of men are inspecting the wreckage. Written underneath are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train cars wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 Train #54 through freight 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of T&P train #54 wrecked in Bayou Goula, Louisiana being inspected by a crowd of people. There is a small cart in the foreground. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of train car wreckage in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written underneath the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of a train wreck in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Two power lines are partially knocked over next to the cars, and there is a man in a foreground. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight, 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Collection."

Photograph of some wrecked freight cars in Bayou Goula, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Bayou Goula, La. July 10th 1940 train #54 through freight 54 cars damaged - engineer Chas Israel" and "R. A. Aymond Collection - Talbot Grant Photo."

Photograph of train engine #700 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "700" is visible on the front. Smoke billows from the front chimney. Electrical poles line the grassy area to the left of the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Willow Glen, LA. July 1940."

Photograph of train engine #701 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "701" is visible on the front. Smoke billows to the right from the front chimney. A railway signal stands to the left of the train. Electrical poles line the grassy side on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P #701 with the 'Louisiana Limited' west of Cut Off Jct LA. Mar 3rd 1940."

Letter from Jean E. Vesco to Daniel Webster Kempner answering his letter of February 1st. And he mentions that they will transfer him to the Liberte as soon as he knows the exact sailing dates.

Revised edition. This bulletin discusses the cattle-fever tick and methods for controlling it. Possible methods include dipping, pasture rotation, and arsenical dips. The life history of the tick is also discussed and instructions for constructing a concrete vat are given.