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Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture
Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Field Artillery on the U. S. - Mexico border 1916-1921. Picture
Brief description of the personnel and operations of a battery unit of the U. S. Army on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1921, including a note on the march of Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, into Mexico with the Punitive Expedition. Illustrations based on photographs taken between 1916 and 1922.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The four famous cavalry regiments of the First Cavalry Division. Picture
Brief histories of the four cavalry regiments (5th, 7th, 8th, and 12th) organized into the First Cavalry Division at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas in 1921. Illustrated with the insignia of the five units.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insignias of the branches of the Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Picture
Sketches of insignia and brief summaries of activities of the branches of the U.S. Army in service on the U.S.-Mexico border from 1916 into the early 1920s. Includes protocol of hat cords.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The U. S. Cavalry troops on the U. S. - Mexico border in 1916. Picture
Illustrated descriptions of activities of Cavalry patrols on the U.S. - Mexico border, 1916-1918. Includes map of boundary line from California to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date:
1961
Creator:
Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System:
The Portal to Texas History