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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
Big Jimmy (open access)

Big Jimmy

Paper describing the life of James Henry Cass.
Date: 1975
Creator: Webb, Mary Joan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carolina Borunda (open access)

Carolina Borunda

Portionof a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975. It describes three photographs of Carolina Palomo Bondura. The information came from her daughter, Carolina Borunda Humphries.
Date: 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Colorado Canyon, (mouth of Colorado Canyon)]

Photograph of the Colorado Canyon in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Felix Manuela Arlacon Aguilar (open access)

Felix Manuela Arlacon Aguilar

Description of photographs of Felix and Manuela Arlacon Aguilar on their engagement and wedding day in 1928 and 1929 in Presidio, Texas. Written by Robert Prieto for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.
Date: 1975
Creator: Prieto, Robert
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Canyon]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Canyon in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Canyon]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Canyon in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Canyon]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Canyon in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Canyon, (looking towards the Rio Grande)]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Canyon in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Rockshelter]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Rockshelter in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Rockshelter]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Rockshelter in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Los Fresnos Rockshelter]

Photograph of the Los Fresnos Rockshelter in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hilaria Acosta, 1914 (open access)

Hilaria Acosta, 1914

Description of a portrait of Hilaria Acosta, taken on March 8, 1921 in Presidio, Texas.
Date: 1975
Creator: Heredia, Delfina
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-02]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-03]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-04]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-05]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-06]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-07]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3014-08]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 3015-12]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: July 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Knights of Columbus, 1928]

Paper by Danny Rubio in 1975 for an American History class at Marfa High School describing a photograph of the Caballeros de Colon or Knights of Columbus in 1928.
Date: 1975
Creator: Rubio, Danny
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mano Prieto Mountain Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1975
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mitchell Family History] (open access)

[Mitchell Family History]

Research paper written by Laura M. Bailey about her ancestors and her grandmother, Laura, in particular. This paper was written for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1975.
Date: 1975
Creator: Bailey, Laura M.
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History