[Letter from the Claude First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship to Truett Latimer, 1957~] (open access)

[Letter from the Claude First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship to Truett Latimer, 1957~]

Letter from the Claude First Methodist Youth Fellowship of Claude, Texas, to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer urging him to support HB 269, a liquor law bill.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Claude First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Truett Latimer to Claude First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship, March 14, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Truett Latimer to Claude First Methodist Church Youth Fellowship, March 14, 1957]

Letter from Texas State Representative Truett Latimer to the Youth Fellowship of First Methodist Church in Claude, Texas, promising to pass HB 298 like they urged him to in a letter.
Date: March 14, 1957
Creator: Latimer, Truett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet] (open access)

[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet]

Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain, comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas to J. H. Collet, agent for H. C. Hendrick. The deed states that Swain published in the Dallas Weekly Herald his intent to seize and auction the lands listed due to unpaid taxes and that the listed lands were purchased at the auction by J. H. Collet on behalf of H. C. Hendrick. There's a statement signed by Hiram Park stating that this document is a correct copy of the deed in the Deed Records of Hemphill County, Texas.
Date: November 9, 1939
Creator: Swain, William J.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping Saying the Goodnight Ranch is for Sale] (open access)

[Clipping Saying the Goodnight Ranch is for Sale]

Newspaper clipping from Amarillo, Texas, informing the public that the Charles Goodnight Ranch is up for sale. The article goes on to detail the ranch and its history.
Date: April 20, 2003
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Goodnight to J. M. Sibley, April 2, 1924] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Goodnight to J. M. Sibley, April 2, 1924]

Letter from Charles Goodnight to J. M. Sibley concerning items he sent about the conditions of the Panhandle at the moment.
Date: April 2, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire for Charles Goodnight] (open access)

[Questionnaire for Charles Goodnight]

Questionnaire for Charles Goodnight, including where he was born, his business dealings, education experiences, and relations with Indians.
Date: 19uu
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Panhandle (open access)

A Sketch of the First Settlement of the Panhandle

Historical account of the history of settlement in the Texas Panhandle, including the original explorers and military actions in the area. The report goes into detail about the the different settlements and settlers who came into the area prior to 1890.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armstrong County

Blue line print of survey map of Armstrong County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1904
Creator: Morris, J. W. & Walne, W. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amarillo

Topographic quadrangle map of Amarillo, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranches Panhandle Section

Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plainview

Topographic quadrangle map of Plainview, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, landmarks, and a location diagram for NI 14-4. Relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 500 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1955
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History