[Sierra Blanca Junction]

Copy photo of a group of people lined up outside of the junction in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Written below the image is "Sierra Blanca, Texas 1896 [sic] jct of the T&P and S.P." and "Southwest Collection."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hudspeth Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Hudspeth County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, townships, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:400,000] (12,000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1917
Creator: Wicker, George T.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

School Exterior

Copy negative of a two story high school building in Sierra Blanca, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Selective Service Texas State Headquarters - March 22, 1944] (open access)

[Letter to Selective Service Texas State Headquarters - March 22, 1944]

A letter dated March 22, 1944 and addressed to the Selective Service Texas State Headquarters registering a complaint regarding the Clerk of Sierra Blanca Draft Board No. 1 accusing the clerk of telling the community that he and other registrants have a venereal disease.
Date: March 22, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - March 27, 1944] (open access)

[Memorandum from Major L. M. Fellbaum to T. N. Carswell - March 27, 1944]

A memorandum from L. M. Fellbaum, Major, Q. M. C., Chief, Field Division, to Thomas N. Carswell, Clerical Audit Supervisor dated March 27, 1944. Fellbaum advises Carswell of an enclosed copy of a complaint from a registrant regarding the clerk of Hudspeth County Local Board No. 1 and requests that Carswell investigate and report.
Date: March 27, 1944
Creator: Fellbaum, L. M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rupert N. Richardson to T. N. Carswell - April 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rupert N. Richardson to T. N. Carswell - April 16, 1944]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Sierra Blanca, Texas from Rupert N. Richardson, Acting President, Hardin-Simmons University dated April 16, 1944. Humorous letter regarding Richardson looking after the "house and goods" while Carswell is away, of having taken care of the car casings and battery and of their trouble in starting Carswell's car. Richardson advises of their church having started a campaign to raise $35,000 for H.S.U.
Date: April 16, 1944
Creator: Richardson, Rupert N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[SP Depot]

Photograph of SP Depot in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Text on the photograph says "SP Depot 1957 Sierra Blanca, Tex." Below the image is written "H.D.Conner."
Date: 1957
Creator: Conner, H. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Horn

Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Station in Sierra Blanca, Texas]

Photograph of the train station in Sierra Blanca, Texas. Text on the image says "Sou. Pac./T&P Depot Sierra Blanca, Texas." Below the image is written "H. D. Conner."
Date: unknown
Creator: Conner, H. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Transcontinental Railroad Historical Marker]

Photograph of a Texas Historical Marker in Sierra Blanca, Texas about the Second Transcontinental Railroad. Written below the image are "July 27th 1976" and "Sierra Blanca Chamber of Commerce."
Date: July 27, 1976
Creator: Sierra Blanca Chamber of Commerce
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Don Watson] (open access)

[Letter to Don Watson]

Letter from Raymond Canala Jr, the President of the Sierra Blanca Chamber of Commerce, to Mr. Don Watson regarding the book being written by Mr. Watson. Most of the letter is praise, accompanied with a suggestion to seek out a Mr. Paul Frames, a retired railroader, for more information. Along with the letter, there are a page with historical and geographical information about Hudspeth County, two photos of a Texas Historical marker about the Second Transcontinental Railroad, and a page with a transcription of the historical marker.
Date: [1976-08..]
Creator: Caraba, Raymond, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History