Cowboys Having Dinner in Coke County, Texas

Photograph of cowboys having dinner on a ranch in Coke County. The lid for a skillet in the foreground was used for baking bread. On the lid of the chuck box, lowered to serve as a cook table, can be seen an old time coffee grinder and leg of roasted beef. An oil lantern hangs on the bow above the chuck box and the harness is hanging over the front wheel. The men are, L-R: Henry Russell, unknown, Jack Montath, Ned Richards, Jake Stubblefield, and John Dodd.
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas spring palace city, Fort Worth. A parody on H.M.S. Pinafore (open access)

Texas spring palace city, Fort Worth. A parody on H.M.S. Pinafore

A historical drama of Fort Worth, a parody on the comic opera the H.M.S. Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Date: 1889
Creator: Smith, Edward. J. & Pease, Harry M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 7 1889] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 7 1889]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents for the year 1889. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 7, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett, September 28 1889] (open access)

[Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett, September 28 1889]

Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett made September 28, 1889. "150 bushels corn, 60 bushels wheat, 3 head hogs, 1 brindle cow, 1 yellow horse, 1 buggy and harness, 200 dollars paid."
Date: September 28, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie McKinny to her parents, June 9 1889] (open access)

[Letter from Fannie McKinny to her parents, June 9 1889]

Letter from Fannie McKinney to her parents. The letter is dated June 9, 1889.
Date: June 9, 1889
Creator: McKinny, Fannie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History