[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and five cents.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: Traylor, J. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett, May 29 1879] (open access)

[Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett, May 29 1879]

Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett. The letter is dated May 29, 1879.
Date: May 29, 1879
Creator: Crockett, J.M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, May 9 1879] (open access)

[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, May 9 1879]

Letter from Fannie Curtis to her parents. The letter is dated May 9, 1879.
Date: May 9, 1879
Creator: Curtis, Fannie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett, April 27 1879] (open access)

[Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett, April 27 1879]

Letter from J.M. Crockett to R.P. Crockett. The letter is dated April 27, 1879.
Date: April 27, 1879
Creator: Crockett, J.M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bob H. Crockett to Robert P. Crockett, April 10 1878] (open access)

[Letter from Bob H. Crockett to Robert P. Crockett, April 10 1878]

Letter from Bob H. Crockett to Robert P. Crockett. The letter is dated April 10, 1878.
Date: April 10, 1878
Creator: Crockett, Bob H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie Curtis] (open access)

[Letter from Fannie Curtis]

Letter from Fannie Curtis to her parents. The letter was written April 17, 1878.
Date: April 17, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and forty-five cents and was signed by Jno H. Traylor. The receipt is dated March, 1878.
Date: March 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks, July 5 1877] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks, July 5 1877]

Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks. The letter is dated July 5, 1877.
Date: July 5, 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, September 1 1879] (open access)

[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, September 1 1879]

Letter from Fannie Curtis to her parents. The letter is dated September 1, 1879.
Date: September 1, 1879
Creator: Fannie Curtis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mobeetie Post Office]

Photograph of the Mobeetie post office, the first post office in the Panhandle.
Date: 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Milton Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks reflecting a payument of five dollars and thirty-six cents. The receipt is dated January 10, 1874. The document is signed by A. Wright, sheriff of Hood County in 1874.
Date: January 10, 1874
Creator: Wright, A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of payment between R.P. Crockett and Eli Boyett] (open access)

[Receipt of payment between R.P. Crockett and Eli Boyett]

Payment receipt of One hundred & twenty eight dollars receieved of R.P. Crockett by Eli Boyett. The document was prepared by John C. McWhirter.
Date: March 20, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks] (open access)

[Tax receipt for Aaron Parks]

Tax receipt for Aaron Parks for the year 1872, for the amount of one dollar and fifty-five cents. The property taxed was valued at two hundred and thirty three dollars. The document was signed by J.C. Hightower, sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 26, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett] (open access)

[Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett]

Tax receipt for R.P. Crockett for the sum of Twenty-one dollars and forty-nine cents. This document was signed by J.C. Hightower, the sheriff of Hood County in 1872.
Date: September 25, 1872
Creator: Hightower, J.C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Abram N. Denins to R.P. Crockett, September 15 1871] (open access)

[Letter from Abram N. Denins to R.P. Crockett, September 15 1871]

Letter from Abram N. Denins to J.P. Crockett. The letter was written September 15, 1871.
Date: September 15, 1871
Creator: Denins, Abram N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J.E. Smith to Milton and Aaron Parks, August 28 1871] (open access)

[Letter from J.E. Smith to Milton and Aaron Parks, August 28 1871]

Letter from J.E. Smith to Milton and Aaron Parks. The letter was written August 28, 1871 in Waxahachie, Texas.
Date: August 28, 1871
Creator: Smith, J.E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter for Robert P. Crockett from the Law Office of Brown & Collins, April 24, 1871] (open access)

[Letter for Robert P. Crockett from the Law Office of Brown & Collins, April 24, 1871]

Execution Notification Letter from the Law Office of Brown & Collins to Robert Patton Crockett. The letter is dated April 24, 1871. The Law Office was located in Memphis, Tennessee.
Date: April 24, 1871
Creator: The Law Office of Brown and Collins
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R.P. Crockett to Louisa A. Crockett, March 7 1871] (open access)

[Letter from R.P. Crockett to Louisa A. Crockett, March 7 1871]

Letter from R.P. Crockett to wife, Louisa A. Crockett. The letter was written March 7, 1871.
Date: March 7, 1871
Creator: R.P. Crockett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Painting of Early Fort Worth by Miranda Leonard, 1873

Painting of an aerial view of Fort Worth in 1873. The painting depicts a town square with an American-flag topped courthouse in the center. Surrounding the courthouse are several buildings, some with fences. Throughout the painting are people, buggies, covered wagons and trees. On the right side of the frame is a sloping hill.
Date: 1873
Creator: Miranda Leonard
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarrant County Courthouse and Public Square in 1879

Photograph of the Tarrant County Courthouse and public square. The courthouse is in the center of the photograph and surrounding the building are many men in jackets and cowboy hats with wagons pulled by horses. In the foreground is a wagon topped with haystacks and men standing on top of it. In the background are several buildings and a stack of lumber. A piece of paper at the bottom of the photograph reads, "The Public Square and Court House in 1879. To the East can be seen the Old Masonic Hall with belfry and opposite (south) the old jail."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Central Colorado Sheet, 1877

Map of central Colorado in 1877. Printed at the top of the map is, "U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, F.V. Hayden in Charge. Central Colorado."
Date: 1877
Creator: Hayden, Ferdinand V.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879] (open access)

[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879]

Petition from the Attorneys Cooker and Estes to Judge T.L. Nugent. A Hood County Certificate of True Copy is attached to the document. The attached document was signed by clerk, T.P. Morgan. The document is dated October 1, 1879.
Date: October 1, 1879
Creator: Cooker and Estes
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Allison to Jack Davis, May 2 1878] (open access)

[Letter from John H. Allison to Jack Davis, May 2 1878]

Letter from John H. Allison to Jack Davis. The letter is dated May 2, 1878.
Date: May 2, 1878
Creator: Allison, John H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877] (open access)

[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877]

This document is a record of the sale of 39 acres of land, for fifty dollars, from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard. The main document was signed by John H. Traylor and the attached document was signed by clerk J.R. Morris.
Date: July 14, 1877
Creator: Traylor, John H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History