Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999

Interview with Ross Snodgrass, ranche rfrom Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Snodgrass discusses his family's move to the area in the mid-1800s, as well as their ranching history. He talks about his own experience as a rancher, raising and training animals, surviving droughts (and anthrax), roping, and more. Mr. Snodgrass also tells stories about the "Whippoorwill" band he and his wife, Clarabelle Snodgrass, started after marrying in 1933. The transcript includes a few comments by his wife.
Date: June 13, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Ross
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999, Supplement (open access)

Oral History Interview with Ross Snodgrass, June 13, 1999, Supplement

Supplemental materials to accompany an interview with rancher Ross Snodgrass, including photographs of family, his prize winning horses and cattle, his T & Lazy T Snodgrass Ranch, and newspaper clippings.
Date: June 13, 1999
Creator: Bethel, Ann & Snodgrass, Ross
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 4, 1996 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 4, 1996

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: June 4, 1996
Creator: Candia, Patti; Evans, Glynis & Crow, Burton
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Martha R. Johnson, June 6, 1998

Interview with Martha R. Johnson, owner of the popular Raleigh House Restaurant, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Johnson discusses the origins and establishment of her restaurant, which was named after her husband, Raleigh White Johnson. She described the success of the restaurant and her experiences running it for 34 summers.
Date: June 6, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Kathy & Johnson, Martha Robinson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Melba Lee Williams Crate, June 9, 1998

Interview with Melba Lee Williams, a former professor and descendant of some of the first settlers in Kerr County, from Kerrville, Texas. In this interview, Mrs. Crate relates how her great-grandparents came with Joshua Brown (Texas pioneer) to the first shingle camp established on the banks of the Guadalupe, in what later became Kerrville. Mrs. Crate briefly details her early life in Bandera, Texas, as well as Kerrville. She also recounts her memories of the flood of 1932.
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Harry William Crate, June 9, 1998

Interview with Harry William Crate, former professor of mathematics and engineering with an interest in archaeology from Kerrville, Texas. Professor Crate discusses the results of various fossil and artifact finding expeditions around the Hill Country of Texas, specifically the numerous burned rock mounds found in the Kerry County area. He includes his opinions on why and how the burned mounds were created. As noted in the transcript, the interview continues in the manuscript of Professor Crate's wife, Melba Lee Williams Crate.
Date: June 9, 1998
Creator: Patton, Laura; O'Hara, Peggy; Crate, Harry William & Crate, Melba Lee Williams
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mayor Blackie Frazier in a Dunking Booth]

Photograph of Mayor Blackie Frazier sitting in a dunking booth after having fallen in; the note on the reverse side of the photo reads: "Saturday June 15, 1996 Fire Dept, Fund Raiser Dunk Tank Mayor Blackie Frazier."
Date: June 15, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Mayor Blackie Frazier in a Dunking Booth]

Photograph of Mayor Blackie Frazier falling into a dunking booth at a fundraiser put forth by the Haslet Fire Department.
Date: June 15, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 9, Ed. 1 Monday, June 1, 1992 (open access)

The Tiger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 9, Ed. 1 Monday, June 1, 1992

Monthly student newspaper from St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas that includes campus news along with advertising.
Date: June 1, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History