[Carbon Mineral Water Company and Bath House]

Photograph of people standing outside of a wooden building that has "Mineral Water Well No. 1. Bath House" written along its overhang. The crowd is mostly comprised of men wearing suits and hats, though five women can be seen on the porch to the left. Horse-drawn carts flank the structure. "Carbon Mineral Water Co." is written in script on a sign that is suspended from one of the building's gables.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freeman Family Standing in Front of Home]

Photograph of members of the Freeman family standing in front of their wooden home in Purmela, Texas. They are identified from the left as Alvin (age six), Louis (age eight), Way (age four), Alex, Thoyce (age two), Winnie, Lillian (age ten), and Vivian (age eleven). A windpump is visible in the background to the right. The reverse side of the mat has a note that says "To Dred & Emma."
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Outside of William W. Windham's General Store]

Photograph of a group of men standing outside of William Windham's General Store in Hurst Springs, Texas. Several of the men are standing on the building's porch, while others are perched atop horse-drawn buggies to the left and right. Windham is standing at the center of the porch with a faint X above his head. The man in the buggy to the far right is identified as George McNeill.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freemasons in Front of the Carbon Mineral Water Company and Bath House]

Photograph of a group of men on- and in front of the porch of the Carbon Mineral Water Company and Bath House. Twelve men wearing dark suits, white aprons, and ornate collars bearing Freemason imagery. The men standing on the ground below the porch are wearing suits and white aprons. A door labeled "Office" is visible behind the men on the porch. Someone is standing within the doorway. The man standing on the ground a hat over his chest is identified as Custer Cox. The man on the top right with the sash is identified as William "Bill" Gilbert.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Hosea and Mabel Maxwell]

Photograph of siblings Hosea and Mabel Maxwell. Hosea wears a dark suit, while Mabel wears a lightly hued dress. A painted backdrop featuring flowers and a curtain is visible behind them. The photo is inside of a cardboard fame with a white front embossed with wavy lines.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901]

Petition from residents of Harman School District to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District.
Date: May 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 2, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 2, 1901]

Petition from residents of Table Rock, Texas, to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District.
Date: May 1, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Arthur and Malana Martin]

Photograph of Arthur and Malana Martin posing together in a portrait studio. Arthur is wearing a pinstripe suit and has a greying beard and mustache. Malana is wearing a white blouse and dark skirt.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: Crossley, Mrs. M. V.
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nora and Margie Gibbs]

Photograph of sisters Nora and Margie Gibbs standing behind a short stool. Both are wearing plain white dresses and have their hair pulled into two small buns on the sides of their heads.
Date: 1906~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901] (open access)

[Petition to Create Padgett School District in Coryell County, Texas, May 27, 1901]

Petition to the county commissioners of Coryell County, Texas, for the purpose of forming the Padgett School District. Twenty-six signatures have been added to the petition.
Date: May 27, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1908 Officials and Employees of Coryell County, Texas]

Photograph of the Coryell County, Texas, officers of 1908. Three rows of the men sit on the steps of the Coryell County courthouse. The men are identified from the top left as Pleas Post (collector), W. L. Carlyle (commissioner), J. O. Curry (commissioner), T. L. Allison (commissioner), J. P. Gardner (commissioner), G. E. Johnson (county attorney), Frank Parsons (janitor), W. W. Seeton (district clerk), Sam Davis (sheriff), R. T. Wilson (county clerk), Earl Stone (city marshal), John Caufield (county surveyor), R. E. West (county judge), Ben McClinton (deputy clerk), J. R. Saunders (county treasurer), illegible (county superintendent), Jim Shows (tax assessor), and Joe B. Watkins (justice of the peace).
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History