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Mustangs and Cow Horses (open access)

Mustangs and Cow Horses

Collection of popular folklore of Texas and Mexico, including folktales, folk songs, ballads and other information about mustangs and horses. The index begins on page 425.
Date: 1940
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Boatright, Mody C. & Ransom, Harry H.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Texas: San Lorenzo Creek Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of the San Lorenzo Quadrangle, showing roads and highways, water bodies, the border between Dimmit County and Webb County, ranches and farms, water tanks, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1940
Creator: Rehberg, A., Jr. & Greene, A. K.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Botella Creek Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3059 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3059

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Taxability of cattle brought into Dimmit County to graze for few months.
Date: February 24, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Dimmit County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, tanks, ranches, roads, railroads, power transmission lines, Texas Agricultural Experiment Stations, towns, and Texas Land Office blocks and surveys. Includes legend and symbols. A polyconic projection, 1927 North American Datum. "Horizontal control by U.S.G.S. and U.S. C. and G. S. 10000 foot grid based upon Texas (South-central) system of plane coordinates."
Date: April 1943
Creator: United States. Bureau of Plant Industry.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey for Dimmit County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey for Dimmit County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, soils, and crops of Dimmit County, Texas.
Date: April 1943
Creator: Smith, Howard Malcolm, 1900- & Huckabee, John Walter, 1912-
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, March 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, March 7, 1944]

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner sharing details on the purchase of land by Judge Klingerman.
Date: March 7, 1944
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, February 10, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner, February 10, 1945]

Letter from Dan Oppenheimer to I. H. Kempner discussing Maurice Cohen and Jamie Brook's interest in purchasing Kempner's land in Dimmitt County.
Date: February 10, 1945
Creator: Oppenheimer, Dan
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, February 19, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, February 19, 1945]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing Mr. Ulrich closing a trade for the Dimmit County property and the price the property sold at.
Date: February 19, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to H. Roy Reynolds, January 29, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to H. Roy Reynolds, January 29, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to H. Roy Reynolds discussing Reynolds interest in the land Kempner purchased in Carrizo Springs and informing Reynolds that he will be called upon for another business project as the land has already been given to another party.
Date: January 29, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Donald A. Ratliff to I. H. Kempner, February 27, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Donald A. Ratliff to I. H. Kempner, February 27, 1948]

Letter from Donald A. Ratliff to I. H. Kempner discussing Harry C. Wiess being absent on a business trips and Ratliff explaining that he has attached a check to cover Wiess's purchase of the Oak Grove Ranch in Dimmit County.
Date: February 27, 1948
Creator: Ratliff, Donald A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Lehmenn lovegrass drilled spring of 1947 for seed production. Not harvested. Now thick cover of old an dnew growth on the ground. TX-44-387.
Date: May 17, 1948
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ray I. Mehan, July 9, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ray I. Mehan, July 9, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Ray I. Mehan discussing Mehan conducting business in Dimmit County and Kempner describing the lake and weather in Lake Placid, New York.
Date: July 9, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, July 12, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner, July 12, 1948]

Letter from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner discussing A. T. Lansford executing a lease in Dimmit County that was assigned to Mr. W. H. Burns and informing Kempner nothing has been done with Mr. Bishop due to his admittance into the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in San Antonio.
Date: July 12, 1948
Creator: Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Isaac H. Kempner, October 21, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Isaac H. Kempner, October 21, 1948]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to Isaac H. Kempner discussing W. H. Burns desire to lease the Dimmit County Ranch.
Date: October 21, 1948
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Lewis to Isaac H. Kempner, November 15, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Lewis to Isaac H. Kempner, November 15, 1948]

Letter from Frank Lewis to Isaac H. Kempner discussing possibly selling a ranch at Carrizo Springs.
Date: November 15, 1948
Creator: Lewis, Frank
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thos. L. James, December 13, 1948] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thos. L. James, December 13, 1948]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Thos. L. James requesting sending reserved figs to a list of people.
Date: December 13, 1948
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Artesia Wells Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1949
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Range Cover Evaluation

Photograph of aerial view of range cover evaluation plot 17. Bare ground, poor condition; unused. No cover, except algea crust on soil surface. Soil splashed was 21,824 lbs. per acre, detachability 27% of standard sand. Water retained on plot during 20 minute test was 0. 95 in. , 47% water lost 1. 07 in. , 55%.
Date: January 21, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 22, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, January 22, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about some acres of land in Oak Grove Ranch, Dimmit County, that they were thinking to sell for a profit and requesting him to get some of these estimates from real-estate agents.
Date: January 22, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, October 18, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, October 18, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the sale of Oak Grove Ranch and requesting any further information to be sent to I. H. Kempner or Robert Lee Kempner in regards to the matter as he will be unavailable for a couple of weeks.
Date: October 18, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie Oppenheimer and David F. Weston & Sara Elizabeth Weston, October 26, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie Oppenheimer and David F. Weston & Sara Elizabeth Weston, October 26, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie Oppenheimer and David F. Weston & Sara Elizabeth Weston discussing on the profits of the Oak Grove Ranch deal and the oil and gas venture they would likely to embark on with other Houston business men and requesting their partnerships in the deal.
Date: October 26, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History