Big Springs

Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-279 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-279

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Jurisdiction of Justice Courts of Borden County in misdemeanor cases.
Date: October 17, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Activities of the Week] (open access)

[News Script: Activities of the Week]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about an oil well fire in Borden County near Big Springs burning for a week, killing a geologist when it blew out. Another fire in Dallas caused thousands of feet of motion picture film to burn, which exhausted 18 firemen. The women's trans-Mississippi golf tournament ended at Lakewood Country Club in Dallas with Marjorie Lindsay crowned the new champion.
Date: June 18, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ira Southwest 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 1:24000
Date: 1951
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Spring

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 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ira Northwest 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 1:24000
Date: 1953
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History