Van Horn

Topographic quadrangle map of Van Horn, Texas, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 200 feet with supplementary contours at 100 foot intervals) and spot heights and includes location and reliability diagrams. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home Economics Class]

In this photograph, four young women in dresses are standing in a kitchen. The two girls on the right are holding towels. According to related information, the four girls are (left to right): Lillian Frank, Trudy Acton, Jeannette Schultea, and Shirley Neill who are the first Fort Davis High School students to use the new Home Economics building.
Date: October 11, 1951
Creator: Munger, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Davis School Officials]

In this photograph, there are three men, dressed formally in suits and ties. The man in the middles is wearing glasses and holding a cigarrette. The men are standing against what appear to be wooden shelves, drawers, and cabinets. According to related information, these men are (from left to right) George Moore, Richard D. Shwartz, and A. V. Chaffin, standing in a new Home Economics building. Moore is believed to be the superintendent of the Fort Davis High School, and Shwartz and Chaffin are believed to be school board members.
Date: October 11, 1951
Creator: Munger, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Stockton

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

Valentine Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1959
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Van Horn

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: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pecos

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: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chispa Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 11, Number 4, January 1951 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 11, Number 4, January 1951

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1951
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 18, Number 4, January 1958 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 18, Number 4, January 1958

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: January 1958
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Founders of Historical Society at Fort Davis]

Photograph of five founders of the Fort Davis Historical Society standing in front of an an old adobe brick building at Fort Davis. The subjects are, left to right: Espy Miller, Rowena Fenstermaker, Ralph Yarbrough, Barry Scobee, and Leslie Fenstermaker.
Date: October 1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill's 60th Wedding Anniversary]

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill on their 60th wedding anniversary. They are dressed formally and seated in individual chairs next to each other. Mr. Jesse Merrill (left) is wearing a suit and tie and looking down. Mrs. Jesse Merrill is wearing a light-colored suit with a long skirt and a boutonniere and she is looking at something behind the camera. Three framed photographs occupy the wall behind them.
Date: January 10, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History