[Canine artifact]

Photograph of an oval, white soapstone Indian artifact carved with the shape of a small canine. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The first tribe of Indians to be recorded were called the 'Basketmakers.' They quickly faded into the background with the coming of the Jumanos" (pp. 2-3).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Davis Mountains in Big Bend]

Photograph of the Davis Mountains at Big Bend National Park, taken from between two mountain peaks overlooking a valley. Another mountain peak is in the background.
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close up of Big Bend area landscape]

Photograph of a rocky mountain ( part of the Davis Mountain range) behind a line of trees in the Big Bend area of Jeff Davis County, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[According to an] Indian legend [...] After the heavens, the earth, and the living creatures had been shaped, the Great Spirit had a great accumulation of rocks and stony material left over. Even the Evil Spirit refused the pile, and so it became the mighty Big Bend of Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Group

Three unidentified people at a gathering.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Reeves, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Manuel Musquiz Ranch Ruins]

Photograph of the Manuel Musquiz Ranch Ruins (located at State Highway 118, 10 miles Southeast of Fort Davis) in Jeff Davis County, Texas.
Date: February 5, 1962
Creator: Utley, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History