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The Dutchover Family (open access)

The Dutchover Family

Information about two portraits of the Dutchover family used in a researcher paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Dutchovers. The author also includes a few comments on the origin of the name "Dutchover" and the style and dress of ladies during the time period when these pictures were taken.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dutchovers (open access)

The Dutchovers

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Diedrick Dutchover, his wife, Refugia "Cara" Salcido, and their ten children. The author discusses the origin of the name "Dutchover," Diedrick Dutchover's job riding as guard to mail coaches, and the establishment of the Dutchover ranch.
Date: 1964
Creator: Arriola, Emma D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Frank Duncan]

Portrait of Frank Duncan, mostly bald and with a white beard, wearing a grey suit.
Date: 1964~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Presidio, Texas.

Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for a portion of Presidio county in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, landmarks, aircraft landing areas, abandoned mines, ruins, and other notable physical features; molded dimensional relief but no printed depiction of internal mountain ranges in Mexico to the west and south of Presidio. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1964
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer" (open access)

Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer"

This report is a brief biography of Charley Bishop, starting with his parents and describing his entire life.
Date: 1964
Creator: Bentley, Mary Helen
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Holland in 1966

Here is a colored view of the Camp of what it looked like in 1964. The green part in the center of the three long buildings was a water fountain. This photo was included in a research paper by William Kim Thornsburg in an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Building 98, Fort D. A. Russell] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Building 98, Fort D. A. Russell]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Building 98, Fort D. A. Russell, in Marfa, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, and photographs.
Date: 1964
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brite's of Marfa, Texas (open access)

The Brite's of Marfa, Texas

This is a research paper written by Josephine Aguilor for an American History Class at Marfa High School on January 13, 1964. It contains biographical information about the Brite family, describing their home and their charitable acts in Marfa, Texas.
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Research Theme - The Old Borunda Cafe (open access)

A Research Theme - The Old Borunda Cafe

Research paper written by Elida Acota for a history class at Marfa High School in 1964. It is a biography about Carolina Palomo Borunda.
Date: 1964
Creator: Acosta, Elida
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S.I.N.S., Marfa Sector (open access)

U.S.I.N.S., Marfa Sector

Report by Ellen Fay Nicholson for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1964. The paper covers the reasons for the Border Patrol, the patrolmen, the different stations in the Marfa sector, and includes a map of the area.
Date: 1964
Creator: Nicholson, Ellen Fay
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Old Fort Davis (open access)

Old Fort Davis

Research paper for a high school American History class at Marfa High School on January 12, 1964. It tells of the first explorers in the Big bend region of Texas during 1583 and the establishment of Fort Davis in 1853 Her paper describes the Indian attacks by the Apaches and the end of the military's use of it. Now it is open to the public.
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: Sanchez, Mary Helen
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Theme of the History of the Marfa Baptist Church (open access)

A Theme of the History of the Marfa Baptist Church

Theme paper written by Rose Mary Baize for Mrs. Murphy Bennett's American History class at Marfa High School in January 1964. It covers the history of the Baptist church in Marfa including the various buildings where it met, who the leaders were and how it changed overtime.
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: Baize, Rose Mary
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. Mary's Catholic Church, Marfa, Texas]

Photograph of St Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas in 1964. A Madonna Statue stands beside the entrance.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Mary's Catholic Church and Priests (open access)

St. Mary's Catholic Church and Priests

Report for an American History class at Marfa High School in January, 1964. It gives the history of St. Mary's Catholic church in Marfa, Texas.
Date: January 13, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, June 12, 1964] (open access)

[Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner, June 12, 1964]

Letter from Edward R. Thompson, Jr. to Harris Leon Kempner discussing about the losses of the Presidio crop due to hails and tornadoes.
Date: June 12, 1964
Creator: Thompson, Edward Randall, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History