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[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade] (open access)

[Handwritten Account of the Boat Parade]

Photocopy of a handwritten account by Mary Mowinckle of the July 4, 1981 Boat Parade on Lake Austin for the Neighborhood Section of the Austin American-Statesman Newspaper. She recounts going to the parade with her father, his friend, and her mother.
Date: July 4, 1981
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Lost Creek Log Cabin]

Art print depicting an illustration of the Lost Creek Log Cabin in a state of disrepair. In the foreground of the picture, there is a stone chimney that is falling apart as well as the wooden structure of the building that is also falling apart. Under the drawing, "Lost Creek Log Cabin circa 1872" is printed and to the left "69/100" is handwritten in pencil. In the right corner, Curtis has signed her name.
Date: 1983
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes about W. L Beard] (open access)

[Notes about W. L Beard]

Photocopy of a transcription of a taped interview with W. L. Beard. Beard goes into his time in the Eanes County area, talking about when the dam broke and many had to abandon the riverside as well as the construction of the Eanes Rock Schoolhouse.
Date: October 4, 1983
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart] (open access)

[Interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart]

Photocopy of a set of notes from an interview with Rev. A. D. Eberhart that include his age as well as notes about the Young and Brown family and guns.
Date: July 17, 1986
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of the Eanes-Marshall Home]

Art print depicting an illustration of a two story house with outdoor stairs and a wooden fence in the front. There is a bed frame to the left of the house and a rocking chair on the porch and below the drawing "Eanes-Marshall Home Built 1857" is printed as well as "69/100" and "Curtis" handwritten in pencil.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery] (open access)

[Note about the Jackson Family and Jackson Cemetery]

Photocopy of handwritten notes about the Jackson family and Jackson cemetery, the notes include information about what the landscape was like in the Eanes area as well as a smallpox epidemic in the Austin area that left many deceased and buried in the Jackson cemetery.
Date: 1980
Creator: Eanes History Center
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Illustration of Arch Bridge]

Art print depicting a stone bridge with a body of water beneath it. There is a person riding on a carriage pulled by a horse on top of the bridge and several people looking up at the bridge from beneath and below the drawing, "1871 Arch Bridge over Barton Creek" is printed. To the left of the title of the illustration, "69/100" is written in pencil and to the right Curtis has signed her last name.
Date: 1983~
Creator: Curtis, Mary
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interview with Earl Short] (open access)

[Interview with Earl Short]

Photocopy of a transcription of an interview with Earl Short by Dorothy Depwe. Short talks about multiple murders that occurred in the Westlake, Texas area, as well as the lives of several families in the area.
Date: June 18, 1982
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family] (open access)

[Handwritten Note about the Dellana Family]

Photocopy of a handwritten account of what is was like to live on Tucker Lane in the 1920's. Dorothy Depwe goes into how many children the Tuckers the family had as well as goes into the lives of the Teague, Ryan, Young, and Small families.
Date: March 28, 1986
Creator: Depwe, Dorothy
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eanes: Portrait of a Community (open access)

Eanes: Portrait of a Community

This book describes the history of the Eanes community area. It discusses the geology and Native American history, as well as an overview of the community's start in the mid-1800s and development through 1986.
Date: 1986
Creator: Vance, Linda
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History