Cushing, TX water tower

Northward facing photograph of the Cushing, TX water tower, built in 1939 as seen from Oak, Ave.
Date: September 2, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cushing City Hall and water tower

Northeastern facing photograph of the Cushing, TX City Hall and water tower.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

7th Street in Cushing, TX

Westward facing photograph of 7th street storefronts in Cushing, TX.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

7th Street in Cushing, TX

Northeastern facing photograph of the 7th Street Restaurant, abandoned and other storefronts in Cushing, TX.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cushing Public Library and Old Railroad Depot

Northward facing photograph of the Cushing Public Library, a former train depot for the Texas & New Orleans - Southern Pacific line. It is a rectangular, single-story building painted yellow with brown accents. In the center of the north side of the building, there is a small section extended outward, with a decorative roof element above. There is a ramp up to the platform, which wraps around the east side of the building.
Date: September 2, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cushing Public Library and Old Railroad Depot

Eastward facing photograph of the Cushing Public Library, a former train depot for the Texas & New Orleans - Southern Pacific line. It is a small, one-story building with a railed platform around the building and a ramp leading up to the doorway. It is painted yellow with brown accents, and has decorative scallops in the gable ends of the roof.
Date: September 2, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sacul water tower

Photograph of the Sacul, TX water tower.
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Blue Building in Sacul Texas

Photograph of the boardwalk/blue building in Sacul, TX. Originally a town center housing a bank, store, and pharmacy, the location serves as a performance space for bluegrass and the 'Sacul Opry.'
Date: September 1, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North

Map showing "Trammel's Trace," the first road from the north (present-day Arkansas) into Texas, used around 1800. It includes notations for abandoned settlements, modern cities, and Caddo villages documented from 1800 to 1840, as well as other historic roads used at the time of Trammel's Trace.
Date: 2015
Creator: Pinkerton, Gary
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards (ASL Interpretation) captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards (ASL Interpretation)

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T11:08:18/2018-08-24T11:59:56
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800.
Date: 2018-08-24T11:08:18/2018-08-24T11:59:56
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History