[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864]

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.
Date: February 22, 1864
Creator: Fentress, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.
Date: February 22, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 27, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 27, 1864]

Letter written by David Fentress to his wife stating that his brigade has been furloughed and requesting that she come to collect him in Bastrop. He has been sick since the party at Colonel Groce's and she needs to bring a wagon or ambulance to move him.
Date: February 27, 1864
Creator: Fentress, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties. (open access)

History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson Counties.

Book containing a brief overview of the state of Texas and more specific focus on six specific counties, with extensive biographical sketches about persons related to the history of those places. An alphabetical index of persons who are included follows the table of contents at the front of the book.
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Bastrop County, no. 11 (open access)

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Bastrop County, no. 11

Inventory of records of Bastrop County housed in the Bastrop County Courthouse as of 1936 and 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a government organization chart, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date: June 1941
Creator: Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Hydraulic shear snips big trees] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hydraulic shear snips big trees]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a hydraulic sheer developed by the Specialized Machinery Corporation of Austin being used to fell trees up to ten inches in diameter.
Date: December 14, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hydraulic shear snips big trees] (open access)

[News Script: Hydraulic shear snips big trees]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hydraulic sheer developed by the Specialized Machinery Corporation of Austin being used to fell trees up to ten inches in diameter.
Date: December 14, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - Forest fire] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs - Forest fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small brush fire in Bastrop State Park.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Train Wreck] (open access)

[News Script: Train Wreck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: June 3, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop, TX]

Photograph of Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop, TX. The lawn of the courthouse fills the foreground of the photo, filled with trees growing from yellowing grass. Near the bottom left corner of the photo sits a small stone slab with a laurel wreath inscribed near its top along with "Major Joseph O. Sayers" written underneath. Farther into the photo, near the corner where the front and side of the courthouse meet, stands a white obelisk with a picture on each of its visible sides: a pair of crossed swords on the left side and two crossed flags on the right side. The courthouse itself is a white rectangular building lined with green bushes along its base, its entrance facing the left side of the photo while a clocktower sits in the center of its flat roof. The entrance to the building is shaded by a rectangular pediment supported by columns, above which sits railing. Foliage from a tree growing near the courthouse's entrance obscures the visual details of the second and third floors of the building's front. On the other side of the courthouse, the one that faces the right side of the photo, there is a row of windows …
Date: April 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Curfew and advice show] (open access)

[News Script: Curfew and advice show]

Photocopy of a script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 17, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kidney failure kills girl] (open access)

[News Script: Kidney failure kills girl]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: November 3, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clifton Carter obituary] (open access)

[News Script: Clifton Carter obituary]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: September 22, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fatal car wreck] (open access)

[News Script: Fatal car wreck]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 6, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Bank robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: June 16, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Drug Raid] (open access)

[News Script: Drug Raid]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of more than 20 young people have been arrested in Dallas following a drug roundup which is termed the city's largest till now.
Date: August 16, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rape] (open access)

[News Script: Rape]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a Richardson man who has been charged with rape and is currently in Dallas County Jail under $50,000 bond.
Date: August 19, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murd Arrest] (open access)

[News Script: Murd Arrest]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a 35 year old man who has been arrested in Alabama on charges stemming from the strangulation murder of a Pleasant Grove widow.
Date: September 7, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Water Treatment Plant] (open access)

[News Script: Water Treatment Plant]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of water from Cedar Creek which will begin flowing to Fort Worth's new water plant in Rolling Hills.
Date: September 12, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Top Texas Weather] (open access)

[News Script: New Top Texas Weather]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of fresh thunderstorms which drenched South Texas creating possible flood situations in many areas.
Date: September 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Park and Ride] (open access)

[News Script: Park and Ride]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dallas City Council who will approve two more park-and-ride facilities to be located in the Pleasant Grove and Oak Cliff areas.
Date: December 28, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Park and Ride Expansion] (open access)

[News Script: Park and Ride Expansion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dallas city council agenda which will include a recommendation for expanding Park and Ride facilities and council is expected to take speedy action.
Date: December 28, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Park & Ride] (open access)

[News Script: Park & Ride]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of City of Dallas which might have 2 or more park and ride facilities in operation in future.
Date: December 28, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Park and Ride] (open access)

[News Script: Park and Ride]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Dallas second park and ride terminal which was officially opened less than 2 months after the first express bus service began serving north Dallas commuters.
Date: January 22, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library