Hotel in Purves, Texas

Photograph of a typical West Texas frontier hotel in the Purvis, Texas. It was operated by Mrs. M. M. Stephen. A porch surrounds the front and sides of the building. A small outbuilding stands next to the hotel.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fourth of July Parade, Stephenville, Texas, ca. 1890's

Photograph of people aboard decorated horse-drawn carriages riding through a city street during a Fourth of July Parade in Stephenville, Texas, ca. 1890. Crowds of people stand on the sidewalk in front of businesses watching the carriages go by.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Modern High School in Stephenville, Texas, 1886

A large group of students pose for a picture outside of a stone school building in Stephenville, Texas. Information from article attached: During the 1880's this was the only public school in Stephenville and taught all grade levels. The building was torn down in 1906 and replaced by Stephenville Junior High School.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified School Building in Stephenville, Texas

Unidentified multiple-story school building in Stephenville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tarleton College Building, ca. 1899]

The two story Tarleton College building, ca. 1899.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Waterworks of Stephenville", Unle Jim Mansker, 1870]

["Uncle Jim" Mansker, the colored man who ran the town's first waterworks. He got water from a spring in the town and sold it to the customers who settled in Stephenville.]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Erath county.

Map shows early twentieth century railroads and property ownership in Erath County, Texas. No scale indicated.
Date: 1900?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Erath Co., Texas

Map shows tract numbers, land patents, and landowners; county boundaries; portions of adjacent counties where property extends beyond county limits. Scale [1:133,334].
Date: 1879
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Erath Co., Texas.

Map shows tract numbers, land patents, and landowners; county boundaries; portions of adjacent counties where property extends beyond county limits. Scale [1:133,334].
Date: 1879
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Erath County, Texas]

Map shows property boundaries, landowners, roads, towns, railroads, and oil well activity for central portion of Erath County roughly bounded by towns of Stephenville, Alexander, Clariette, and Dufeau [Duffau]; one tract outlined in red. Scale not given.
Date: [1905..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Erath County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1896
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thurber, Texas, 1920.

Map shows Thurber, Texas railroads, mines, named hills, roads, and lakes. Identifies "only buildings left" in 1920. Scale not given.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History