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[Personal Narrative about Rath City] (open access)

[Personal Narrative about Rath City]

Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing the short life of the cattle town, Rath City.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative About the Heel Fly Insect] (open access)

[Personal Narrative About the Heel Fly Insect]

Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing aspects of the heel fly, such as the species it comes from, its anatomy, and its behavior towards cattle and oxen. Correction notes are written in pencil throughout.
Date: 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Voting and Politics] (open access)

[Personal Narrative about Voting and Politics]

Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing voting for Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, and his views on current politics of the time. Penciled notes are visible in the margins.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative about Western Frontier Days] (open access)

[Personal Narrative about Western Frontier Days]

Personal narrative written by an unknown author describing what life was life for cattle drivers and buffalo hunters in the days of the western frontier, focusing on the area of Fort Griffin. Penciled notes and corrections are written throughout, and the phrase, "To be recopied" is written at the top of the first page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative Describing Cattle Trails] (open access)

[Personal Narrative Describing Cattle Trails]

Personal narrative describing a cattle drive trail from Dodge City to Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative from Rollie Burns' Book of Lubbock, Texas] (open access)

[Personal Narrative from Rollie Burns' Book of Lubbock, Texas]

Personal narrative describing finding a cowboy's diary and listing the entries within its pages. The excerpt comes from a book on Lubbock by Rollie Burns.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narrative Recounting a Trip] (open access)

[Personal Narrative Recounting a Trip]

Personal narrative describing a story involving travel by stage coach to Dodge City and a man named Shanghai Pierce.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding] (open access)

[Personal Narratives About Trail Herding]

Personal narratives written by an unknown author describing describing personal and secondhand accounts of life as a trail herder. Many paragraphs are crossed through, and a few penciled corrections are visible throughout.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Man with Branch in Field]

Photograph of a man in a cowboy hat standing with a tree branch held in his hand. A bare tree and a parked automobile can be seen in the field in the background. Handwriting below the photo reads, "[illegible] Moore never shirked a danger or duty in his life".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Poem: Cowboys' Christmas Carol] (open access)

[Poem: Cowboys' Christmas Carol]

Poem about a dancing party at Christmas in "Anson City".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regulus Before the Senate of Carthage (open access)

Regulus Before the Senate of Carthage

Recounting of the speech the roman statesman, Marcus Atilius Regulus, gave to the Carthaginian senate. There are pencil corrections on both pages.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam Allens Diary (open access)

Sam Allens Diary

Diary excerpts of events around Rath City in 1876.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Brahman Cattle in Fenced Pen]

Photograph of six brahman cattle all lined up in a single row at the corner of a tall, wooden fence. Each cow except the second from the right is wearing a rope halter. A large, bare tree is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Soul (open access)

The Soul

Poem written in a small booklet titled, "The Soul".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History

[South-East View of a Home]

Photograph of a two-story, light colored house with clay tiled roofing and a covered porch entrance that is partially blocked from view to the left by a young tree. Handwriting on the bottom edge reads, "south-east view. Drive way here [arrow]". Scribbles are drawn in pencil on the back of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir of 1876 Rath City (open access)

Souvenir of 1876 Rath City

Description of the steel shoe that oxen wore in a particular caravan that created Rath City and a description of a particular ox that escaped and led a heard of wild cattle. A drawing of a horseshoe-like object is done in pencil around the title on the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Story Notes with Sketches] (open access)

[Story Notes with Sketches]

Short stories and notes paired with small, rough sketches of things like cowboys, guns, and buffalo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suited Man with Brahman Cattle]

Photograph of six Brahman cattle in a field with a man in a dark suit and hat visible to left patting two of the cows. Two silos and a long building are visible in the left background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to W. J. Bryan, March 25, 1908] (open access)

[Telegram to W. J. Bryan, March 25, 1908]

Telegram to W. J. Bryan asking him to send his photograph to the writer. The letter is signed, "The Record[?]".
Date: March 25, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Lawyer Who Is Not Running for the Presidency (open access)

The Texas Lawyer Who Is Not Running for the Presidency

Article stating that William John Bryan is not running for president, explaining that there has been confusion due to he and presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan having the same initials. A few notes are scribbled on the bottom half of the page.
Date: October 1, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Brahman Cows with Horns]

Photograph of two light colored Brahman cows with horns, standing side by side in a field. A light colored barn and fence line are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown Men Shaking Hands]

Photograph of two men in suits shaking hands in a grassy area outdoors, with blurred trees seen in the background. The man on the right is holding a light colored hat and flowers. The man on the left is wearing a darker hat and suit.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History