Photograph of C. H. Bird's apple orchard in full bloom. The trees are arranged in straight rows with a generous amount of space between each individual tree. The ground beneath the trees is largely bare. A densely vegetated hill rises up in the background on the left side.

Photograph of a Caterpillar tractor coming up a sloped dirt road in Pinto Canyon. Several men stand on the road beside the tractor. The dry, hilly landscape is dotted with sparse shrubbery.

Photograph of an irrigation ditch on C. H. Bird's ranch in Ft. Davis. The ditch itself is full of still water. Several flowering trees are scattered throughout the scene. A large, densely vegetated hill rises up in the background.

Postcard of Court Avenue in Fort Davis, Texas. The photograph has been taken from a high vantage point, looking down a dirt road lined with homes on the left side and power lines on the right side. Several hills are visible in the background.

Photograph of George W. Gleim taken from the torso up. He is wearing a dark-colored three-piece suit with a light-colored shirt underneath and a light-colored pocket square. His hair is slicked back and his mustache ends in two carefully manicured curlicues.

Photograph of an old government pumphouse and tank in Ft. Davis, Texas. Both the pumphouse and the tank are made of stone bricks and sit on and at the base of a hill, respectively. A large tree looms over the scene.

Photograph of the ruins of old Fort Davis taken from a distance. A long, low, skeletal structure stretches across a wide expanse of sparsely vegetated ground. Several hills loom in the background.

Photograph of a small guard house at Ft. Davis located in front of Sleeping Lion Mountain. The large rock formation towers over the guard house.

Photograph of two structures (right) in front of Sleeping Lion Mountain. Two men (left) stand facing the mountain.

Photograph of Fort Davis taken from a high vantage point. The back of the photograph reads. "D. Noble probably took this view---Mrs. Janes had a lot of his negatives, and she gave them to me. I found it in an envelope with long letter re Masonic Lodge bldgs. Mailed to me in 1960 from Mrs. Lois Thompson Brown. Sco. 9-1-71. Apparently this pic really goes back in the years. " A line that has been crossed out reads "the long white building was probably the Caruthers' home."

Photograph of retired Navy Lieutenant David S. Stanley (left) and Alice Kirk Grierson (right) posing outside of an adobe brick building. Stanley is wearing a light-colored button-down shirt with dark-colored pants and he is holding an object in his left hand. Grierson is wearing a patterned suit with a skirt that falls just below the knee, cat-eye glasses, and a pearl necklace. Their bodies are turned toward each other, but both are looking at the camera.

Photograph of a series of small, brick buildings lining a packed dirt street, including an S. A. Thompson survey office. Several people stand outside of the buildings.

Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."

Photograph of an adobe house with a goat standing on the ledge of the window. The back has "adobe house old in 1900 with goat" written on the back.

Photograph of Alice Kirk Grierson and two friends posing for a picture outside of an adobe brick building at Fort Davis. Two women (left and center) wear pearl necklaces with blazers, while the man (right) wears a suit and bolo tie. All three wear thick glasses.

Photograph of Alice Kirk Grierson posing outside of an adobe brick building in a floral-patterned suit with a skirt that falls just below the knee. She is wearing a pearl necklace and cat-eye glasses and she stands with her hands at her side, looking toward the camera.

Photograph of the parsonage of a Baptist Church. The house is a small, single story structure with a wraparound porch that is surrounded by a low fence. The back of the photograph notes that it was "built by Knox."

Photograph of Barry Scobee (left), Fort Superintendent Franklin Smith (center), and a third, unidentified man (right) posing in a wide and flat landscape before a large rock formation. All three of the men are wearing suits and ties. Several single-story buildings with large porches occupy the ground beneath the rock formation.

Photograph of Clemente Calderon "of Valentine," a campmeeting cook. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and apron and is using a tool with a long handle while looking down. Another man in a wide-brimmed hat is standing in the background and looking toward the camera.

Photograph of the Chapel at old Fort Davis. The building itself is dilapidated with partially-boarded up windows and several holes in the roof. The surrounding landscape is hilly with sparse vegetation.

Photograph of a cowboy and a child, both on horses and wearing hats, looking at something to the left of the camera. The horses face the right side of the frame. The cowboy holds his horse's reins with his left hand and is resting his right on his thigh. The child is largely hidden behind the cowboy. A pointed hill looms in the distance.

Photograph of a group of cowboys sitting on the ground in a semicircle and eating. Their horses and a chuckwagon are visible behind them. All of the men are looking toward the camera.

Photograph of a group of several cowboys on horses on the U up and U down Ranch on land belonging to the McIvors. The cowboys are arranged in a semicircle facing the camera. They wear heavy equipment and hats. A large hill rises up behind them.

Photograph of a crude house made of rammed earth in the middle of the field. Various items are strewn about the outside of the home. The back of the picture notes that it was taken "probably at Balmorhea."