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[Photograph of Landscape on the Marfa, Lajitas Road]
Photograph of the mountains and landscape in Big Bend District, Texas on the road between Marfa and Lajitas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Limpia Canyon]
Photograph of the landscape of Limpia Canyon near Balmorhea, Texas.
Date:
192X
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]
Photograph of Marfa, Texas in the evening, a group of houses and buildings with several windmills and a dark sky overhead. The photo was taken by Frank Duncan.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]
Photograph of the landscape near Marfa, Texas. In the background, the outskirts of Marfa can be seen, including some buildings and windmills. A river runs close to the buildings, and a bridge and road with several cars on it has been built over the river, continuing out of frame on either side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men]
Photograph of a group of men outside of a brick building, eight standing, three on horses, two with rifles, and one with a guitar.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men by Rock Formation]
Photograph of two men standing near a rock formation at the top of a hill.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Mexican Canyon in Lajitas, Texas]
Photograph of Mexican Canyon on Allen and Crawford Ranch in Lajitas, Texas. Photo was taken by Frank Duncan and is copyrighted in 1918.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Pinto Canyon]
Photograph of Pinto Canyon with a river running through it and a road paralleling the river. A printed note on the photo suggests that the vehicles that can be seen on the road are Caterpillar tractors, and identifies the photographer as Frank Duncan.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Rio Grande]
Photograph of the Rio Grande with trees on the banks and mountains in the distance. A printed note on the photo describes it: "Ancient Indian hills on the banks of the Rio Grande."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Rio Grande]
Photograph of the Rio Grande, with hills on the right side and a large river bank on the left side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Rio Grande Between Mexico and U.S.A.]
Photograph of the Rio Grande, with the far river bank labeled "Mexico" and the bank from which the photo was taken labeled "U.S.A."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Rio Grande in Lajitas, Texas]
Photograph of the Rio Grande with part of the buildings of Lajitas, Texas visible on the far side of the river.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Wagon Train in Pinto Canyon]
Photograph of a wagon train on a road in Pinto Canyon, being pulled by a Caterpillar tractor. Handwritten notes on the photo point out the Caterpillar and a shack in the distance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Frank Duncan]
Portrait of Frank Duncan with a dark mustache and wearing a suit. A handwritten message on the back of the photo states that it is a "self made" portrait.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prospectors Looking for Cinnabar
Photograph of eight miners in a cave looking for cinnabar. Cinnabar is a mineral that contains mercury. Printed on the photo, "An ore body on main vein - 57 foot level- Waldron Mines." The Waldron Mines were near Terlingua, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Jaime Javier Vasquez for an American History class in 1978.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Duncan, Frank
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wizard or Witch
Research paper written by Laurelle Patricia Dunsavage for an American History Class at Marfa High School on March 3, 1977. It is about different types of healers in the hispanic culture and has a section defining the different herbs and their uses in remedies. Samples of the actual herbs are included in this report.
Date:
March 3, 1977
Creator:
Dunsavage, Laurelle Patricia
Object Type:
Paper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bears, Beeves, and Bibles: A Depression Story
Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the Great Depression and, specifically, how if affected the town of Marfa, Texas. This paper reconstructs the Depression using individual accounts: working several odd jobs to earn money, pawning and trading items to pay for food, baking chocolate cakes in exchange for fence posts to repair a broken fence line, etc.
Date:
November 7, 1975
Creator:
Earney, Ann
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Camels are Coming
Paper illustrating the history of the US Army Camel Corps.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Earney, Ann
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Script for "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial"
Script for the play "The Heavenly Case of The Bicentennial- America On Trial" presented in Marfa, Texas on March 25-26, 1976.
Date:
1976~
Creator:
Earney, Mary K.
Object Type:
Script
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tools of the cowboy on Edwards' fence]
Photograph of a group of cowboy items on Edwards' fence. Clockwise: blanket, cowboy hat, cowboy saddle with blanket, and cowboy boots resting on a bale of hay. All of the items are leaning against a tall fence. A local farm is behind the items.
Date:
April 1971
Creator:
Edwards, Janet
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Additional ruins of Presidio structure]
Photograph of Fort Leaton ruins in the Big Bend desert, near Presidio, Texas. Several wood support beams of varying lengths support the wall structure. A stone marker near the photograph's left quadrant describes the structure. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The mission was successful, and Christianized many of the tribes until the Padres were called back from this wilderness in the eighteenth century" (pp. 3-4).
Date:
1969
Creator:
Edwards, Nancy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Barren Big Bend desert landscape]
Pphotograph of a barren Big Bend crater. Several edges of the crater contain sparse tufts of grasslands and a mountain range is visible in the far distance. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "These Indians were primarily farmers, whose fields lined the banks of the now dry rivers and creeks. The sites of the Jumano pueblos are still a source of artifacts" (p. 3).
Date:
1969
Creator:
Edwards, Nancy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Canine artifact]
Photograph of an oval, white soapstone Indian artifact carved with the shape of a small canine. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The first tribe of Indians to be recorded were called the 'Basketmakers.' They quickly faded into the background with the coming of the Jumanos" (pp. 2-3).
Date:
1969
Creator:
Edwards, Nancy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Close up of Big Bend area landscape]
Photograph of a rocky mountain ( part of the Davis Mountain range) behind a line of trees in the Big Bend area of Jeff Davis County, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[According to an] Indian legend [...] After the heavens, the earth, and the living creatures had been shaped, the Great Spirit had a great accumulation of rocks and stony material left over. Even the Evil Spirit refused the pile, and so it became the mighty Big Bend of Texas" (p. 1).
Date:
1969
Creator:
Edwards, Nancy
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History