Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888

Aerial photograph of Ft. Worth at Commerce Street in 1888. In the center is a large strip of buildings, homes and businesses, surrounded with dirt roads and more homes across those streets. A store on the right corner of the black has a sign that reads, "Black Smith Shop". In the foreground are dirt trakcs, a telephone pole, and a few horse-drawn wagons.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the M. E. Church, South. (open access)

Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the M. E. Church, South.

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, reports of the boards, memoirs, and statistical tables.
Date: 1888
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. (open access)

Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, appointements, reports of the conference boards, and statistical tables.
Date: 1888
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888] (open access)

[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]

Letter from J.F. Higgason to H. Howard. The letter is dated March 30, 1888.
Date: March 30, 1888
Creator: Higgason, J.F.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. Parks to Milton, April 29 1888] (open access)

[Letter from A. Parks to Milton, April 29 1888]

Letter from A. Parks to Milton Parks. The letter is dated April 29, 1888.
Date: April 29, 1888
Creator: Parks, A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks, June 2 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks, June 2 1888]

Letter from Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks. The letter is dated June 2, 1888.
Date: June 2, 1888
Creator: Mills, Ella W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of "Little Bessie May"]

Photograph of a baby in a white gown.
Date: June 16, 1888
Creator: Carpenter
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888] (open access)

[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]

This document is an agreement by Hartsford Howard, party of the first part, and A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, parties of the second part, on a portion of land. The land was part of the Washington-Howard Survey in Hood County. The agreement was for the cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, oats and millet. The document was witnessed by J.C. Donathan.
Date: October 11, 1888
Creator: Donathon F.C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys Having Dinner in Coke County, Texas

Photograph of cowboys having dinner on a ranch in Coke County. The lid for a skillet in the foreground was used for baking bread. On the lid of the chuck box, lowered to serve as a cook table, can be seen an old time coffee grinder and leg of roasted beef. An oil lantern hangs on the bow above the chuck box and the harness is hanging over the front wheel. The men are, L-R: Henry Russell, unknown, Jack Montath, Ned Richards, Jake Stubblefield, and John Dodd.
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas spring palace city, Fort Worth. A parody on H.M.S. Pinafore (open access)

Texas spring palace city, Fort Worth. A parody on H.M.S. Pinafore

A historical drama of Fort Worth, a parody on the comic opera the H.M.S. Pinafore, by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Date: 1889
Creator: Smith, Edward. J. & Pease, Harry M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie McKinny to her parents, June 9 1889] (open access)

[Letter from Fannie McKinny to her parents, June 9 1889]

Letter from Fannie McKinney to her parents. The letter is dated June 9, 1889.
Date: June 9, 1889
Creator: McKinny, Fannie
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett, September 28 1889] (open access)

[Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett, September 28 1889]

Copy of Settlement with Mrs. L.A. Crockett made September 28, 1889. "150 bushels corn, 60 bushels wheat, 3 head hogs, 1 brindle cow, 1 yellow horse, 1 buggy and harness, 200 dollars paid."
Date: September 28, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 7 1889] (open access)

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 7 1889]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents for the year 1889. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 7, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Branding on the Half Circle 84 Ranch

Photograph of cowboys branding cattle on the Half Circle 84 Ranch in New Mexico during the 1890s.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 1 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 1

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume one covers A through T.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brands, Vol. 2 (open access)

Brands, Vol. 2

Handwritten directory of brands associated with ranches mainly located in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Directory is arranged alphabetically by brand. Volume two covers U through Z, and the numerical brands.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Cattle Raisers Association of Texas.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denner-Record and Capps Building in Ft. Worth, Texas

Photograph of the Denner-Record building and the Capps building on Fifth and Throckmorton Streets in Ft. Worth, Texas. The building is five stories tall and brick with a fire escape. It is surrounded by a sidewalk that is lined with bicycles and horse-drawn buggies. On the left side of the frame is a church tower and on the right is a sign that reads, "SUCCESS".
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

LFD Ranch

Photograph of cowboys catching horses on the LFD Ranch near Midland. The cowboys stand holding ropes near a large herd of horses. A pile of fire wood is next to the cooking pots on the right of the photo.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map of a birds-eye view of Wichita Falls, Texas in 1890. Illustrations of the Courthouse, Grocery Store, School, Bank, and other establishments surround the view of the town's buildings and it's lake.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, Thaddeus Mortimer
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photographs of Fort Worth (open access)

Photographs of Fort Worth

Book containing early photographs of Fort Worth.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: Swartz, D. H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of E. C. Pendry]

Photograph of E.C. Pendry, wearing a dark suit and hat, posing behind a penny-farthing bicycle. He is standing in front of a studio backdrop of the countryside.
Date: 1890~/1899~
Creator: Swartz
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of an Interstate convention of cattlemen, held at Fort Worth, Texas ... March 11, 12, 13, 1890 ... (open access)

Proceedings of an Interstate convention of cattlemen, held at Fort Worth, Texas ... March 11, 12, 13, 1890 ...

A book with the proceedings of the Interstate Convention of Cattlemen held in Fort Worth in 1890.
Date: 1890
Creator: Interstate Convention of Cattlemen.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Section Foremen of the T&P Railway

Photograph from 1890 of the section foremen on the Texas and Pacific Railway that ran between Sherman and Fort Worth. Standing L-R: William Ballew who had the Pilot Point section, T. Flynn who had the Collinsville north section, Joe Boston who had the Denton section. Seated L-R: B. Price who had the Tioga section, J. Wiggs who had the Collinsville south section, and John McLamore who had the Aubrey section.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Outfit in the Pecos River Area

Photograph of a group of cowboys having dinner on the range in the Pecos River Valley. The men have plates in their laps as they sit near the chuck wagon. Two of the men are John B. Thaxton and Hugh Barber.
Date: 1890~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History