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Midland County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Midland County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, townships, cities, towns, routes and trails, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1904
Creator: Russell, F. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Courthouse in Midland, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the courthouse in Midland, Texas, apparently under construction. The stone building has one level competed with wood framing beginning to be put in place for second story windows. Small trees partially obscure the building.
Date: 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Midland County.

Description: 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: 1901
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Midland 1900 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1900
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Midland 1909 Sheet 3

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1909
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Midland 1909 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1909
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Midland 1905 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Midland 1909 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1909
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Midland 1905 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Midland in Midland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1905
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Well Tube

Description: Patent for a well tube. "This invention relates to well pumps and particularly to a suction attachment for use in conjunction with the strainers of pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow pipe" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Medlock, Augustus Lafayette
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Midland Area Grapes]

Description: Photograph of a vine of grapes and peaches from the Midland area. The produce, swarmed with leaves, is placed next to a measuring tape, and the bundles of grapes measure in total around 14 inches.
Date: 1908~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]

Description: Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date: June 5, 1908
Creator: Rankin, Julia Estes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[J. H. Barron's Everybody's Mercantile, Interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of J. H. Barron's Everybody Mercantile (100 S Main Street, Midland). The general store has a long glass display cabinet with items displayed within and an employee working behind the counter. Shelves of merchandise are along the left wall, atop which are plied suitcases and blankets and near which stands Mollie McCormick (far left, white dress) and several other women. On the right wall are cabinets with rolls of paper above, as well as denser shelves in the back and … more
Date: 1904?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.997249 -102.074578
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Cross Tie Cowboys and a Chuck Wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Cross Tie Cowboys, seated together in a clearing in the grasslands with a chuckwagon. Two men are seated next to or behind the chuckwagon, which carries supplies. Several horses stand in the back, behind several bushes. The cross tie brand was registered on April 29, 1902, originally owned by Newnie Ellie.
Date: [1902-04-29..]
Creator: Hoyt, E. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Midland Machine Shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior garage of Midland's first machine shop in 1909, five workers standing within. A large metal implement hands from a wooden scaffold in the center of the workspace. Makeshift shelves, buckets, spare equipment, ladders, and other miscellaneous items sit on the left wall. The workers are identified by names on the back, locations unspecified: Carl Reeves, Kirby Nutt, John G. Peebles, Will Roller, and Frank Hermann.
Date: 1909
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.996240 -102.074584
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Pencil-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new pencil-holder that is "a light, efficient and convenient pencil-holder capable of reliably securing the pencil to which it is attached within the pocket, thereby holding the same in readiness for use." (Lines 14-17) Illustration included.
Date: May 8, 1900
Creator: Hogg, George, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pencil-Holder.

Description: Patent for a device to secure a pencil within the breast-pocket, including description and illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Hogg, George, Sr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Herman Garrett Family]

Description: Photograph of the Herman Garrett family from their family house at 611 N Big Spring Street, arranged in three rows on the house's porch. In the back row, from left to right: Lillian Garrett Reiger, Dora Garrett Rankin, Al H. Garrett, Elizabeth Garrett, Neta Garrett Wilson, and H. M. Garrett (came to Midland in 1882). Middle row (both seated on chairs, from left): Neta Wilson's mother-in-law and Mrs. Herman (Lucy Ann) Garrett. Front row (both seated on porch): Luther Wilson, Bess Garrett Holmes… more
Date: 1903
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.003138 -102.078227
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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