73 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

[Combination Map of Jeff Davis County and Presidio County]

Description: Blue line print of survey map of portions of Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties in Texas, showing rivers, creeks, towns, boundaries, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. There is also an inset map at the top of the page showing the entirety of Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties, as well as portions of El Paso, Reeves, and Brewster Counties, and the border between Texas and Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas … more
Date: January 22, 1894
Creator: Stakemann, M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A 1913 Wedding

Description: Information about a photograph for a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the 1913 wedding of Hijinio Roman and Pilar Dominguez. A footnotes page and bibliography to the research paper are also included.
Date: January 18, 1977
Creator: Carrasco, Irma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Life of Dr. Joseph Darracott

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Dr. Joseph Calhoun Darracott, a successful doctor who worked and spent most of his life in Marfa, Texas. Darracott moved to Shafter, Texas, for two years as a company doctor; spent a short time in El Paso, Texas; served as a naval medical officer in World War I; and spent the remainder of his life in Marfa.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Errington, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

My Grandmother's Sisters

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the author's grandmother's sisters, Rubio D. Dominguez and Maria Rubio D. Ochoa.
Date: January 17, 1977
Creator: Carrasco, Carlos
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Vic Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Vic Dominguez, who worked at a number of grocery stores in Marfa, Texas, until opening a taxi stand. Vic Dominguez had four children, and each child is discussed at length (date of birth, career, children, etc.) in this paper.
Date: January 15, 1974
Creator: Villarreal, Benny
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.
Date: January 22, 1965
Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Belle of the Ball

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about a fictitious story explaining scenes, people, and events a young woman in the early 1900s might have experienced.
Date: January 21, 1971
Creator: Newton, Larue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on Jan. 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mary Elizabeth Runkles Davis from Marfa, Texas, who contracted polio at the age of seven - She later went on to eat dinner with President Roosevelt, become Woman of the Year in 1968, and write poetry.
Date: January 1977
Creator: Sanchez, Delma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Four generations of Cabezuelas]

Description: January 1959 picture of Catalina Cabezuela, her daughter, her granddaughter, and her great-granddaughter (Melva Yvonne). The women are seated on a red couch. From left to right: Catalina Cabezuela, Catalina's daughter, Catalina's granddaughter, and Catalina's great-granddaughter.
Date: January 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Regional Water Plan: Region E (Far West Texas), 2016, Main Report

Description: Water plan for Region E (Far West Texas) describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, recommendations for water management for different suppliers and counties, water quality, water conservation and drought response plans.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Far West Texas Water Planning Group
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Back to Top of Screen