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The Dowes of Pinto Canyon

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Orin Curtis Dowe and Millie Wilson Dowe of Pinto Canyon, who met while O. C. Dowe was a Texas Ranger attempting to capture smugglers crossing the Mexico-Texas border.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Shurley, Mike
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

Biography of Mr. Victor Dominguez

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mr. Victor Dominguez, who was an employee at the Murphy-Walker Grocery Store in Marfa, Texas, until her started a taxi stand, and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dominguez, Sr., a ranching family.
Date: 1966
Creator: Dominguez, Alice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Texas Panhandle: 1885.

Description: Map shows cattle brands of ranches and identifies their owners in the late nineteenth century "Texas Panhandle." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,265,000].
Date: 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Fort Stockton, Texas.

Description: Map shows dimensional relief of mountain ranges for portions of Jeff Davis, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, and Presidio counties in West Texas; railroads, roads, trails, ranches, ranch owners, landmarks, windmills, water sources, oil and gas fields, and other notable physical features. Includes legend and index to adjoining plastic relief maps. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:250,000].
Date: 1967
Creator: United States Army Map Service
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Biography of Mr. & Mrs. Bogel

Description: This report is written in two sections giving brief biographies of William Woodworth Bogel and his wife Sarah Newton Bogel. The report also includes a poem written by Mr. Whittier and dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Bogel.
Date: November 21, 1966
Creator: Rojo, Margarita
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[News Script: Ship]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dripping Springs rancher Leon Bandy and the 125-foot pirate ship he had constructed in his backyard.
Date: October 2, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Rural Heroism Award]

Description: Photograph of award plaque. it is in the shape of a shield, and the engraving on the plaque reads, "Texas Rural Heroism Award presented to F. Manuel Corral 1959 for bravery at a time of crisis by Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council." Above the engraving, in the middle is a circle of white, with a darker colored plus sign in the middle that has writing that says, "Safety." On the left and right are two decorative engravings onto the wood.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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