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[News Script: Chopper crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an Army helicopter enroute from Fort Bliss to Enid, Oklahoma crashing and killing two men aboard.
Date: October 19, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cactus Filling Station

Description: Photographic postcard of filling station. Photographic postcard of Cactus Filling Station with two men (D.H. McVay and S.A. Small) and two cars, in Van Horn,TX. Text on postcard reads,"Elevation 4036 ft., Van Horn - Texas, Ladies Rest Room, Pure Water, Road Information, Free Ice Water, The Cactus Twins"
Date: 1928~
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum

[Letter to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944]

Description: A letter of complaint addressed to Major [John W.] Lipscomb from the wife of a registrant in Van Horn, Texas dated March 13, 1944. The letter includes an advisement to Lipscomb of having written to him previously and having received no answer regarding an unfit board member noting that the board member has been "drunk for the past week now".
Date: March 13, 1944
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Colonel John R. Banister to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board - March 15, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board, Van Horn, Texas, from John R. Banister, Colonel, Q. M. C., Deputy State Director of Selective Service dated March 15, 1944. Banister requests information from the chairman regarding the previous occupation of a registrant, whether or not a deferment request was made and, if so, on what grounds.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: Banister, John R.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - April 17, 1944]

Description: A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS, Van Horn, Texas dated April 17, 1944. Carswell reports on an irregular request for deferment by the Appeal Agent in Jeff Davis County.
Date: April 17, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University 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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photo of Gloria Brooks]

Description: Portrait of a young woman identified as Gloria Brooks, visible from the chest up. She is wearing a dark-colored sweater and a scarf around her neck. Printed text below the image says: "55-56 Van Horn High"
Date: [1955..1956]
Partner: Clark Hotel Museum

[News Script: Plane crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about search parties looking for people who were aboard a plane that crashed on the east side of Guadalupe Peak at Van Horn.
Date: September 20, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snow]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about snow. A late season snow-storm struck the Guadalupe Pass area. Up to two feet of snow were reported. Several trucks were stalled at the mountain pass.
Date: March 10, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Historic Marker Application: Original Culberson County Jail]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Original Culberson County Jail, in Van Horn, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: August 30, 1979
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

Geologic Atlas of the United States: Van Horn Folio, Texas

Description: This atlas contains three colored maps and aereal views from the regions around the Van Horn, Texas quadrangle including topography, and structure sections of the territory comprising El Paso County and Culberson County. The illustrated text of the atlas discusses the geological elevation of the area, provides in-depth breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals as well as the economic geology of the region, precious metals and minerals.
Date: 1914
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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