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Oral History Interview with Laura M. Patton, February 1, 1998

Interview with Laura M. Patton, whose father built the popular Arcadia Theatre, from Kerrville, Texas. Laura relates the history of the Arcadia Theatre, a well-known attraction in Kerrville, and describes some of the other local businesses and cultural phenomena in the area.

Date: February 1, 1998

Creator: O'Hara, Peggy & Patton, Laura M.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Photograph of a Bomb Exploding at Muroc Lake, California]

Photograph of a 300 pound bomb exploding around Muroc Lake, in the Mojave Desert. The camp at Muroc Lake is nearby but the bomb was exploded off in the distant background center of the photograph; the landscape in this area is very barren.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Bomb Exploding in the Mojave Desert]

Photograph of a 300 pound bomb exploding on a target at the camp at Muroc Lake in the Mojave Desert. The landscape in this area is very barren as it is part of the Mojave Desert; the bomb has exploded in the distant background in the center of the photograph.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Bomb Exploding on Muroc Lake, California]

Photograph of a bomb exploding in the Mojave Desert at Muroc Lake. The bomb has exploded in the center of the photograph as you can see by the puff of smoke and dust in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Camp on Muroc Lake, Mojave Desert]

Photograph of a camp located on Muroc Lake, also called Rogers Dry Lake, in the Mojave Desert. Edwards Air Force Base is also located nearby this camp. All of the tents in this camp are arranged in row after row; there's also a couple of cars driving through the camp.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Camp on Muroc Lake (Rogers Dry Lake)]

Photograph of a camp situated on Muroc Lake, also known as Rogers Dry Lake, in the Mojave Desert. There are tents and a few buildings in this camp, a water tower on the far right and what appears to be an air strip in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Maneuver Camp on Rogers Dry Lake]

Photograph of a maneuver camp set up in the Mojave Desert at Rogers Dry Lake in southern California. There are numerous tents set up in rows with men hanging out and talking to each other.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Joe Moore at the Muroc Lake Camp]

Photograph of Joe Moore standing in uniform outside of a tent at the camp on Muroc Lake. This lake is also known as Rogers Dry Lake, and it is located in the Mojave Desert; Moore's tent does not extend all the way to the ground, instead it stops around three feet from the ground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs