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[On the Trail, magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "On the Trail" at the bottom. The drawing is of people on horses herding cattle.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Branding, magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "Branding" at the bottom. The drawing is of people branding cattle.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Rodeo magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing taken from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "Rodeo, or Rounding Up Cattle" at the bottom. The drawing is of people on horseback rounding up cattle.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[In Camp, the Texas Cattle Trade]

Description: A drawing from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "In Camp. The Texas Cattle Trade" at the bottom. The drawing is of people camping out by a tent while the sun is setting.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Shipping for the eastern markets, magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "Shipping for the Eastern Markets" at the bottom. The drawing is of men herding cattle through pens.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Ho, For Texas! magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing taken from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "Ho, for Texas!" at the bottom. The drawing is of horses and men. Some of the men are raising their hats in the air.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Wichita, magazine sketch]

Description: A drawing taken from a magazine. The drawing has a caption that says "Wichita" at the bottom. The drawing is of a long street with buildings lining the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A hand painted portrait of William Ryon.]

Description: Photograph (copy) of a hand painted portrait of William Ryon. The original painting is in a wooden oval frame. Ryon, whose dark hair (gray at temples) is thin on top and longer with curling at ears, is wearing a black three-piece suit with a white shirt and black tie. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Drawing: Fort Griffin in 1876]

Description: Drawing of a trail leading up a hill towards a fort with a flag raised at the top. A rider on horseback is drawn speeding up the trail, coming from a town drawn at the bottom. Text at the bottom reads, "Fort Griffin in 1876".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The Opening of the First Season at Mineral Wells

Description: A.F. Weaver obtained this cartoon from a jocular booklet titled "Inside Story About the Waters", now in the Palo Pinto County Album collection (q.v.). The booklet is written in the nineteenth-century burlesque tradition, and is not meant to be taken seriously. See also the cartoons "The First Well Was Dug Here in 1877" and "Mr. Lynch on His Way to Discover Mineral Wells."
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Mr. Lynch On His Way to Discover Mineral Wells

Description: This picture is a photograph of a cartoon. See also "Opening of the First Season at Mineral Wells" and "The First Well Was Dug Here in 1877." Please note the centipede, illustrated along with other forms of wildlife. Also, please note the Indians, who appear to be friendly. A.F. Weaver took this cartoon from a jocular booklet titled "Inside Story About the Waters" (q.v.) that is in the Palo Pinto County Album collection (q.v.) It is written in the nineteenth-century burlesque style, an… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Painting of Early Fort Worth by Miranda Leonard, 1873

Description: Painting of an aerial view of Fort Worth in 1873. The painting depicts a town square with an American-flag topped courthouse in the center. Surrounding the courthouse are several buildings, some with fences. Throughout the painting are people, buggies, covered wagons and trees. On the right side of the frame is a sloping hill.
Date: 1873
Creator: Miranda Leonard
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[The Lynch Cabins]

Description: A drawing of the Lynch cabins, done by Jarmon Alvis Lynch, grandson of James Alvis Lynch. The drawing says "Alvis Lynch 77" in the bottom right-hand corner. The picture was apparently done from memory. The original mineral water discovery well is in the right foreground, with a windlass for drawing water. "Judge" Lynch and his family did not arrive in Millsap Valley until Christmas 1879. Note the tents in the right background. H. M. Berry, Mineral Wells' first teacher, noted … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

The First Well Was Dug Here in 1877

Description: This photograph illustrates a cartoon. "1880" is written in ink at bottom of the photograph, evidently in correction of the cartoon. Lynch arrived in what would later be Mineral Wells in 1877. His first well, dug to forty-one feet in 1878, was dry. The second well, drilled deeper, was in 1880. Please see also "Opening of the First Season at Mineral Wells" and "Mr. Lynch on His Way to Discover Mineral Wells." The cartoon appears to have been taken by A. F. Weaver from a jocular bookle… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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