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Cotton Field

Description: Photograph of oil processing and storage equipment in a cotton field. Several large storage bins are near an oil pump and in the back is a large drilling platform.
Date: 1958
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[An area of water in front of an oil field]

Description: Photograph of an oil field. There is an area of water with a containment levee surrounding it in foreground. A metal storage tank with a pipe extending from it on far right of photo; wooden post on far left. A dark painted wooden building near right center of photograph. There are six oil derricks in the distance. The photograph has a black pattern border with "Fox Co." in bottom left and top right corners of the border. There is a red "v" or check mark on back of photo.
Date: [1926..1927]
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Oil derricks in a field]

Description: Photograph of a line of derricks in a field with three large derricks directly behind the line and more derricks further in the background. A small structure is on the left of the image, in front of the line. Some small trees are in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

Ehtel and the Water Boy

Description: This is a research paper written by Mike Shurley for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1968. It tells the story of Marcellus and Ethel Bryant with some history of their family, his service in World War I, their courtship and marriage, his ranc, his oil fields, his interest in aviation and his support for James C. Mattern's flight around the world, his life in politics and relationship with LBJ, and his role in the building of the Twin Buttes Dam to bring water to drought strick… more
Date: 1968
Creator: Shurley, Mike
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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