The Adobe House: A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School

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Research paper written by Mary Francis Conners about the construction of adobe bricks and buildings. The paper describes what adobe is and where adobe buildings are normally found. This paper was written in in January of 1977 for a history class at Marfa High School.

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Conners, Mary Francis January 1977.

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Research paper written by Mary Francis Conners about the construction of adobe bricks and buildings. The paper describes what adobe is and where adobe buildings are normally found. This paper was written in in January of 1977 for a history class at Marfa High School.

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Conners, Mary Francis. The Adobe House: A Paper Presented to the History Department of Marfa High School, text, January 1977; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88155/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Marfa Public Library.

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