Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures - 6 Matching Results

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First Modern High School in Stephenville, Texas, 1886

Description: A large group of students pose for a picture outside of a stone school building in Stephenville, Texas. Information from article attached: During the 1880's this was the only public school in Stephenville and taught all grade levels. The building was torn down in 1906 and replaced by Stephenville Junior High School.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Fourth of July Parade, Stephenville, Texas, ca. 1890's

Description: Photograph of people aboard decorated horse-drawn carriages riding through a city street during a Fourth of July Parade in Stephenville, Texas, ca. 1890. Crowds of people stand on the sidewalk in front of businesses watching the carriages go by.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Hotel in Purves, Texas

Description: Photograph of a typical West Texas frontier hotel in the Purvis, Texas. It was operated by Mrs. M. M. Stephen. A porch surrounds the front and sides of the building. A small outbuilding stands next to the hotel.
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

["Waterworks of Stephenville", Unle Jim Mansker, 1870]

Description: ["Uncle Jim" Mansker, the colored man who ran the town's first waterworks. He got water from a spring in the town and sold it to the customers who settled in Stephenville.]
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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