Burial Ground near Presidio, Texas
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Description: Indian burial ground near Presidio, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40083/
Butter Churn
Date: November 1967
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographs of a butter churn with its dasher owned by Mrs. Fox Parker. It has a number 3 on it and a maple leaf. This page was included in a paper written by Elizabeth Newton for an American History class at Marfa High School in November 1967.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth87905/
Camp Holland
Date: November 20, 1966
Creator: Thornsburg, William Kim
Description: Paper written by William Kim Thornsburg about Camp Holland built in Viejo Pass near Valentine, Texas. He accounts that the last Apache battle in Texas and how the camp was used later to supply troops along the Rio Grande.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39440/
Camp Holland in 1966
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Description: Here is a colored view of the Camp of what it looked like in 1964. The green part in the center of the three long buildings was a water fountain. This photo was included in a research paper by William Kim Thornsburg in an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39804/
[Canine artifact]
Date: [1969]
Creator: unknown
Description: This is a photograph of an oval, white Indian artifact plaque in the shape of a small canine. The plaque is in the center of the photograph.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39676/
[Capote Falls]
Date: c. 1965
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard of Capote Falls, near Marfa. A small waterfall is cascading between two large cliffs. The tops of a few trees can been seen at the bottom left and right corners of the photograph.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39820/
[Car and set from movie Giant]
Date: [1969]
Creator: unknown
Description: This is a picture of a set from the movie, "Giant." This is a wide angle shot of the mansion frame. A car is in front of the structure.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39607/
[Carolina Borunda Humphries]
Date: [1969]
Creator: unknown
Description: This is a picture of Carolina Borunda Humphries cooking on a wood stove at The Old Borunda cafe.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39691/
[Carving of dinosaur]
Date: [1969]
Creator: unknown
Description: This is a photograph of a statue artifact in the shape of a dinosaur. The statue figures prominently in the picture.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39678/
Casimiro Chavarria
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
Description: Paper written by Eva Chavarria in 1967 for a history class at Marfa High School. It describes her grandfather, Casimiro Chavarria's family, his work on ranches, his farm and his travels.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39417/