The 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery before 1920. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Brief history of the 4th Field (Mountain) Artillery, pre-1920s to 1956; drawings of artillery loaded on mules.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11937/
Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Illustrated descriptions of the Army field kitchens on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1920, from cooking equipment loaded on mule-drawn wagons to rolling kitchens pulled by trucks. Includes recipe for El Rancho Stew and a diagram of Army Field Range #1 (cook stove).
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11934/
The awakening of a cavalry packer. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Illustration of ten mules secured on a picket line and their cavalry packer in camp at 3:00 a.m.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11927/
The border air patrol 1918-1919. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Illustrated description of the air support for the U. S. Cavalry on the Texas-Mexico border, 1918-1919.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11931/
Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture
Date: 1961
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11933/
Cavalry officers of the 1916-1921 period. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Drawings of officers in charge of activities on the U.S.-Mexico border between 1916 and 1921, indicating ranks and commands.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11943/
A cavalry roundup. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Drawing depicting sergeant of a cavalry troop recovering stolen cattle on the Texas-Mexico border, c.1916.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11925/
Cavalry wagon trains and pack trains. Picture
Date: c. 1916 - 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Drawing of an Army wagon train; list of personnel of a wagon train; description of pack trains; information about water and camp sites in the Big Bend District, c. 1916-1920.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11932/
Description of a Military Pack Train. Picture
Date: 1920
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Drawing of muleteers in camp during a trip to deliver military cargo to places inaccessible by wagon. Figure on the left may represent W. D. Smithers, who was a packer for the Army.
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11929/
Dwayne Thomason
Date: 1959
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of young man wearing suit and tie. Photograph of Dwayne Thomason of Van Horn, TX wearing suit and tie, 1959.
Holding Partner: Clark Hotel Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth13914/