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"Between the Creeks"

Compiled transcriptions of newspaper articles written by Gwen Pettit about the local history of Allen, Texas. The articles are organized by topic, including land & prairie, Indians, cattle trails, Republic of Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, churches, schools, Sam Bass, late 1800s, Civil War, early 1900s, holiday stories, founding families, early roads, early Lucas, early Fairview, H&TC Railroad, photos & sketches, poems, and other articles.

Date: July 2006

Creator: Pettit, Gwen

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Woman in white gown

Unidentified woman in a white dress. There is a bow in her hair, and a photo cameo on her neckline with an image of a man. There is a locket around her neck, and she is holding flowers.

Date: unknown

Creator: Greenwood Blue Gallery

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Other

Man in suit

Unidentified man in a dark suit, photograph process is "Aristo Finish."

Date: unknown

Creator: Wakely

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Other

Man and woman

Unidentified couple in dress clothes. The woman has a bow in her hair and is wearing a locket. The man has on a narrow tie and a watch fob.

Date: unknown

Creator: Greenwood Blue Gallery

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Other

History of McKinney and Collin County

This pamphlet gives an overview of the history of Collin County including important people, agricultural geography, and economic aspects.

Date: May 1, 1924

Creator: Wilson, Walter B.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.

Date: 1896

Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

A History of Collin County, Texas

This book gives an overview of Collin County, Texas. The text discusses the geography and prehistoric aspects of the county as well as the history of the people in the region (including Native American tribes and settlers). The book has a bibliography (starting on p. 279) and an index (starting on p. 283).

Date: 1958

Creator: Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Personnel, Texas Textile Mills McKinney, Texas, Frank W. Smith, Supt.

Probably WWII era, based on all the female employees, especially when compared to the other photo of the Textile Mill employees in this collection.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Buckner, The County Seat of Collin County Texas

Partial plat map of Buckner, Texas, historically the seat of Collin County, Texas. There is a key on the left listing lots and streets and a legal statement handwritten at the bottom. The map is encapsulated and has been framed; printed text at the bottom of the frame says: "Original plat of the first county seat of Collin County---Fort Buckner---drawn by the early surveyor, H. O. Hedgecoxe date 1846."

Date: 1846

Creator: Hedgecoxe, H. O.

Item Type: Map

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Employee Personnel, McKinney, Texas, Texas Textile Mills

T. S. Morris, the father of the donor, was born in 1899. He lived and farmed at Rt. 5, McKinney. At night, he worked at the Mill in the weave shop and dye room. In this photo he is a short man, in overalls, with two men to his left in dark jackets. He is near the sixth window from the left.

Date: 1939

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

McKinney Junk Company, Spencer Smith Wrecking Yard, 1940

Four trucks lined up in front of Smith Auto Parts store in McKinney. The trucks range from 1920s to late 1930s. Nine men sit on top of the trucks.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Country Boy Haystacks Calhoun

Haystacks Calhoun, wrestler, publicity photo, Country Boy Haystacks Calhoun. Calhoun was raised and died in McKinney, Texas. Popular in the 1950-1970s.

Date: 1950~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Men and Women Standing in a Barn Doorway

A group of men and women standing in a barn doorway. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

A Group of People in McKinney

A group of well dressed men and women in a line somewhere in McKinney. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.

Date: 1903~

Creator: McKinney Greenwood Studios

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Two Women and a Thresher

Two women standing in front of a thresher in a farm field. Their horse drawn buggy is in the background. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

Two Women in a Horse Drawn Cart

Two women in a horse drawn cart on a dirt road in the country.. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum

A Man and a Woman in a Horse Drawn Buggy

A man and a woman sitting in a horse drawn buggy on a dirt street in a residential area of a city. From the collection of James P. Thomas, Sr., McKinney.

Date: 1903~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Collin County History Museum