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History of the Ferris Farm

Typed history of the Ferris Farm, located six miles west of Alto, Texas, accompanied by a 7-page letter with additional details.

Date: {1936,1993-09-10}

Creator: Bertolinio, Mildred Nicar

Item Type: Text

Funeral Home Records, Stribling Undertakers, 1929-1941

Photocopies of Stribling's Funeral Home Records dating from August 1929 through August 1933 and September 1937 through June 1941. It includes a listing of each person buried by the funeral home with birth and death date, age, date of burial, and other known details. An index is at the front.

Date: 1980

Item Type: Text

[Transcription of Funeral Records: Alto, Texas, 1914-1951]

Book of funeral records dating from 1914 to 1951 including the name of each person buried, age, cause of death, birth and death dates, cost, and the person who ordered the services.

Date: [1951..]

Item Type: Text

[Letters from A. C. Abercrombie, Jr., 1885-1897]

Collection of transcribed letters addressed to various members of the Summers family, discussing current events and family news.

Date: unknown

Creator: Abercrombie, A. C., Jr.

Item Type: Letter

Invitation: Alto High School Commencement Exercises, April 1910

Invitation to the Annual Commencement Exercises at B. T. Washington High School on April 21st and 22nd, 1910.

Date: 1910

Creator: Alto High School

Item Type: Text

[Photograph: Early Merchants of Alto, Texas]

Photograph of the early merchants of Alto, Texas. Text beneath the photograph reads: "Top Row--left to right--Jim Hogan, Ben Baker, George Crouch, Jim Allen, H. Getz, Morgan Ahearn. Second Row--on horse--Dr. Allison, Jim Berryman, Douglas Brock, Bob Allen, Miller Brook, Mart Thomas, Emory Watters, Milton Acrey, Walter Crouch, John Wood, Mallie Houston, Claud Coats, Wilbur Armstrong, Holly Agnew, Jim Watters, A. C. (Ell) Crouch."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph: Early Merchants in Alto, Texas]

Photograph of the early merchants of Alto, Texas inside a room. On the far left, one man is measuring the waist of a second man; on the far right, a third man is running a sewing machine. A young boy is visible in the center of the image. Text beneath the photograph reads: "Copy of the original picture. Fred Crouch (known as "dude") is at the sewing machine. Arch Holcomb is measuring. Bill Francis is standing in the doorway. Frank, Haws, and Crouch Dry Good Store was in a corner building wher… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Early Merchants of Alto, Cherokee County, Texas

Research paper which provides information about the early merchants of Alto, Texas, including transcripts of letters, certificates, ads and stories from newspapers, and other related documents.

Date: unknown

Creator: Kennedy, Guynell Watters

Item Type: Paper

100 Years: Alto Methodist Church, 1852-1952

Bound collection of historical information regarding the Methodist Church in Alto, Texas.

Date: 1952

Creator: Hargrove, Johnnie; Danheim, Verline; Quarles, Helen; Carter, Mamie Lee & Hampton, Marshall

Item Type: Book

History of First Baptist Church, Alto, Texas

Information booklet containing a history of the First Baptist Church in Alto, Texas.

Date: 1972

Creator: Kennedy, Guynell Watters

Item Type: Text