Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: UNT Librarieshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?fq=untl_decade:2000-2009&fq=str_location_county:Callahan+County,+TX&display=grid2007-08-10T09:11:11-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: UNT LibrariesCleopatra bust at the Robert E. Howard Museum2007-08-10T09:11:11-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27725/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27725/"><img alt="Cleopatra bust at the Robert E. Howard Museum" title="Cleopatra bust at the Robert E. Howard Museum" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27725/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a Cleopatra bust at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Callahan County. The bust is housed in a glass case. There is a snake crawling up the bust's chest, and the base says "Cleopatre."</p>32.121369807075524 -99.17201037434381Memorial walking stick at the Robert E. Howard Museum2007-08-10T09:10:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27909/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27909/"><img alt="Memorial walking stick at the Robert E. Howard Museum" title="Memorial walking stick at the Robert E. Howard Museum" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27909/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a memorial walking stick at the Robert E. Howard Museum.</p>32.121378893580236 -99.17203183201593Memorial plaque for Robert E. Howards dog Patch2007-08-10T09:08:52-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27724/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27724/"><img alt="Memorial plaque for Robert E. Howards dog Patch" title="Memorial plaque for Robert E. Howards dog Patch" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27724/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a memorial plaque for Robert E. Howard's dog Patch. It says "In memory of 'Patch' Howard's faithful friend."</p>32.12141523959 -99.17203183201593Mesquite tree with a memorial to Robert E. Howards dog Patch2007-08-10T09:07:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27726/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27726/"><img alt="Mesquite tree with a memorial to Robert E. Howards dog Patch" title="Mesquite tree with a memorial to Robert E. Howards dog Patch" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27726/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a mesquite tree with a memorial for Howard E. Robert's dog Patch. Howard was a pulp writer known for creating the Conan the Barbarian character.</p>32.12138798008403 -99.17203183201593The Home of Robert E. Howard, Butler Park2007-08-10T09:06:40-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27727/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27727/"><img alt="The Home of Robert E. Howard, Butler Park" title="The Home of Robert E. Howard, Butler Park" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27727/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a sign that says, "Museum, The Home of . . . Robert E. Howard, Butler Park," at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas. Howard was a pulp writer known for his creation of the character Conan the Barbarian.</p>32.121378893580236 -99.17204256085199A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom2007-08-10T09:05:29-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27728/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27728/"><img alt="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" title="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27728/small/"/></a></p><p>Robert Howard's bedroom at the Robert Howard Museum. Robert Howard was a writer of pulp fiction, and is well known for creating the character of Conan the Barbarian.</p>A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom2007-08-10T09:04:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27729/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27729/"><img alt="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" title="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27729/small/"/></a></p><p>Robert Howard's bedroom at the Robert Howard Museum. Robert Howard was a writer of pulp fiction, and is well known for creating the character of Conan the Barbarian.</p>A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom2007-08-10T09:03:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27730/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27730/"><img alt="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" title="A view of Robert Howard's Bedroom" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27730/small/"/></a></p><p>Robert Howard's bedroom at the Robert Howard Museum.</p>Robert Howard's Mother's Room2007-08-10T09:02:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27731/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27731/"><img alt="Robert Howard's Mother's Room" title="Robert Howard's Mother's Room" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27731/small/"/></a></p><p>Robert Howard's Mother's room at the Robert Howard Museum.</p>Texas & Pacific Railway Depot plaque, Baird2005-08-18T11:14:04-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5225/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5225/"><img alt="Texas & Pacific Railway Depot plaque, Baird" title="Texas & Pacific Railway Depot plaque, Baird" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5225/small/"/></a></p><p>TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION
TEXAS
OFFICIAL HISTORICAL MEDALLION
TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY DEPOT
IN 1881, THE FIRST STORY OF THIS BRICK DEPOT WAS BUILT AS A STATION FOR THE TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY. TWO YEARS LATER, A SECOND FLOOR WS ADDED TO THE STRUCTURE, AND THE NEW RAILROAD TOWN OF BAIRD WAS CHOSEN CALLAHAN COUNTY SEAT. THE RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DEPOT, WHICH FEATURES DECORATIVE BRICKWORK, WAS USED BY THE RAILROAD UNTIL 1977. ITS PRESENCE IS A REMINDER OF THE TOWN'S IMPORTANCE AS A SHIPPING POINT FOR THE T&P RAILWAY FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1985</p>Baird street scene, looking towards the Callahan County Courthouse2005-08-18T11:12:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5226/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5226/"><img alt="Baird street scene, looking towards the Callahan County Courthouse" title="Baird street scene, looking towards the Callahan County Courthouse" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5226/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas, looking towards the Callahan County courthouse. Cars are parked outside buildings on both sides of the street. Several trees obscure the courthouse from view.</p>32.394866110075945 -99.40054350000003Baird street scene2005-08-18T11:07:11-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5227/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5227/"><img alt="Baird street scene" title="Baird street scene" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5227/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas. Buildings line the street, and two cars are parked outside an antique shop.</p>Former T & P Railway Depot, now Baird Chamber of Commerce2005-08-18T11:06:22-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5228/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5228/"><img alt="Former T & P Railway Depot, now Baird Chamber of Commerce" title="Former T & P Railway Depot, now Baird Chamber of Commerce" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5228/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Baird Chamber of Commerce, formerly the T & P depot. It is a two-story red brick building.</p>32.39122861007453 -99.39468909999994Baird Volunteer Fire Department, est. 18812005-08-18T11:05:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5229/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5229/"><img alt="Baird Volunteer Fire Department, est. 1881" title="Baird Volunteer Fire Department, est. 1881" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5229/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Baird Fire Department building. It is made out of bright red brick, and has two garage doors. A sign at the top of the building says "B.A.I.R.D. Est. 1881, Volunteer Fire Department."</p>32.393705791488934 -99.39427469999998IOOF club building in Baird, detail of window2005-08-18T11:04:00-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5230/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5230/"><img alt="IOOF club building in Baird, detail of window" title="IOOF club building in Baird, detail of window" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5230/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a stained glass window at the International Order of Odd Fellows club building in Baird.</p>32.393374360075356 -99.39505810000003Tiled street sign in Baird "Market Street"2005-08-18T11:02:57-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5231/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5231/"><img alt="Tiled street sign in Baird "Market Street"" title="Tiled street sign in Baird "Market Street"" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5231/small/"/></a></p><p>Tiled street sign in Baird "Market Street"</p>IOOF club building in Baird2005-08-18T11:02:11-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5232/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5232/"><img alt="IOOF club building in Baird" title="IOOF club building in Baird" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5232/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the International Order of Odd Fellows club building in Baird. There are two stained glass windows set into the building. The window on the left says "IOOF". The second window says "FLT".</p>32.393374360075356 -99.39505810000003Mural in Baird2005-08-18T11:01:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5233/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5233/"><img alt="Mural in Baird" title="Mural in Baird" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5233/small/"/></a></p><p>TEXAS & PACIFIC
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PLAZA CORNER</p>Baird street scene2005-08-18T11:00:39-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5234/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5234/"><img alt="Baird street scene" title="Baird street scene" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5234/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas. Cars are parked in front of buildings, and several cars are coming down the road.</p>Confederate Memorial, Callahan County2005-08-18T10:59:43-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5235/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5235/"><img alt="Confederate Memorial, Callahan County" title="Confederate Memorial, Callahan County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5235/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the historic marker for Camp Pecan in Baird, Texas. The stone marker is on the courthouse lawn; buildings are visible in the background. Text: Camp Pecan C. S. A. This Civil War camp of the Texas Frontier Regiment was located 21 mi. southeast established in 1862 as one of a line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The number of men guarding the frontier were few. Trouble came from all directions with Indian threats and raids from the west and plundering renegades and deserters from the east. Food, supplies, clothing and horses were constantly scarce. But in spite of all obstacles, these Confederates managed to effectively hold the frontier line of settlement. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy. Erected by the state of Texas, 1963.</p>32.394862664230764 -99.40056633306574Baird street scene2005-08-18T10:58:51-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5236/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5236/"><img alt="Baird street scene" title="Baird street scene" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5236/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a street scene in Baird, Texas. Cars are parked outside buildings up both sides of the street. A tall red building is at the very end of the street.</p>Historic plaque - Callahan County Courthouse2005-08-18T10:57:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5237/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5237/"><img alt="Historic plaque - Callahan County Courthouse" title="Historic plaque - Callahan County Courthouse" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5237/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a historic plaque about the Callahan County Courthouse. It reads: "Callahan County Courthouse. The county seat moved from Belle Plain to Baird in 1883, and a courthouse, designed by noted architect F. E. Ruffini, was built at this site. The county hired another noted architect, J. Riely Gordon, in 1900 for a larger courthouse; J. E. Flanders was the supervising architect. In 1928, the growing county hired Voelcker & Dixon Architects & Engineers of Wichita Falls, who designed this classical revival courthouse, completed the next year. Suggs and Dunlap Contractors constructed the building, which features intricate detailing, including acanthus leaves, rosettes, medallions and cartouches. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2003."</p>32.394873860075954 -99.4005426Callahan County Library Museum sign2005-08-18T10:56:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5238/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5238/"><img alt="Callahan County Library Museum sign" title="Callahan County Library Museum sign" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5238/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a black sign that says "Callahan County Library Museum". A picture of a lighted torch held above an open book has been painted in the middle of the sign.</p>32.39481768449889 -99.40054829964299Callahan County memorial plaque2005-08-18T10:55:26-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5239/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5239/"><img alt="Callahan County memorial plaque" title="Callahan County memorial plaque" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5239/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a memorial plaque in Callahan County. It says: "Callahan County, Formed from Bexar Territory, created February 1, 1858, recreated August 21, 1876, organized July 3, 1877. Named in honor of James H. Callahan, 1812-1856, Soldier in the Texas Revolution, Captain of the Texas Rangers. County seat, Callahan City, 1877; Belle plain, 1877-1883; Baird, since. Two early military roads, the Chisholm Trail, and the first government telegraph line traversed this region."</p>Callahan County memorial plaque2005-08-18T10:54:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5240/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5240/"><img alt="Callahan County memorial plaque" title="Callahan County memorial plaque" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5240/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a memorial plaque placed on a cut rock in Callahan County. The seal on the front reads "Texas Highway Department 1936."</p>War memorial - Callahan County2005-08-18T10:53:22-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5241/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5241/"><img alt="War memorial - Callahan County" title="War memorial - Callahan County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5241/small/"/></a></p><p>ROY L. JOBE
TEXAS THOL KENT
ROY B. KENDRICK
ADRIAN KIRKPATRICK
GORDON U. LAWRENCE
LUTHER C. MARTIN
LEONARD WEATHERS McINTOSH
MORRIS A. MILSTEAD
JAMES C. MONROE
ROBERT NEPVEU
DUB NEEL
HOMER NEITHERCUTT
FLOYD E. NEWTON
WAYLAND E. NORWOOD
BILL D. ODOM
ARTHUR A. PARISHER
MARSHALL PHILLIPS
MARBY L. POTTER
BOBBY PYLE
BOBBY JOE PURVIS
JOHN ELMER RAY
JAMES L. RAWSON
JOE B. ROSS
WILLIARD RUTLEDGE
CARL L. SHIPP
W. M. (MUTT) SLAUGHTER
MARVIN RAY SMITH
DEWARD SMITH
JACK P. SHRADER
RUFUS C. SHRUM
EVERETT NEIL STRAHAN
RAY B. STEPHENS
ALTON R. STALLINGS
SIDNEY R. TEAGUE
RAYMOND C. TENNISON
ROBERT WALLS
ALTON V. WATSON
THOMAS R. WARREN
CLARENCE A. WAGGONER
ODELL R. WEBB
MEREL LEE WHITE
MYER R. WINKLEMAN
EUGENE M. YOUNG
ROBERT F. YOUNG
NICK YOUNG
HENRY F. MARTIN
WYLIE R. GREEN
KOREAN CONFLICT
BILLY WAYNE COX
JAMES K. DAMON
ARCHIE PARISHER
ELVIE P. REED</p>War memorial - Callahan County2005-08-18T10:52:33-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5242/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5242/"><img alt="War memorial - Callahan County" title="War memorial - Callahan County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5242/small/"/></a></p><p>World War I
Thomas H. Aiken
Benjamine C. Barclay
Eugene C. Bell
Mcdonald Bell
Bruce B. Bush
Thomas G. Brashear
Bart Coppinger
Roy R. B. D'spain
Virgil T. Farrar
Leonard M. Grisham
John Murray Gunn
Norman Johnson
Orion A. Keele
John B. Mullican
W. Tom Peevy
Wendell H. Russell
John W. Slough Jr.
R. Lee Wilson
World War II
Afton C. Adams
Wade Andrews
Harrell T. Arledge
James C. Bentley
Albert H. Bales
Dewey Douglas Bennett
James A. Bently
Lindy Bowen
C. A. Burleson Jr.
Jimmy Brandon
Clarence A. Brown
Doyle Lee Brown
James E. Browning
Earnest Botts
Bill Cowan
Jesse Crowson
Stanley Coppinger
Jeff Dungan
Henry B. Dorsey
Gayl A. Edwards
Milton Elliott
Clifton A. Fortune
Norman George
Edward Haag Jr.
Everette Harrison
Marion N. Harvey
Robert W. Havens
Thomas D. Hindman
Raymond R. Honea
Edd Henderson
Billy Hollingshead
Fred Hooper</p>War memorial - Callahan County2005-08-18T10:51:42-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5243/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5243/"><img alt="War memorial - Callahan County" title="War memorial - Callahan County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5243/small/"/></a></p><p>on center piece:
Dedicated to the memory of those men who gave their lives in the service of their country to preserve our freedom
Sponsored by Baird Rebekah lodge no. 112
Erected by Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Cross</p>Callahan County Courthouse, Baird2005-08-18T10:50:53-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5244/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5244/"><img alt="Callahan County Courthouse, Baird" title="Callahan County Courthouse, Baird" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5244/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Callahan County Courthouse in Baird, Texas. It is four stories tall, and made of brick.</p>32.39487779560513 -99.40055392779787Pioneers Monument on Callahan County Courthouse grounds2005-08-18T10:49:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5245/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5245/"><img alt="Pioneers Monument on Callahan County Courthouse grounds" title="Pioneers Monument on Callahan County Courthouse grounds" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5245/small/"/></a></p><p>PIONEERS
COUNTY ORGANIZED JULY 3, 1877
NAMED FOR
JAMES H. CALLAHAN
RANGER CAPTAIN AND
INDIAN FIGHTER</p>Callahan County Courthouse, Baird2005-08-18T10:48:44-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5246/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5246/"><img alt="Callahan County Courthouse, Baird" title="Callahan County Courthouse, Baird" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5246/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Callahan County Courthouse from the front. The view of the building is obscured by several trees. The building is four stories tall, and made of brick.</p>32.39491259600959 -99.40063707627733