Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Victoria College/ University of Houston-Victoria Libraryhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/VCUH/browse/?display=list&fq=str_location_county:Calhoun+County,+TX2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Victoria College/ University of Houston-Victoria LibraryHotel [in] Port O'Connor2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64843/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64843/"><img alt="Hotel [in] Port O'Connor" title="Hotel [in] Port O'Connor" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64843/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a newly constructed hotel at Port O'Connor.</p>T. M. OConnor residence, Port O'Connor2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64844/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64844/"><img alt="T. M. OConnor residence, Port O'Connor" title="T. M. OConnor residence, Port O'Connor" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64844/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the residence of T. M. O'Connor in Port O'Connor. The house is a two-story structure with a large fenced yard and fields beyond the fencing.</p>Oldest house in Port O'Connor2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64845/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64845/"><img alt="Oldest house in Port O'Connor" title="Oldest house in Port O'Connor" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64845/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a house identified as the oldest house in Port O'Connor, Texas. The house is a small wooden, unpainted structure with an unpainted picket fence surrounding it.</p>Water works engine2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64846/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64846/"><img alt="Water works engine" title="Water works engine" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64846/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a water works pump engine and storage tank at Port O'Connor.</p>Public water2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64847/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64847/"><img alt="Public water" title="Public water" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64847/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of cattle drinking from water hole.</p>Water works pipe[s]2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64841/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64841/"><img alt="Water works pipe[s]" title="Water works pipe[s]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64841/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of two unidentified men standing next to water pipes for a water line at Port O'Connor.</p>Building in Port O'Connor, Texas2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64832/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64832/"><img alt="Building in Port O'Connor, Texas" title="Building in Port O'Connor, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64832/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of construction work in Port O'Connor,Texas, located in southern Calhoun County. The town was established in 1909 on land formerly owned by Thomas M. O'Connor.</p>Breakfast [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64833/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64833/"><img alt="Breakfast [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County" title="Breakfast [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64833/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of an unidentified man having breakfast at a camp site at
Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County.</p>Camp [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64834/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64834/"><img alt="Camp [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County" title="Camp [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64834/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a campsite at Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County. A buggy can be seen behind a tent.</p>Public water works2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64835/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64835/"><img alt="Public water works" title="Public water works" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64835/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a half-dozen cattle and two horses drinking from a watering hole. The horses are harnessed to a buggy loaded with goods; the driver sits beneath an umbrella.</p>Yours truly at lunch [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County, Texas2009-12-06T22:24:51-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64798/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64798/"><img alt="Yours truly at lunch [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County, Texas" title="Yours truly at lunch [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth64798/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Joseph Daniel Mitchell sitting on the ground, having lunch at Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County Texas.</p>