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“Prairie Wolf”

“Prairie Wolf”

Date: unknown
Creator: Audubon, John James
Description: Colored lithograph by John James Audubon; No. 15, Plate LXXI from Audubon’s “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
“Semipalmated Sandpiper”

“Semipalmated Sandpiper”

Date: unknown
Creator: Audubon, John James
Description: Colored lithograph by John James Audubon; No. 81, Plate CCCCV of Audubon'’s “Birds of America”
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Landscape-Water and Shoreline, c. 1902

Landscape-Water and Shoreline, c. 1902

Date: c. 1902
Creator: unknown
Description: An unidentified body of water and shoreline. This photo was taken by a member of the railroad survey crew that did work in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas for the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway in 1902. The crew surveyed a ten mile stretch of track between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Two men who were members of the crew at that time later founded the town of Irving (1903).
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
[Flooded street]

[Flooded street]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a flooded street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and next to the buildings. In the middle ground there are two men standing in the water. A horse-drawn carriage is parked next to a market.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Ochiltree Home]

[Ochiltree Home]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Ochiltree home on the Sabine River. A boat is shown by the dock in front of the house. A flag is shown decorating the bow of the boat. Hugh Ochiltree (born in North Carolina) was a lawyer, a dealer in molasses, and a Gun Runner during the Civil War. Hugh Ochiltree is the first cousin to William Beck Ochiltree, Treasurer for The Republic of Texas and delegate to the Succession Convention. Mary Josephine Shaw is the daughter of John Shaw, sugarcane plantation owner at Nunez Island (south of New Iberia), Louisiana.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Ochiltree Home]

[Ochiltree Home]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The home of Hugh Ochiltree and Mary Josephine Ochiltree nee Shaw. The home is situated on Front Street in Orange, Texas on the Sabine River. Hugh Ochiltree (born North Carolina) was a lawyer, a dealer in molasses, and a Gun Runner during the Civil War. Hugh Ochiltree is the first cousin to William Beck Ochiltree, Treasurer for The Republic of Texas and delegate to the Succession Convention. Mary Josephine Shaw is the daughter of John Shaw, sugarcane plantation owner at Nunez Island (south of New Iberia), Louisiana.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Ochiltree Home]

[Ochiltree Home]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Ochiltree home on Sabine River. A boat is shown by the dock in front of the house. A flag is shown decorating the bow of the boat. Hugh Ochiltree (born in North Carolina) was a lawyer, a dealer in molasses, and a Gun Runner during the Civil War. Hugh Ochiltree is the first cousin to William Beck Ochiltree, Treasurer for The Republic of Texas and delegate to the Succession Convention. Mary Josephine Shaw is the daughter of John Shaw, sugarcane plantation owner at Nunez Island (south of New Iberia), Louisiana.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Man standing in field in front of large tree]

[Man standing in field in front of large tree]

Date: c. 1920
Creator: Browder, H. F.
Description: Black and white (faded) of man standing in field in front of large tree, on back \"Shaw Studio, Denton\" taken and collected by H.F.Browder, former County Agent, Denton County. It is possibly a photo of the Strickland Cemetery.
Holding Partner: Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
[Ochiltree Home]

[Ochiltree Home]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: The home of Hugh Ochiltree and Mary Josephine Ochiltree nee Shaw. It is possible that the man dressed in a suit to the right of the photograph is Hugh Ochiltree. The home is situated on Front Street in Orange, Texas on the Sabine River. Hugh Ochiltree (born North Carolina) was a lawyer, a dealer in molasses, and a Gun Runner during the Civil War. Hugh Ochiltree is the first cousin to William Beck Ochiltree, Treasurer for The Republic of Texas and delegate to the Succession Convention. Mary Josephine Shaw is the daughter of John Shaw, sugarcane plantation owner at Nunez Island (south of New Iberia), Louisiana.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Overturned Vehicle and Debris After Tornado

Overturned Vehicle and Debris After Tornado

Date: 1947-04-09
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a landscape of bare trees and debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. On the left side of the frame is an overturned vehicle. In the foreground is a puddle of mud.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
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