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Description: Three Sanger Courier newspaper clippings regarding the grading of main street in 1892, a tornado that damages Sanger in 1895, and a Sanger fire in 1909. Mr. N. P. Kirkland and family are pictured.
Date: 1963
Partner: Denton Public Library

31 Men With Vision

Description: The booklet contains a brief history of Denton County National Bank's conception and first seventy-five years of operation, including photographs of the thirty-one men who petitioned the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. for the right to form a national bank in 1892.
Date: 1967-01~
Creator: Drenner, William E.
Partner: Denton Public Library

Mary Coe Daniels, Woman of the West

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Mary Coe Daniels, pioneer of West Texas, and her family. Daniels and her husband and children made their home in West Texas, despite threats of bandits and influenza. She kept house, ran a successful store, delivered babies, and even became a U.S. mail carrier. At the time this paper was created, Mary Cole Daniels was 76 year old and still greeting customers in her general store.
Date: April 1, 1969
Creator: Godbold, Susan
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Funeral Program for Joshua J. Lankford, Sr., February 2, 1963]

Description: Funeral program for Joshua J. Lankford, Sr., born July 22, 1892 and died January 26, 1963. The funeral was held Saturday, February 2, 1963 at Second Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Samuel H. James, Minister. Funeral arrangements were made through Sutton-Sutton Funeral Home and he was buried in Eastview Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: February 2, 1963
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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