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[United States Land Office Deed, September 20, 1902]

Description: United States Land Office, Department of the Interior, deed to Willis David of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico for the reclamation of desert land. He paid $20.00 for 80 acres of arid land. Desert Lands acts of 1877 and 1891 provided for the sales of arid lands with the buyers' promise to develop the land through irrigation.
Date: 1902
Creator: Leland, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Claude White to C. B. Moore, January 1902]

Description: Letter from Claude White to his father-in-law, C. B. Moore, in which he gives his views on the loss of friends or their injury in war. He says that he has not changed his view of Miss Minny, "the old maid school teacher." He also states that Linnet married "not wealth but brains education industry and morals...."
Date: January 1902
Creator: White, Claude
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Railroad Survey Crew Poses on a Wagon, c. 1902

Description: Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose standing in a wagon, c. 1902. The survey crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives

Railroad Survey Crew Poses in Front of Tent, c. 1902

Description: Railroad survey crew posing with survey instruments, c. 1902. Members of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf survey crew that prepared a ten-mile stretch of track between Dallas and Ft. Worth pose in their camp in coats and ties. C. P. Schulze, brother of crew foreman J. O. Schulze, is standing second from the right. J. O. Schulze co-founded the town of Irving in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives

Railroad Survey Crew Members Pose with Survey Tools, c. 1902

Description: Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose with their survey tools, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile section between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained in the area and founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903. C. P. Schulze, Sr., brother of one of the town co-founders, is on the far left.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives

Railroad Survey Crew Poses Along the Side of a Ravine, c. 1902

Description: Members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew pose along the banks of a ravine, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. While in Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. Two of the crew members remained behind and founded the town of Irving along the tracks between Dallas and Fort Worth in 1903.
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives

Railroad Survey Crew Members Pose by Tents, c. 1902

Description: Five members of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf survey crew pose in front of a tent in their camp, c. 1902. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. They camped on Britain family land in the vicinity of modern-day Nursery Road and the Rock Island railroad track. Two of the crew members remained behind when the rest moved on to the next job. They purchased 80 acres of land from the English and founded the town… more
Date: 1902~
Partner: Irving Archives
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