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[Thurber Smokestack & Related Buildings]

[Thurber Smokestack & Related Buildings]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Thurber: Dirt road that meets another road in distance; smoke stack in distance; red fire house with white roof to left; in far left, building that now (2008) houses the eponymous Smokestack Cafe. The historic plaque can be seen at the base of the smokestack, but cannot be read.
Holding Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
Men and Women on Hay Wagon

Men and Women on Hay Wagon

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of fifteen women and fourteen men sitting and standing on a hay wagon hitched to a team of four dark horses. They are all looking at the camera and they all wear bonnets, hats, or cowboy hats. The women are wearing light-colored dresses and the the men have collared shirts on and some wear suits and ties. Behind them are two buildings. A sign on the building on the right side of the frame reads, "Real Estate and Cattle. Merydith and Co. School and RR Lands, Farms and Ranches". In the foreground is grass and weeds.
Holding Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
[Lien for purchase of land by L.H. Stuckey to George Burkhart, March 15, 1881]

[Lien for purchase of land by L.H. Stuckey to George Burkhart, March 15, 1881]

Date: 1881-03-15
Creator: Stuckey, L.H.
Description: Note with Vendor's Lien for purchase of 140 10/11 acres from George Burkhart by L.H. Stuckey, for land located in the Charles D. Ball survey in Montague County.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Howard and Brenda McClurkin
[Letter to Mr. Young from Thomas Ward, November 28, 1859]

[Letter to Mr. Young from Thomas Ward, November 28, 1859]

Date: 1859-11-28
Creator: Ward, Thomas
Description: Letter to Mr. Young from Thomas Ward, regarding acceptable terms of sale for land in Cooke County Texas. Discusses abolition and the potential dissolution of the Union.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Howard and Brenda McClurkin
[Land grant to Peter S. Benton, 1855]

[Land grant to Peter S. Benton, 1855]

Date: 1855-07-07
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Description: Grant for 320 acres of land in Van Zandt County to Peter S. Benton
Holding Partner: Other
[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854]

[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854]

Date: 1854-06-02
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Description: Grant for 320 acres of land in Tarrant County to Gabriel B. Knight, "in Denton District. Tarrant County on Bear Creek in the Lower Cross Timbers . . . "
Holding Partner: Other
[Thomas McGee Scott]

[Thomas McGee Scott]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Tom Scott
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards
[Office of Scott and Baldwin, Paris]

[Office of Scott and Baldwin, Paris]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Offices of Scott and Baldwin in Paris. Judge Scott and Tom Scott on the front left.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Caroline R. Scrivner Richards
Delwood Neighborhood

Delwood Neighborhood

Date: 1959-04-06
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Intersection of Cameron Road and Cloverleaf. Site photo. Street scene.
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Delwood Neighborhood

Delwood Neighborhood

Date: 1959-04-06
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Street scene looking down Cloverleaf from Cameron Road. Site photo.
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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