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Wichita County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Wichita County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, railroads, and the various boundaries along the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to tentatively identify a tributary of Big Wichita River. Scale [ca. 1:166,667] (5000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Oil & gas subdivisions, J.E. Roller Estate, Wichita County, Texas : R.J. Scott, McKinney & Willaims, S.A. Maverick, S. Holloway, and P.S. Funk Surveys.

Description: Map shows placement of J.E. Roller estate within overview map of land tracts along the Big Wichita River, landowners, and petroleum well locations; tract numbers, acreage, and tract measurements in detail map of J.E. Roller Estate. Scale [1:10,000] and [1:31,680].
Date: [1913..1927]
Creator: Isbell & Metcalfe
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Brazos-Red River Historical Society's Map of Wichita County, Texas

Description: Map of Wichita County, Texas, showing blocks of land, towns, creeks, rivers, railroads, roads, oil wells, post offices, schools, churches, airports, cemeteries, historic trails and routes, and landmarks. Map includes notes on the six countries (Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America) that have had sovereignty over Texas and the route of Monsieur Brevel. The map is surrounded in a border of old cattle brands from the 1880… more
Date: 1957~
Creator: Kay, John A.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Water shortage]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about residents of Burkburnett just north of Wichita Falls who have been warned by city officials to be very stingy with water usage until a water pipeline is complete.
Date: June 20, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Automobile-Signal.

Description: Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Squier, William Ernest
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
captions transcript

[News Clip: Range fires]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 1, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Bridgetown

Description: Photograph of an old wooden wagon wheel axle with two wheels attached at Bridgetown in an open field. Photograph was taken at Bridgetown, an abandoned boom-town in Wichita County, 17 miles Northwest of Wichita Falls, TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Jefferson Earle Kuntz]

Description: Photograph of Jefferson Earle Kuntz. Kuntz was a defense lawyer in Wichita County. The back of the image identifies the photograph to be from Royce Studios in Wichita Falls, Texas, and order number 67135.
Date: 1940
Partner: Midwestern State University

Calk Attachment For Horseshoes

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in calk attachments for horseshoes. The objective is to provide detachable means applicable to the conventional types of shoe without any modifications.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Douglas, John Davies
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Burkburnett Oil Field]

Description: Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field in Wichita County, Texas, taken from ground level near a derrick. A number of wooden derricks are visible, with wooden housings and other small structures. Many of the derricks are partially obscured by smoke.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Trading Card: Black-Tailed Prairie Dog]

Description: Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Lake Arrowhead State Park, depicting a prairie dog laying on the ground. The back of the card contains information about the species.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Ruth & Oualline Griffith]

Description: Photograph of Ruth Imogene Griffith at 3 months and Oualline Juanita Griffith at age 4. Ruth was born December 13, 1922, and Oualline was born January 30, 1921. Ruth is the aunt of Sandra Person Wyche. Oualline is Sandra's mother.
Date: March 1923
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Boomtown Sketch]

Description: Photograph of a copy of a Boomtown Sketch of cowboys, horse carriages, cars, and large oil rigs in the background. "Boomtown" can be read in the left corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Partner: Midwestern State University
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