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Historic Plaque, Robert M. Coleman

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque in Coleman, Texas. It reads: "County Named in 1857 for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837). Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas in 1832. Commanded Company of volunteers at siege of Bexar (San Antonio), Dec. 5-10, 1835. Delegate to Constitutional Convention where he signed Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Sam Houston at Battle of San Jacinto, 1836. Later fought Indians as a Texas Ranger. (1966)"
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Plaque taken from the Old Stacy Bridge, Coleman & McCulloch County

Description: Plaque taken from the Old Stacy Bridge, Coleman County. "Built by Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. Hess and Skinner Agts. Leavenworth Kansas. McCulloch County Judge Harvey Walker, McCulloch County Commissioners Joe Williams, J. J. Armor, J.L. Smith, H. E. McBride, W. S. Dickenson, J. R. Gault, J. P. Sheridan. Coleman County Judge T. J. White, Coleman County Commissioners Jno. R. Havens, S.H. Brown, J. M. Parker, D. T. Chllis. Taken from Old Stacy Bridge 1962."
Date: August 1, 2005
Partner: UNT Libraries

Soil Survey of Coleman County, Texas

Description: Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Coleman County, Texas.
Date: 1926
Creator: Hawker, H. W. (Herman William); Carter, William T. (William Thomas); Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Devereux, R. E. (Robert Eddins)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Soil map, Texas, Coleman County sheet

Description: Map displays soil types along with creeks, springs, tanks, rivers, crossings, roads, railroads, towns, churches, schools, oil camps, and ranches. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1926
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tornado Damage of Wagon and Barn

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of tornado damage at the DeRusha ranch in 1925. The first is of a wagon and debris with another building on the right and in the background. The second picture is of two men with a damaged barn.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men with Wagon Load of Hay; Three People with Hay Stack

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha and Dal Robinet loading hay, taken in Santa Anna in the late 1920's. One man has a team of mules on the left, and the other is on top of a wagon full of hay pulled by a horse team on the right. The second picture is of, from left to right, R. L. DeRusha, Bill Kruger, and Daniel Ray DeRusha working at a haystack at the R. E. DeRusha Farm in Coleman County in 1919.
Date: {1919,1928~}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

People on Wagon in Front of House; Four People in Garden

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of R. E. DeRusha and his "hoodlum wagon" and crew returning to the threshing machine after a rain in Santa Anna in 1919. There are four people on the wagon being pulled by a dark colored horse in front of a house and fence. The second picture is of, from left to right, Daniel Ray (D. R.) DeRusha, Romara Ray DeRusha, Julia Etta Ely Cook, and an unknown girl together in a garden with a fence and trees in the background taken near Truby in 1942.
Date: {1919,1942}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men by Fence

Description: Copy negative of three men, Charles, Richard, and Robert Edwin De Rusha, standing in front of a yard with a white picket fence. The men are wearing suspenders, long sleeves, long pants and hats. A house sits in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Children

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of two children, Robert and Daniel Ray De Rusha. Both boys are dressed in light colored clothing. The older boy is standing next to his younger brother who is sitting on a stool.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Portrait of Couple

Description: Copy negative of a portrait of Robert Edwin and Eliza Lula Hollingsworth De Rusha. They are sitting next to each other dressed in dark clothing. Eliza Lula is wearing glasses.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family Picture #2

Description: Copy negative of the De Rusha family. Eliza and Robert stand behind their children; the boys stand off to the side and their daughter, Mary Lilas, stands directly in front of her father. The women are wearing dresses, the men are wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, and all of them are wearing hats. They are standing in an open field.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Family Picture #1

Description: Copy negative of the De Rusha family. Eliza and Robert stand behind their children; the boys stand off to the side and their daughter, Mary Lilas, stands directly in front of her father. The women are wearing dresses, the men are wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, and all of them are wearing hats. They are standing in an open field.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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