Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Partner: Marfa Public Libraryhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/partners/MRPL/browse/?sort=added_d&fq=str_location_county:Atascosa+County,+TX2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Partner: Marfa Public LibrarySheriff's Posse in Atascosa County, Texas, 19032010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88162/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88162/"><img alt="Sheriff's Posse in Atascosa County, Texas, 1903" title="Sheriff's Posse in Atascosa County, Texas, 1903" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88162/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a Sheriff's posse in Atascosa County, Texas in 1903. The men stand with their rifles in hand, in front of the jail around their prisoner, the bandit "Gomez" who sits in a chair.</p>Sheriff's Convention2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88163/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88163/"><img alt="Sheriff's Convention" title="Sheriff's Convention" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88163/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of participants at a Sheriff's Convention in Lytle, Texas. Women and children look out from a window.</p>[Miss Blanche Avant's Teaching Certificate]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88176/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88176/"><img alt="[Miss Blanche Avant's Teaching Certificate]" title="[Miss Blanche Avant's Teaching Certificate]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88176/small/"/></a></p><p>Teaching Certificate belonging to Miss Blance Avant of Pleasanton, Texas. Signed the 25th day of June 1901.</p>Annual Catalog of the Pleasanton High School Term of 1906 and 19072010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88180/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88180/"><img alt="Annual Catalog of the Pleasanton High School Term of 1906 and 1907" title="Annual Catalog of the Pleasanton High School Term of 1906 and 1907" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88180/small/"/></a></p><p>Annual catalog of the Pleasanton High School for 1906 and 1907. It contains a description of Atascosa County, courses of study for grades one through ten, and features many local advertisements. The name Ben S. Avant is written in pencil on the front cover.</p>[Poll Tax Receipt]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88185/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88185/"><img alt="[Poll Tax Receipt]" title="[Poll Tax Receipt]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88185/small/"/></a></p><p>Poll tax receipt for $1.75 received from A.M. Avant on January 30, 1908 in Pleasanton, Texas.</p>[Letter From John W. Harris to A. M. Avant]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88267/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88267/"><img alt="[Letter From John W. Harris to A. M. Avant]" title="[Letter From John W. Harris to A. M. Avant]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88267/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from John W. Harris to A. M. Avant, Esq., concerning rent for land in Atascosa County. The letter is dated April 24, 1903 and is written on Harris & Rogers Insurance letterhead.</p>[Letter From R. Avant to A. M. Avant]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88268/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88268/"><img alt="[Letter From R. Avant to A. M. Avant]" title="[Letter From R. Avant to A. M. Avant]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88268/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from R. Avant to A. M. Avant. The letter concerns family business and real estate. It is written on Dillard & Avant letterhead and dated September 30, 1906.</p>[G. Van Norman Survey Blueprints]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88269/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88269/"><img alt="[G. Van Norman Survey Blueprints]" title="[G. Van Norman Survey Blueprints]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88269/small/"/></a></p><p>Blueprint by G. Van Norman Survey of Atascosa Co., Texas.</p>Field Notes of a Survey2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88271/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88271/"><img alt="Field Notes of a Survey" title="Field Notes of a Survey" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88271/small/"/></a></p><p>Survey report about land in Atascosa County, Texas, for A. M. Avant. The report describes the results of a survey of land situated on the waters of Metah Creek, a tributary of La Parita River, about 12 miles southeast of Pleasanton, Texas.</p>[Deed For Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton]2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88273/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88273/"><img alt="[Deed For Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton]" title="[Deed For Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88273/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from F. M. Mansfield and J. N. Murphey to A. G. Martin containing the deed for Lot No. 1 in Pleasanton, Texas. The letter concerns the transferring of a deed for land in Pleasanton, Texas by the First Baptist Church. Also attached to the letter is a form signed by a notary public.</p>Atascosa County Jail2010-05-10T17:02:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88208/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88208/"><img alt="Atascosa County Jail" title="Atascosa County Jail" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88208/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Atascosa County Jail. Unidentified individuals stand outside the building. A horse and carriage stand in the street beside the building.The jail was torn down in the 1950's.</p>