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Bee County Courthouse: Early View from the Houston Highway

Description: Photograph of the Bee County Courthouse while it was still under construction. The three-story courthouse was built by W.C.Stephenson and Fritz W. Heldenfels, and still in use today. Note the barbed wire fence seen in the foreground. Before this courthouse was built, barbed-wire (called bob-wire by cow punchers) proved to be a great benefaction to the ranchmen. It put an end to the cattle drives up the Chisholm Trail to Kansas, and brought an urgent need for a railroad through Bee County. Thi… more
Date: 1912
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[Livestock and Windmill]

Description: Photograph of livestock. Several cows and mules are standing inside a barbed-wire fence. One man is standing amongst the animals to the right of the image. A horse-drawn wagon with two men and one man on a horse are standing to the left of the image. Behind the animals, there is a windmill. In the background, there is a house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Livestock and Windmill]

Description: Photograph of livestock. Several cows and mules are standing inside a barbed-wire fence. One man is standing amongst the animals to the right of the image. A horse-drawn wagon with two men and one man on a horse are standing to the left of the image. Behind the animals, there is a windmill. In the background, there is a house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Man Standing by a Horse-Drawn Wagon]

Description: Photograph of a man, who is wearing a brimmed hat, standing beside a horse-drawn wagon which is parked in a field. Attached to the wagon is a duo of horses with their backs to the man. A barbwire fence is faintly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Paths and Fields and a Barbed Wire Fence]

Description: Photograph of stretches of fields that are cut through with dirt paths. The path nearest to the foreground is overgrown and has a barbed wire fence passing in front of it. The other path is clearer and runs perpendicular to the foreground path.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dietel, Norman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos
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