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Historic plaque - Founding of Colorado City

Description: Photograph of a historic marker in Colorado City. It reads: "The Founding of Colorado City. Founded, 1880, at the crossing of the Colorado River and Texas & Pacific Railroad right-of-way: central shipping point and supply depot for the sprawling cattle ranches of west Texas and New Mexico. From 1880 (when A. W. Dunn opened his dirt-floor. Tent-roof General Store) to 1890. The boisterous cattle town garnered notoriety as well as fame. The largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Colorad… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Funeral]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 16, 1977, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Burleson man loses third of business]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Burleson feed store owner losing a portion of his building after Johnson County officials route the path of a new highway interchange through his property.
Date: May 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hickman (Ranger)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tom Hickman, a retired Texas Ranger who visits Tarrant County to ride in a parade.
Date: January 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sisters]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about three men being apprehended after robbing a pair of elderly sisters of their life savings in Comanche.
Date: January 17, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Wiseman]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the arrest of Billy Dan Wiseman in connection with a robbery of poker players in Granbury, Texas.
Date: February 8, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Banks fired]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Jay Banks fired from the police force after participating on a gambling syndicate.
Date: March 4, 1960
Duration: 5 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hickman funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the funeral for former Texas Ranger Tom Hickman.
Date: January 30, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Safe Burglars]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a local man arrested for escaping jail and burglarizing a safe at a church in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: February 17, 1962
Duration: 3 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Life of J. W. Holston

Description: Handwritten manuscript by John Willis Holston. Chronicles his family's journey to Texas from Mississippi in 1869. Includes stories from his days as a cowboy on a cattle drive, and his two year service as a Texas Ranger.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Holston, John Willis
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Ranger funeral]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 23, 1978
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ranger statue]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 16, 1984
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bronze statue]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the unveiling of the Texas Ranger statue at Love Field.
Date: April 30, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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