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Map of the river systems of the United States: to which are added certain statistics compiled from the returns of population and industry at the Ninth Census 1870 by Francis A. Walker.

Description: Map shows watershed, river systems, and lakes in the continental United States; regions by river system. Includes explanation; regional statistics for area, population, rainfall, agricultural products, and steam and water power. Scale not given.
Date: [1872..1879]
Creator: Steinwehr, A. von (Adolph), 1822-1877
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Campbell's Lake]

Description: Photograph of four men near the edge of Campbell's Lake during the construction of the dam to create the man-made lake. Railroad ties are visible in the foreground, on raised ground; in the background, part of the lake is visible, lined by forest. From left to right, the men are identified as: Crawford Morgan, E. B. Protho, J. N. Campbell and W. K. Eckman. The photograph is mounted on gray cardboard.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Longview Public Library

Glass Slide of Men Fishing in the Lake of Tiberius

Description: A glass slide showing a photograph of five men pulling in fishing nets from a boat on the Lake of Tiberius (also known as the Sea of Galilee, Kinnereth, and Lake of Gennesaret) in Israel. The photograph is numbered No. 365, and was likely taken by a member of the American Colony, in Jerusalem.
Date: [1882..1929]
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Description: Map of a birds-eye view of Wichita Falls, Texas in 1890. Illustrations of the Courthouse, Grocery Store, School, Bank, and other establishments surround the view of the town's buildings and it's lake.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, Thaddeus Mortimer
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Lake landscape]

Description: Photograph of a lake that is surrounding a little island, a forest of trees and mountains enclose the space.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Lake Pinto]

Description: Many property owners in early Mineral Wells had their own water wells, but the city pumped water to a small standpipe on East Mountain for distribution to the city. When the wells became insufficient to supply the city's needs, Barber Lake 9it was later named "Lake Pinto) was built in the Barber Addition--in the northeast part of town--as Mineral Wells' first city water supply lake. Around 1905, Cicero Smith and Ed Dismuke built a dam across Pollard Creek west of the city to form Lake P… more
Date: 1900?
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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