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Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on Jan. 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas

Description: Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.
Date: January 15, 1907
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Ehtel and the Water Boy

Description: This is a research paper written by Mike Shurley for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1968. It tells the story of Marcellus and Ethel Bryant with some history of their family, his service in World War I, their courtship and marriage, his ranc, his oil fields, his interest in aviation and his support for James C. Mattern's flight around the world, his life in politics and relationship with LBJ, and his role in the building of the Twin Buttes Dam to bring water to drought strick… more
Date: 1968
Creator: Shurley, Mike
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James Osborn Sellers

Description: Photograph of a daguerreotype picturing James Osborn Sellers in the late 1850s. He was killed in 1864 during the Civil War. He was Ethel C. Bryant's maternal grandfather. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: 1857~
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Frank Asbury Christian

Description: Photograph of a daguerreotype made in 1850s of Frank Asbury Christian, father of Fealon Vaun Christian. He died in the Civil War on Sept 17, 1864. Frank Christian was Ethel C. Bryant's paternal grandfather. Fealon and Rachel Christian were her parents. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Jeremiah "Dock" Bryant

Description: Photograph of Jeremiah "Dock" Bryant at the age of 99, seated in a wheelchair wearing a hat. Note the dark indention over his left eye, where he was wounded in the Civil War. He was M.D. Bryant's grandfather. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Marfa Public Library
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