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Inventory of county records, Presidio County courthouse, Marfa, Texas

Description: Inventory of records of Presidio County housed in the Presidio County courthouse in Marfa. Begins with an introduction and explanation of the roles of various county government offices. Describes the records of the County Clerk: As Secretary for Commissioners Court, County Clerk: As Reporter for County Court, District Clerk, Tax Assessor-Collector, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, County Judge, County Treasurer, and County Surveyor.
Date: 1981
Creator: Riney, James E.; Fortin, Maurice G. & Marmion, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Newspaper article of Marfa rotarians presenting city with old land grant

Description: Photocopy of a newspaper photograph of Henry Allen Coffield, Judge Hunter Metcalfe, and Lucius Bunton. Henry Coffield is accepting a land grant presented by a Marfa Rotary Club program. Mayor Coffield is in the center of the photograph. To the left of him is Lucius Bunton. To the right of Mayor Coffield is Hunter Metcalfe. Hunter Metcalfe is holding a paper copy of the land grant in his left hand and a framed copy of the land grant in his right hand.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Marfa Public Library

There's Nobody Like Him

Description: This is a paper describing the life of the cowboys and cattle ranchers from the early 1900s to the present day in the Marfa, Texas area.
Date: February 21, 1977
Creator: Steen, Jettie
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Stories of Mr. Coffield

Description: Paper written by a high school in Marfa describing the life of Henry Coffield based on anecdotes by various people including Bryan Wildenthal and Mrs. B.F. Gearhart.
Date: 1969
Creator: Taylor, J. Martin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Nephews of Teresa Campos

Description: Paper written by Luis Campos for a History class at Marfa High School in 1966, describing the people in the 1922 photo, "Teresa Campos Family" and giving some history of his grandmother's family.
Date: 1966~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Rock House

Description: This is a paper describing both Casa Piedra, "The Rock House," and the people who lived in Casa Piedra.
Date: December 13, 1972
Creator: Arce, Hugh
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Jose Chavarria and the Soldiers]

Description: Paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in 1968 by Ernest Mediano. The paper describes a scene in a photo where some cavalry soldiers are asking his grandfather Jose Chavarria to sell them a horse in Ruidosa, Texas. The soldiers were charged with keeping Pancho Villa out of the United States.
Date: 1968
Creator: Mediano, Ernest
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Carrasco Family

Description: This is a research paper written by Rosalinda Villarreal for an American History Class at Marfa High School on December 7, 1970. It is a biography of the the Carrasco Family.
Date: December 7, 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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