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[News Clip: Courthouse lonely]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a courthouse in Rayner that was abandoned when the county seat was relocated to Aspermont.
Date: April 4, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Historical Marker

Description: Photograph of the historical marker for the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in front of the modern day Bethlehem Baptist Church. The church was organized in 1884. Behtlehem Baptist is the oldest African-American congregation in Beeville. Charter members included Matthew Broadus, Peter Flannigan, L. Broadus, Martha Bess, M. Peters, Salanas Davis, and Edna Canada. Served originally by a circuit pastor, the congregation held Sunday services in a schoolhouse donated by Captain A.C. Jones. Th… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

The Campo Santo

Description: Located off the Refugio Highway 202, the Campo Santo burial ground is not accessible to the public. The old cemetery is located on the head right of 1829 settler Jeremiah Toole of New York. Toole’s isolated oak-log home stood on the San Patricio-La Bahia Road. His family was in constant danger of attacks from Indians and invading armies.
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[Courthouse Square Historical Marker]

Description: Photograph of the Courthouse Square Historical Marker. Marker reads: "Early Courthouse Square. This square was deeded in 1838 to Fort Bend County by Robert S. Handy and William Lusk, Founders of Richmond. It was site of 1850-1871 and 1888-1909 Courthouses. Completed here 1888 was a two-story brick Victorian courthouse with bell tower and clock-the pride of city and county. Jaybird-Woodpecker political feud culminated here in bloody shoot-out in 1889, ending a post-civil war era of conflict. Cou… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Danevang Historical Marker

Description: Photograph of a commemorative historical marker on a dirt plot of land that has been tilled. In the background, there appears to be a church, judging by the spire structure that sits on top of the roof, and the hollow space just beneath it that seems to hold a church bell. This structure is bordered by a small line of bushes. The text of the marker reads: "Danevang ('Danish Meadow') The first successful Danish community in Texas. Established in 1894 on a portion of 25,000 acres secured throug… more
Date: 1970
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Embracing the Past: The Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg]

Description: Discover the courageous journey of German pioneers in the heart of the Texas Hill Country at the Pioneer Museum of Fredericksburg. Set on 3.5 acres along Main Street, this historical site and museum blend together to showcase the struggles and triumphs of those who built a unique German colony in the mid-1840s. Explore 10 buildings housing hundreds of everyday artifacts, with four structures standing on their original spots from early Fredericksburg. Don't miss the iconic Vereins Kirche, a repl… more
Date: 200X
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[First University Building Plaque]

Description: Photograph of the First University Building Plaque, in honor of the Normal Building. It reads "First University Building; On this site in 1891, the city of Denton erected a building to be leased to President Joshua C. Chilton, for the use of the privately owned Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, which he had opened the year before in a business building downtown. The 10-acre campus became state property in 1901. President Chilton's college thus was forerunner of North Texas St… more
Date: 196X
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Four Students in Uniform by Window

Description: Copy negative of the McMurry Band trip to the San José Mission in San Antonio. Four students stand next to the famous Rose Window, said to be carved by Pedro Huizar. All people are wearing the McMurry College Band uniform.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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