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[News Clip: Truck is burned after collision]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a truck carrying 5,500 gallons of naptha crashing and causing a fire near Ledbetter. The driver of the truck was hospitalized with minor wounds, and there were no casualties.
Date: August 4, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for a car-replacer that is meant to "provide a strong and compact skid of comparatively light weight to form the body portion of the car-replacer and which shall be especially adapted to raise the car-wheels above the track, deflect toward them toward the rails until the tread of the wheels is suspended over the ball of the rails from an inclined surface terminating in a rounded end, over which the wheels move until they meet the track" (lines 12-21). The car-replacer does not have any … more
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: Ragan, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-Replacer.

Description: Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Ragan, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sign for the La Grange Depot Museum

Description: La Grange Depot Museum sign, "This depot was completed in November 1867 by the M-K-T Railroad. It replaced the earlier depot that was on this site from 1887 until it burned in March 1897. The depot now houses the La Grange Depot Museum."
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The La Grange Depot Museum and M-K-T Railroad Depot

Description: Photograph of the La Grange Depot Museum, a yellow and green wooden building. A sign by the door says: "This depot was completed in November 1897 by the M-K-T Railroad. It replaced the earlier depot that was on this site from 1887 until it burned in March 1897. The depot now houses the La Grange Depot Museum."
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The La Grange Depot Museum and M-K-T Railroad Depot

Description: Photograph of the La Grange Depot Museum, a yellow and green building. A sign on the building reads: "This depot was completed in November 1867 by the M-K-T Railroad. It replaced the earlier depot that was on this site from 1887 until it burned in March 1897. The depot now houses the La Grange Depot Museum."
Date: October 7, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Fayette County Square]

Description: Photograph of cars in a parking lot in front of buildings on the Fayette County square. Trees and bushes are visible in the foreground. A banner which reads "Joy Joy Joy" hangs from a lamppost in the middle of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Buildings on Square]

Description: Photograph of a set of buildings on the Fayette County square. Cars are parked in the lot outside the buildings, and a banner reading "Joy Joy Joy" hangs from a lamppost to the left. Trees and the back of a historic plaque are visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Stores on Fayette County Square]

Description: Photograph of stores on the Fayette County square, including the Lukas Bakery to the right. Several cars are parked in the lot outside the building, and a banner reading "Joy Joy Joy" hangs from a lamppost to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Colorado Valley Bank Buildings]

Description: Photograph of two buildings that house the Colorado Valley Bank in Fayette County, Texas. A few cars are parked in the lot in front of the buildings, and banner reading "Joy Joy Joy" hangs from a lamppost to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Stores on Square]

Description: Photograph of several stores on the Fayette County square, including a meat market. Several cars are parked in the lot in front of the buildings, and a banner reading "Joy Joy Joy" hangs from a lamppost to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell

[Base of Flag Pole]

Description: Photograph of the base of a flag pole by the Fayette County square. There is text on the base, and buildings are visible in the background. Cars are parked in front of the buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, Jim
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Bell
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