Latest content added for The Portal to Texas Historyhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?fq=str_year%3A1888&t=fulltext&sort=added_a2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for searching The Portal to Texas History[Bell County Ex Confederate Association Ledger]2004-12-09T15:23:26-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3444/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3444/"><img alt="[Bell County Ex Confederate Association Ledger]" title="[Bell County Ex Confederate Association Ledger]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3444/small/"/></a></p><p>A ledger that chronicles Confederate veterans who settled in Bell County, Texas, after the Civil War. The ledger lists members by the state they enlisted in, and often includes notes on where a particular person fought, and may note a date of death.</p>Letter written to Mr. W Vaughan.2005-04-15T08:33:26-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2067/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2067/"><img alt="Letter written to Mr. W Vaughan." title="Letter written to Mr. W Vaughan." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2067/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter written to Mr. W Vaughan.</p>[Dominic and Anna (Marek) Kramr family]2005-04-15T08:45:54-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1914/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1914/"><img alt="[Dominic and Anna (Marek) Kramr family]" title="[Dominic and Anna (Marek) Kramr family]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1914/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Dominic and Anna (Marek) Kramr family in Fayette Co., TX, ca. 1887-1890. Top row: Joe, Francis, John, Dominic Jr., Annie. Bottom row: Mary, Anna (mother), Rudolf, Dominic (father), Frank, Louie. The Kramr family moved to Texas from Moravia in 1887. All of the people are wearing dark clothing. There is a porch with wood and wire railing of a house in the background. See accession file for supporting documents.</p>[T.B. Wessendorff as a teenager.]2005-04-15T11:09:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth369/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth369/"><img alt="[T.B. Wessendorff as a teenager.]" title="[T.B. Wessendorff as a teenager.]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth369/small/"/></a></p><p>Photographic portrait of T.B. Wessendorff as a teenager. Wessendorff is wearing a dark suit jacket and vest, pinstriped necktie, and white high-collar shirt. Mounted on tan cardboard substrate with scalloped edges.</p>[Large two story home identified on back in Red pen as "Ryon Home".]2005-04-15T11:09:53-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth385/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth385/"><img alt="[Large two story home identified on back in Red pen as "Ryon Home".]" title="[Large two story home identified on back in Red pen as "Ryon Home".]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth385/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of large two story home identified on back in Red pen as "Ryon Home." Identified by Michael Moore as J.H.P. Davis House before it was renovated in 1889. Home was located at site of present day Polly Ryon Hospital until it was moved to the George Ranch Historical Park (1977?). Yard is enclosed by a white picket fence with arched entryway. There are many young trees in the area outside the yard. Windmill is visible over the roof of the house. See 1972.093.117 for another view of the home.
Image is mounted on a tan cardboard matte. Upper left corner of matte is broken off.</p>[House identified on back in red pen as "Ryon House."]2005-04-15T11:09:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389/"><img alt="[House identified on back in red pen as "Ryon House."]" title="[House identified on back in red pen as "Ryon House."]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of house identified on back in red pen as "Ryon House." Identified by Michael Moore as the J.H.P. Davis House before renovations in 1889. Large two story wooden house. Unidentified man and woman are standing on the upper porch. Three women grouped together on lower porch in front of main door. Man and woman sitting on sills of bay window on first floor at right. African American man is standing behind a hedge in front of the right side entrance to the house.
Image is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate. Image has a vertical break which begins 6 cm from the upper left corner and extends all the way through the image. There is a diagonal bend extending across the upper right corner beginning 9.5 cm from the upper right corner.</p>Minutes of Alvord City Council2005-05-12T16:18:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3170/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3170/"><img alt="Minutes of Alvord City Council" title="Minutes of Alvord City Council" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3170/small/"/></a></p><p>Minutes of the meetings of the town board of the City of Alvord, Texas.</p>[Page from an autograph album about angles around a bed addressed to "Mamie"]2006-01-26T10:26:26-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8257/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8257/"><img alt="[Page from an autograph album about angles around a bed addressed to "Mamie"]" title="[Page from an autograph album about angles around a bed addressed to "Mamie"]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8257/small/"/></a></p><p>Page from the autograph album that reads: "Mamie "May the angles around your bed side h____ to keep you from kicking off the covers. Your Friend L_. Dunbavy Richmond Texas Jan 25 188_".</p>[Albert Peyton George as a young man, facing to the left]2006-01-26T10:26:53-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8095/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8095/"><img alt="[Albert Peyton George as a young man, facing to the left]" title="[Albert Peyton George as a young man, facing to the left]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8095/small/"/></a></p><p>Studio bust portrait of Albert Peyton George. George, who has his hair parted on the side and combed back, is wearing a dark three piece suit, white shirt, and dark colored bow tie. He has a leaf pin on his left lapel. The photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrate.</p>[Albert Peyton George as a young man, wearing a plaid three piece suit]2006-01-26T10:26:53-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8094/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8094/"><img alt="[Albert Peyton George as a young man, wearing a plaid three piece suit]" title="[Albert Peyton George as a young man, wearing a plaid three piece suit]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8094/small/"/></a></p><p>Studio bust portrait of Albert Peyton George. Albert, who has his hair parted on the side and combed back, is wearing a plaid three piece suit, white shirt, and light colored bow tie. The image is faded into an oval and is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate with scalloped gold edging.</p>[Bust portrait of Mary Moore "Polly" Ryon wearing a dark dress]2006-01-26T10:26:54-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8288/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8288/"><img alt="[Bust portrait of Mary Moore "Polly" Ryon wearing a dark dress]" title="[Bust portrait of Mary Moore "Polly" Ryon wearing a dark dress]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8288/small/"/></a></p><p>Bust portrait of Mary Moore "Polly" Ryon taken by Justus Zahn, Galveston, Texas. Ryon's graying hair is parted down the center and is pulled back into a bun at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a dark dress that is shirred down the front. The high necked collar has two tiers of dark lace and is accented with a wide ribbon tied at center. The portrait is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate with gold trim around the edges. Back of photograph in pencil: "15911".</p>[Bust image of J.H.P. Davis]2006-01-26T10:26:54-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8245/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8245/"><img alt="[Bust image of J.H.P. Davis]" title="[Bust image of J.H.P. Davis]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth8245/small/"/></a></p><p>Bust photograph (appears to be painted image) of J.H.P. Davis. He is wearing a dark coat, dark tie and a white shirt. His dark hair is parted on his left side. He has a mustache and short hairs under his lower lip. He is glancing to the left. Attached to a cardboard substrate. Looks as if it used to be in an oval frame.</p>Judge W. J. Austin2006-04-28T13:18:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12608/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12608/"><img alt="Judge W. J. Austin" title="Judge W. J. Austin" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth12608/small/"/></a></p><p>Group of unidentified individuals on the west side of Denton Square for the funeral procession of Judge W. J. Austin.</p>[Portrait of Officers of Stanfield Lodge]2006-06-17T11:52:26-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14786/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14786/"><img alt="[Portrait of Officers of Stanfield Lodge]" title="[Portrait of Officers of Stanfield Lodge]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14786/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of seven officers of the Stanfield Lodge for 1888. Pictured are: W. F. Egan, W. R. Dudley, J. W. Cook, C. H. Clements, S. M. Bradley, J. R. McCormick, W. H. Sprawls.</p>[J.P. Earle Home]2006-08-18T10:07:40-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17041/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17041/"><img alt="[J.P. Earle Home]" title="[J.P. Earle Home]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17041/small/"/></a></p><p>J.P. Earle Home. Photo taken in 1888: Henrietta, Texas.</p>[Longhorn Herd]2006-08-18T11:14:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16935/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16935/"><img alt="[Longhorn Herd]" title="[Longhorn Herd]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16935/small/"/></a></p><p>Longhorn herd. Photo taken in 1888: North of Henrietta, Texas.</p>[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1888 January 26.2006-12-18T10:04:16-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20791/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20791/"><img alt="[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1888 January 26." title="[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1888 January 26." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20791/small/"/></a></p><p>Land Grant for 99 2/5 acres in Montague County.</p>[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]2007-10-14T21:22:30-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29056/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29056/"><img alt="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]" title="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29056/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from C.I. Scofield to D.H. Scott, dated January 5, 1888. On the letterhead of the Central American Mission. He discusses the Paris church's idea of merging with the Southern Presbyterian Church in Paris. Scofield says, "the Southern Presbyterian Church is the deadest, most thoroughly, hopelessly fossilized religious organization on this earth today."</p>[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, April 2, 1888]2007-10-14T21:22:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29055/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29055/"><img alt="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, April 2, 1888]" title="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, April 2, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29055/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Cyrus I. Scofield to Judge David Howell Scott, April 2, 1888. Discusses Mr. La Bach and how long he should be allowed to continue in his pastorate. On Letterhead of the American Home Missionary Society.</p>[N.R. Royall]2007-10-14T22:19:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29266/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29266/"><img alt="[N.R. Royall]" title="[N.R. Royall]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29266/small/"/></a></p><p>N. R. Royall</p>Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas2007-11-20T16:22:34-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29766/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29766/"><img alt="Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas" title="Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29766/small/"/></a></p><p>Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.</p>The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado2007-11-20T17:27:01-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29756/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29756/"><img alt="The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado" title="The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29756/small/"/></a></p><p>City of Fort Worth.; Texas Mikado. Fort Worth facts in footnote area of each page of text of play./ Subtitle on cover: The Texas Mikado./ Folded colored map inserted at front./ Advertising matter on leaves before and after numbered pages.</p>[Map showing the geographical location of Fort Worth, Tex. and Rail Roads]2007-11-20T17:29:27-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29755/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29755/"><img alt="[Map showing the geographical location of Fort Worth, Tex. and Rail Roads]" title="[Map showing the geographical location of Fort Worth, Tex. and Rail Roads]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29755/small/"/></a></p><p>Map accompanying the book, The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado. The map shows railroad lines all over the U.S.</p>Puss in Boots2008-01-18T01:15:34-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30666/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30666/"><img alt="Puss in Boots" title="Puss in Boots" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30666/small/"/></a></p><p>Front and back covers of a book titled "Puss in Boots." from the "Little Folks Series."</p>Goody Two Shoes2008-01-18T01:15:58-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30662/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30662/"><img alt="Goody Two Shoes" title="Goody Two Shoes" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30662/small/"/></a></p><p>Front and back covers of a book titled "Goody Two-Shoes."</p>[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888]2008-01-18T14:43:30-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32853/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32853/"><img alt="[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888]" title="[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32853/small/"/></a></p><p>Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.</p>[Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards, 1888]2008-01-18T14:45:54-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32820/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32820/"><img alt="[Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards, 1888]" title="[Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32820/small/"/></a></p><p>Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Appointment of William C. Preston as Second Lieutenant in the Navasota Guards by Governor Ross</p>[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee]2008-01-18T15:03:01-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32409/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32409/"><img alt="[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee]" title="[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32409/small/"/></a></p><p>Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee regarding family, friends, weather.</p>[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway]2008-01-18T15:03:49-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32399/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32399/"><img alt="[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway]" title="[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth32399/small/"/></a></p><p>Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway of Turon City, KS regarding death of Moorhead's mother.</p>[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]2008-04-16T21:49:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35125/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35125/"><img alt="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]" title="[Letter from C.I. Scofield to Judge David H. Scott, January 25, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35125/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Cyrus I. Scofield to Judge David Howell Scott, January 25, 1888. Discusses the Congregational Church in Paris.</p>[Hanging Tree - Orange, Texas]2008-05-05T22:51:12-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36665/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36665/"><img alt="[Hanging Tree - Orange, Texas]" title="[Hanging Tree - Orange, Texas]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36665/small/"/></a></p><p>Sepia photograph picturing a lynching in the "hanging tree" at
Fifth and Front Street in Orange, Texas in 1888. Across the street is a saloon. Many spectators are watching, including children. A steam engine is standing by in the background.</p>30.091055 -93.734224[Crescent City Saloon]2008-05-05T23:15:54-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36629/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36629/"><img alt="[Crescent City Saloon]" title="[Crescent City Saloon]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36629/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of men standing outside the Crescent City Saloon on the corner of Fourth and Front Streets in Orange, Texas.</p>30.091175 -93.733222[Orange Jail, 1888]2008-05-06T00:00:23-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36475/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36475/"><img alt="[Orange Jail, 1888]" title="[Orange Jail, 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36475/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Orange Jail in 1888. It is a small building on the river's edge.</p>Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 18882008-06-09T20:30:09-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38550/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38550/"><img alt="Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888" title="Commerce Street Scene in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1888" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38550/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial photograph of Ft. Worth at Commerce Street in 1888. In the center is a large strip of buildings, homes and businesses, surrounded with dirt roads and more homes across those streets. A store on the right corner of the black has a sign that reads, "Black Smith Shop". In the foreground are dirt trakcs, a telephone pole, and a few horse-drawn wagons.</p>[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]2008-08-14T20:06:57-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39025/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39025/"><img alt="[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]" title="[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39025/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from J.F. Higgason to H. Howard. The letter is dated March 30, 1888.</p>[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]2008-08-14T20:08:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39024/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39024/"><img alt="[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]" title="[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39024/small/"/></a></p><p>This document is an agreement by Hartsford Howard, party of the first part, and A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, parties of the second part, on a portion of land. The land was part of the Washington-Howard Survey in Hood County. The agreement was for the cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, oats and millet. The document was witnessed by J.C. Donathan.</p>[Letter from Mrs. Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks, June 2 1888]2008-08-14T20:29:30-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38982/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38982/"><img alt="[Letter from Mrs. Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks, June 2 1888]" title="[Letter from Mrs. Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks, June 2 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38982/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Ella W. Mills to Milton Parks. The letter is dated June 2, 1888.</p>[Letter from A. Parks to Milton, April 29 1888]2008-08-14T20:29:39-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38983/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38983/"><img alt="[Letter from A. Parks to Milton, April 29 1888]" title="[Letter from A. Parks to Milton, April 29 1888]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38983/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from A. Parks to Milton Parks. The letter is dated April 29, 1888.</p>[Portrait of "Little Bessie May"]2008-08-14T21:15:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38810/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38810/"><img alt="[Portrait of "Little Bessie May"]" title="[Portrait of "Little Bessie May"]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38810/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a baby in a white gown.</p>Souvenir of Austin, Texas2008-08-20T22:18:56-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39136/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39136/"><img alt="Souvenir of Austin, Texas" title="Souvenir of Austin, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39136/small/"/></a></p><p>A series of views by photographer S.B. Hill.</p>Cheyanne Club about 18882009-02-27T18:15:31-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth44738/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth44738/"><img alt="Cheyanne Club about 1888" title="Cheyanne Club about 1888" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth44738/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a large two-story building with several brick chimneys, a wrap-around porch and a large staircase on the front. Standing on the porch are nine men in dark coats.</p>Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the M. E. Church, South.2009-04-30T21:55:14-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46851/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46851/"><img alt="Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the M. E. Church, South." title="Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference, of the M. E. Church, South." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46851/small/"/></a></p><p>Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, formal minutes of the proceedings, reports of the boards, memoirs, and statistical tables.</p>Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.2009-04-30T21:55:32-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46850/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46850/"><img alt="Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South." title="Minutes of the Twenty-Third Annual Session of the Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46850/small/"/></a></p><p>Minutes of Northwest Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, appointements, reports of the conference boards, and statistical tables.</p>Armstrong County2010-04-02T15:48:27-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88321/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88321/"><img alt="Armstrong County" title="Armstrong County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88321/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of Armstong County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>Motley County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88858/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88858/"><img alt="Motley County" title="Motley County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88858/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of Motely County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>Rains County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88967/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88967/"><img alt="Rains County" title="Rains County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88967/small/"/></a></p><p>Cadastral map of Rains County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some features are marked, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).</p>Floyd County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88554/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88554/"><img alt="Floyd County" title="Floyd County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88554/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Floyd County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>Freestone County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88562/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88562/"><img alt="Freestone County" title="Freestone County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88562/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Freestone County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>Freestone County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88563/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88563/"><img alt="Freestone County" title="Freestone County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88563/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Freestone County, Texas. The center of Freestone County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>Hemphill County2010-04-02T15:48:28-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88641/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88641/"><img alt="Hemphill County" title="Hemphill County" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88641/small/"/></a></p><p>Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hemphill County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).</p>