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Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-464

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the city of Childress is exempt from taxes under section 11.11 of the Tax Code, on city-owned airport land leased to individuals.
Date: March 31, 1986
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-745

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Jurisdiction of Justice Court over traffic violations within the City of Childress.
Date: December 20, 1948
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Childress County Courthouse in Childress, TX, 2]

Description: Photograph of Childress County Courthouse in Childress, TX. A large leafless tree sits near the center of the photo in the foreground, its branches stretching upwards and out to fill the top third of the image. The tree sits in an expanse of orange grass that leads up to the edge of the courthouse, it entrance facing the left side of the photo. The entrance to the building consists of a tall gray set of doors above which are the faded words "Chidlress county courthouse 1891-1969". Tall narrow w… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Train Derailment]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 62 freight cars of the Burlington Northern burned out control for most of the day following a derailment near Childress in Northwest Texas.
Date: January 21, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Third Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a mother and daughter riding in a buggy that is driven by one horse. In the background is the third courthouse of Childress, Texas. The horizon is barren but there are another building close to the courthouse as well as a long fence.
Date: November 1894
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[First Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of side view of a courthouse in Childress, Texas. The courthouse is a wood frame structure in the center of a desolate area. There are a few other buildings and structures scattered in the background. The foreground consists mostly of dirty and grass.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fourth Courthouse in Childress, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the fourth courthouse built in Childress, Texas. This current version of the county courthouse is surrounded by trees and a parking lot filled with parked cars. Large white clouds are scattered throughout the sky.
Date: unknown
Creator: Webb Photo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Description: Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon pictured in front of a fire which had been put out. There is one man with a firefighter helmet on sitting on the driver's seat with the reins in his hands. Another man in a suit is holding the tack of one of the horses; it is unknown who is who, but the men are Albert Withey and Pollard Bennett. The horses are named Sam and Charlie. A building is visible in the background to the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Fire Chief John Ballew with Firemen 1948]

Description: Photograph of Fire Chief John Ballew and his fellow firemen. They are all kneeling in a row in front of three fire trucks. The Chief and his firemen are all wearing matching shirts and ties. The fire station and an unidentifiable building are in the background.
Date: 1948
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Lumber Yard Fire 1917]

Description: Photograph of a lumber yard fire in Childress, Texas. The fire is being put out by firemen as spectators watch from a distance. A large amount of smoke fills the sky. There is an unidentifiable building close to the fire.
Date: January 1917
Creator: Mark Hanna's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Volunteer Firemen with Fire Truck]

Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen in front of the Childress fire station. Most of them are nicely dressed and they are all posing on and around a fire truck. There are a couple of trees and an unidentifiable building in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Volunteer Firemen 1915]

Description: Photograph of volunteer firemen standing in front of the Childress fire station. Some of the men are wearing fireman hats and they are all dressed in suites or in collared shirts with ties. Two horse-drawn wagons are standing behind the line of volunteers. There is a water tower in the background and buildings on both sides of the fire station.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Ribbon Cutting of the First Childress County Heritage Museum

Description: Janet Norris (Mrs. E. E. Smith) cuts a red ribbon as Mayor Glen Buckley and County Judge Harper Knight hold the ribbon taut for her at the ribbon cutting and opening of the Childress County Heritage Museum in 1976. The ribbon cutting and opening of the CCHM happened in conjunction with the county's bi-centennial celebration. The museum's new home was in a refurbished jail on the courthouse square.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Judge A. J. Fires

Description: Framed portrait of Judge A. J. Fires looking towards the camera in a dark suit with white collared shirt and a polka-dot bow tie. His right hand is sitting on an open book and holding his eye glasses. Fires arrived in Childress in a snow storm on November 10, 1886, and was active in the organization of the county seat. He was elected county judge and later district judge. The flag at the Childress post office was lowered to half staff at the time of his death at age 81.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum
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