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[Andrew L. Bowers]

Description: Andrew L. Bowers was born in 1852 in North Carolina. Upon moving to Texas, his first job was as a day laborer on an iron bridge at Columbus, TX. He was eighteen years of age. At nineteen he was promoted to foreman, with the Delaware Bridge Company. Afterward, he worked for the railroads, steadily climbing their ranks until he reached the position of Superintendent of Construction for the Northwest division, covering the area from Spring to Fort Worth. He eventually left the railroad, resigning … more
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.762118 -95.630740
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Bowie County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1897
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Bowser and Blewett Family Trip to Oklahoma

Description: Copy photograph of a group of people identified as the Bowser family and Blewett family. They are posing in a camp with two covered wagons and a tent. Children are standing outside of the tent. The families camped while going to Oklahoma in 1897. Maimie Bowser kept a diary of the trip.
Date: August 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Camp Co. [Texas]

Description: Map shows land plat boundaries, plat numbers, and land ownership; railroads, townships, and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1897
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Camp County

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1897
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Cape

Description: Ripple style waist-length cape of black wool felt with yoke of five rows of black satin ribbon and 6" middle tier of black lace. Ruffled stand-up collar of black silk gauze. Secures at center front neckline with two hook & eyes and ties of black satin ribbon. Unlined.
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

The Century atlas, New York, western part.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century New York counties, canals, railroads, cities, towns, military posts, battle grounds; gas fields, points of interest, roads, canals, railroads, military facilities, city layouts, and Native American reservations on insets. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Includes notes and dates of historic events. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Century Atlas: Texas, western part.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century geography, towns, and cities in the western half of Texas. Relief shown by contours. Inset: "Galveston Bay, Galveston, Houston and Vicinity." Scale [1:2,534,400].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Century Atlas: Texas, western part.

Description: Map shows late nineteenth century geography, towns, and cities in the western half of Texas. Relief shown by contours. Inset: "Galveston Bay, Galveston, Houston and Vicinity." Scale [1:2,534,400].
Date: 1897
Creator: Century Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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