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Ward County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Ward County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Emigrant Crossing. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1902
Creator: Jelinek, L. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Windmill.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in windmills with a novel construction. This specific construction will help create much more efficiency than the existing windmills.
Date: September 8, 1903
Creator: Ham, James T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gun-Trap.

Description: Patent for an animal trap, which has a pistol mounted inside it which fires when the bait is disturbed.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Klespies, William
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Joint.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rail-joint. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a railroad-rail having notches in its flanges, of a fish-plate composed of a single piece of metal adapted to embrace the flange and web of the rail, said fish-plate being plain on one side and provided on the other side with ribs, perforated lugs projecting from the ribs at the ends of the fish-plate, said fish-plate being provided with perforations on one side to align with notches in the rail-flange, a… more
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Davis, Benjamin Franklin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The State of Texas, County of Ward

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative illustrations in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names of County Officers T. B. Anderson, County Judge; J. W. Cox, Co. and Dist. Clerk; J. H. Anderson, Ass'r.; D. S. Woods, Co. Sur.; J. W. Woodrough, County Attorney; J. C. Avary, Sheriff and Collector; L. A. Butler, Co. Treas.; J. O. King, Inspector; County Commissio… more
Date: 1897
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Ward 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: 1902
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Antonia Cano in Grand Falls, Texas

Description: "This picture of Antonio G. Cano was taken in Grand Falls, Texas on December 12, 1914. Her husband, Martin, was a loyal follower of Pancho Villa. They later moved to Grand Falls in 1925." This statement was made by Alma Cano and was included in a research paper by Delfina Heredin for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.
Date: December 12, 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum]

Description: Postcard of the Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum building in Ward County, Texas. In front of the museum there is a tree as well as several wagon wheels that adorn the sides of the stairs leading up.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Building Below a Water Tower]

Description: Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Photograph of School Children]

Description: Photograph of school children in a line in front of a chalkboard. Maps hang above the board and the school teacher stands on the far left. The child third from the right is identified as Paul Frame, son of James Milton Frame.
Date: [1908..1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Celia Acosta

Description: Paper describing a photograph of Celia Acosta at age 7, dressed for her first Holy Communion. It also contains other biographical information about Celia.
Date: 1972
Creator: Valerio, Enedina
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Ward County Courthouse in Monahans, TX]

Description: Photograph of Ward County Courthouse in Monahans, TX. The courthouse faces towards the right edge of the photo as a sidewalk separates the building's lawn from the paved road running from the left edge of the photo to the bottom right corner. A section of the sidewalk near the center of the photo curves outwards to accommodate a patch of yellow and brown shrubs, next to which is a small brown box with a red top labeled "US mail". Behind the shrubs it a stone block with and upward-slanting top a… more
Date: January 1971
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Monahans Sandhills State Park

Description: Map for Monahans Sandhills State Park located near the town of Monahans in Ward County, Texas showing access routes, camp sites, and park amenities. There are advertisements for Toyota and Texas Parks on the back of the map.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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