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My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 103
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 103description Photograph of a cowboy adjusting the saddle on a horse, in front of a wood and wire fence. On the other side of the fence, there are several parked trucks, a windmill, and a second cowboy who appears to be on horseback. A desert hill is visible in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Although modern inventions have made ranching easier, the truck can't compare to the cow pony when it is time for round-up" (p. 11).artist/creator Unknownsubject Farm Trucks Agriculture - Ranching - Cowboys Desert Landcapes Agriculture - Domestic Animals - Horsescontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 89
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 89description Photograph a river winding through the desert landscape at Big Bend National Park. Some buildings are visible in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The native has a deep respect of the land which the traveler must quickly learn if he takes it upon himself to stray from the trails" (p. 10).artist/creator Unknownsubject Desert Landcapes Big Bend Landscape And Nature - Deserts Landscape And Nature - Water - Rivers Big Bend National Parkcontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Small body of water at Big Bend National Park
title Small body of water at Big Bend National Parkdescription Photograph of the banks of a curving river at Big Bend National Park. Vegetation is growing along the banks of the water and there are desert hills rising on the right side of the photo. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "An excellent highway curves through terrain in which hikers are often lost in the rough mountains of the park along the Rio Grande. The native has a deep respect for the land which the traveler must quickly learn if he takes it upon himself to stray from the trails" (p. 10).artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Early picture of Presidio County courthouse
title Early picture of Presidio County courthousedescription Photograph of the Presidio County courthouse in the middle of an open desert landscape. There is a small wooden building on the left of the courthouse and a stone building to the far right of the courthouse. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The courthouse and jail in Marfa were built in 1886 from local brick and stone. Eight-three years later, this is the same courthouse, a West Texas landmark" (pp. 6-7).artist/creator Unknowncontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 55
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 55description Photograph of a desert landscape in the Big Bend area with a prominent mountain in the center. A dirt road is visible in the foreground as well as an unidentified building. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The city fathers didn't want the noise of the trains to disturb their beautiful, quiet town, and the plan was revised so the tracks would be laid twenty-five miles south" (p. 6).artist/creator Unknownsubject Structures Deserts Mountains Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Landscape And Naturecontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 43
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 43description Photograph of a rocky desert landscape in Big Bend near Marfa, Texas. The landscape has sparse grasses and weeds; two hilltops are visible in the top right corner of the image. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[John W.] Spencer tried horse and cattle raising, but because of Indians, failed" (p. 4).artist/creator Edwards, Nancycontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Tree in Presidio landscape
title Tree in Presidio landscapedescription Photograph of a tree and bushes in Presidio desert. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "El Apostol Santiago built, with Indian labor, a mission on the north side of the Rio Grande in 1684" (p. 3).artist/creator Edwards, Nancysubject Desert Landcapes Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Landscape And Nature - Desertscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 19
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 19description Photograph of yellow and purple wildflowers in the desert soil near Marfa, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Thorns are not the only dangers, as shown by these plants -- senecio and loco -- which are highly poisonous to livestock" (p. 2).artist/creator Edwards, Nancysubject Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Landscape And Nature - Plants Landscape And Nature - Deserts Wildflowerscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Collection of fossils and bones in Big Bend
title Collection of fossils and bones in Big Benddescription Photograph of rocks and mammoth fossils embedded in the soil next to tree roots. A pickaxe and large hole are visible near the top of the image. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "This beast watered at a lake which was once in the Big Bend. His feet were caught in the sticky mud, and the mammoth, unable to move, was preserved" (p. 2).artist/creator Edwards, Nancysubject Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Landscape And Nature - Fossilscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Inside a small, rocky canyon at Big Bend
title Inside a small, rocky canyon at Big Benddescription Photograph of a rocky canyon in the Big Bend desert landscape with a mountain range in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Actually, for many thousands of years, Texas was underwater. Many fossils of sea animals can be found especially around Shafter. Even when West Texas became a lush grassland with many rivers and swamps, the animal inhabitants had little security" (p. 1)artist/creator Unknownsubject Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Landscapes Big Bend Landscape And Nature - Canyonscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 4
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 4description Photograph of a large, rocky hill in a desert landscape in the Big Bend area. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[According to an] Indian legend [...] After the heavens, the earth, and the living creatures had been shaped, the Great Spirit had a great accumulation of rocks and stony material left over. Even the Evil Spirit refused the pile, and so it became the mighty Big Bend of Texas" (p. 1).artist/creator Unknownsubject Desert Landcapes Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Landscape And Nature - Desertscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 2
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 2description Photograph of mountain peaks outside of Alpine, Texas, which are part of the Davis Mountain range. A desert landscape and a grove of trees are visible in the foreground. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "This is a land which has fought against those who have tried to make it home since its creation" (p. 1).artist/creator Edwards, Nancysubject Places - United States - Texas - Brewster County Desert Landcapes Landscape And Nature - Mountains Davis Mountainscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 1
title My Land, My Heritage, My Hope: Slide 1description Photograph of a rocky desert landscape with a mountain ridge (part of the Chinati Mountain range) in Presidio County, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The Big Bend is composed of the counties of Presidio, Brewster, and Jeff Davis" (p. 1).artist/creator Edwards, Nancysubject Places - United States - Texas - Presidio County Desert Landcapes Chihuahuan Desert Chinati Mountains Landscape And Nature - Deserts Landscape And Nature - Mountainscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH)