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Fort Davis
title Fort Davisdescription This photograph shows Fort Davis at a distance with mountains in the background. In the foreground, there are cacti and two young boys sitting on a rock in the lower right hand corner.artist/creator Burgess, Glennsubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Landscape And Nature Cactus Scenery Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Fort Davis (Tex.) People - Individualscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph of Woman on a Rock in Davis Mountain State Park
title Photograph of Woman on a Rock in Davis Mountain State Parkdescription Photograph of several large rocks. There is a woman, dressed casually, sitting atop the rock at the front of the photograph. In the distance, there is a desert landscape with scrub and other rocks. At the bottom of the photograph, there is a handwritten label: "Davis Mtn's State Park."artist/creator Burgess, Glennsubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Scenery Rocks Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) People - Individualscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph of Indian Lodge
title Photograph of Indian Lodgedescription This photograph has a large white building in adobe (pueblo) style architecture, centered within the scenery. There are trees and brush in the foreground, outside wire fencing which encloses the building, and hills in the background.artist/creator Burgess, Glennsubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Architecture Mountains Civilian Conservation Corps New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Texas -- Fort Davis. Scenery Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Desertcontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph Overlooking Fort Davis #2
title Photograph Overlooking Fort Davis #2description This photograph is a scenic photo showing the landscape of Davis Mountain State Park. There are large rocks in the foreground and mountains in the distance. The inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Overlooking Ft. Davis, Tex. from same position at State Park."artist/creator Brandon, Lindysubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Overlook Mountains Scenery Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Desertcontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Calf Slide - Nations Canyon - Davis Mts.
title Calf Slide - Nations Canyon - Davis Mts.description This photograph is of a small body of water surrounded by rock cliffs. In the center of the photo, trees and other brush are growing atop the rocks. At the bottom of the photograph, the writing "Calf Slide - Nations Canyon - Davis Mts. - #3. Frank Duncan (c) Marfa - Texas" has been added. On the back, there is a signature that appears say "Ben S. Arant".artist/creator Duncan, Franksubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Scenery Plants Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Landscape And Nature - Water Landscape And Nature - Canyons Landscape And Nature - Mountainscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph Overlooking Fort Davis #1
title Photograph Overlooking Fort Davis #1description This photograph is a scenic photo showing the landscape of Davis Mountain State Park. There are rocks and vegetation in the foreground and mountains in the distance. The inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Overlooking Ft. Davis, Texas from same position at State Park."artist/creator Brandon, Lindysubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Overlook Mountains Scenery Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Desertcontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Photograph of Look-out Tower at Fort Davis
title Photograph of Look-out Tower at Fort Davisdescription This color photograph has a stone building and surrounding rocks and plant life in the foreground and distant mountains and desert landscaping in the background. The inscription on the back of the photograph says: "Look out tower built by CCC boys at Ft. Davis on Scenic Loop at State Park."artist/creator Brandon, Lindysubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Overlooks Deserts Mountains Civilian Conservation Corps New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Texas -- Fort Davis. Scenery Landscape And Nature - State And National Parks Davis Mountain State Park (Tex.) Architecture - Civil Workscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH) -
Close up of Big Bend area landscape
title Close up of Big Bend area landscapedescription Photograph of a rocky mountain ( part of the Davis Mountain range) behind a line of trees in the Big Bend area of Jeff Davis County, Texas. 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 Edwards, Nancysubject Places - United States - Texas - Jeff Davis County Davis Mountains Landscapes Big Bend Landscape And Nature - Mountainscontributor Portal to Texas History (TPTH)