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Charles Rath, noted panhandle buffalo hunter and hide buyer during the period of the buffalo slaughter, secured this buffalo robe. Rath established the Rath Trail through the Eastern Texas Panhandle and built Rath City, a trading post for buffalo…

Map of the town of Blue Water, Texas, the name of which was later changed to Hereford. Shown are named streets, numbered lots, and the railroad line.

Bow case and quiver made from mountain lion hide; dates ca. 1890.

Basally notched projectile point found at the Stinnett Swimming Pool Site in Hutchinson County, Texas, a Middle Archaic bison kill site dating to 5115 ± 20 RCYBP.

Mounted specimen. Gray (lobo) wolf killed in 1917 near Canyon, Texas; believed to have been the last of its species in the region.

Mounted specimen. Sled dog belonging to the son of J.A. Hill, president of West Texas State Teacher's College; participated in Admiral Richard Byrd's second expedition to Antarctica (1934-1935).

Promotional brochure containing images of sites in and around the town of Canyon, Texas. With text describing Canyon and Randall County and giving statistical information on the First National Bank in Canyon.

Manuscript map showing land controlled by the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company in eastern Lamb and Hockley Counties, Texas.

Beaded lance belonging to Quanah Parker; beaded by Topay Parker; dates ca. 1870.

A Taos Society of Artists founder, Blumenschein (1874-1960) first saw Taos in 1898 while on a sketching trip with Bert Philips. Blumenschein moved to Taos permanently in 1919, where he was considered the most accomplished painter of the group.…