Historic Archaeology of the Johnson and Jones Farmsteads in the Ray Roberts Lake Area: 1850-1950 Metadata

Title

• Main Title Historic Archaeology of the Johnson and Jones Farmsteads in the Ray Roberts Lake Area: 1850-1950

Creator

• Author: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
  Creator Type: Organization

Contributor

• Other: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Fort Worth District.
  Contributor Type: Organization
• Editor: Lebo, Susan A.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Editor and Project Director
• Other: Ferring, C. Reid
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Principal Investigator
• Other: Horn, Carin E.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Laboratory Director
• Other: Skiles, Bob D.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Archivist
• Other: Yates, Bonnie C.
  Contributor Type: Personal
  Contributor Info: Project Manager

Publisher

• Name: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
  Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

• Creation: 1996

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: This study represents the findings of research done on the Jones and Johnson farms, "situated in Johnson Branch Park in the north-central portion of the Ray Roberts Lake area." The purpose of the study was to offset future disturbances and damages to these farmsteads, and it includes "archival investigations, architectural documentation, oral-history interviews of long-time area residents and family members, farm equipment and artifact analyses, archaeological excavations, stabilization measures, and the development of interpretative exhibits for area schools, museums, and the general public" (p. i).
• Physical Description: viii, 233 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.

Subject

• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ray Roberts Lake Region (Tex.) -- Antiquities
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: Farms -- Texas -- Ray Roberts Lake Region -- History
• Keyword: archaeological excavations
• Keyword: farming
• Keyword: farmsteads
• Keyword: lakes
• Keyword: Lake Ray Roberts
• Keyword: construction
• Keyword: recreational parks
• Keyword: architecture
• Keyword: genealogical data
• Keyword: tax rolls
• Keyword: population census
• Keyword: Jones Farm
• Keyword: Johnson Farm
• Keyword: farm equipment

Coverage

• Place Name: United States - Texas
• Place Name: United States - Texas - Denton County
• Place Name: United States - Texas - Cooke County
• Start Date: 1850
• End Date: 1950

Relation

• Appendix A: Jones Cemetery - ark:/67531/metadc2190442
• Appendix B: Texas General Land Office Archives: Data on Selected Land Surveys Related to Settlement of Johnson Park and Vicinity - ark:/67531/metadc2190443
• Appendix C: Land Acquisition and Conveyance Transactions Among the Jones, Everly, and Johnson Families - ark:/67531/metadc2190444
• Appendix D: Genealogical Data for the Jones, Everly, and Johnson Families - ark:/67531/metadc2190445
• Appendix E: Population Census for Jones, Everly, Johnson, and Related Families Residing in the Project Area and Vicinity - ark:/67531/metadc2190446
• Appendix F: Tax Roll Data for the Jones, Everly, Johnson, and Related Families in the Project Area or Vicinity Between 1850 and 1910 - ark:/67531/metadc2190447

Collection

• Name: UNT Scholarly Works
  Code: UNTSW

Institution

• Name: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
  Code: UNTCAS

Resource Type

• Book

Format

• Text

Identifier

• OCLC: 37216539
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc29393

Degree

• Academic Department: Institute of Applied Science

Note

• Display Note: "Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District."