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20 Mule Team

Description: This photograph from the front cover of an issue of the Hexagon Journal displays the mock 20 mule team that stands outside of the Rio Tinto Borax Museum in Boron, California. The mule team depicts the original mode used to transport the chemical compound, borax, out of Death Valley between 1883 and 1888. A description of the photograph is shown on page 23 of the journal.
Date: Summer 2015
Creator: Marshall, James L., 1940- & Marshall, Virginia R.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix A: Jones Cemetery

Description: This appendix contains an alphabetized and annotated list of burials identified in Jones Cemetery, with available birth and death rates. 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 interview… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix B: Texas General Land Office Archives: Data on Selected Land Surveys Related to Settlement of Johnson Park and Vicinity

Description: The information in this appendix was abstracted from the original land record files. 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, fa… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix C: Land Acquisition and Conveyance Transactions Among the Jones, Everly, and Johnson Families

Description: This appendix presents data relating to the acquisition, ownership and transfer of land by the Jones, Everly, Johnson, and related families. 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 inter… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix D: Genealogical Data for the Jones, Everly, and Johnson Families

Description: This appendix provides genealogical data for the direct descendants of Pollie Jones-Jones-Burden, George Washington Jones and Easter Ann Montgomery, and John Johnson and Susan Self. 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, archit… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix E: Population Census for Jones, Everly, Johnson, and Related Families Residing in the Project Area and Vicinity

Description: This appendix provides population census data for the Jones, Johnson, Everly, and related families in the project area. 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 ar… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Appendix F: Tax Roll Data for the Jones, Everly, Johnson, and Related Families in the Project Area or Vicinity Between 1850 and 1910

Description: This appendix provides data on the real estate and personal property owned by a selected group of families or individuals in the Ray Roberts Lake project area. 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,… more
Date: 1996
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Aquatic Ecological Classification and Evaluation of Streams and Stream Reaches in the Upper Roanoke River Basin, Virginia

Description: The purpose of this study is to "establish a data base and methodology for classifying...the streams of the Roanoke Basin into a hierarchy of ecological systems" and to "establish evaluative criteria and methodology for classifying and ranking streams within the ecological systems relative to their state of environmental quality" (p. R1).
Date: March 30, 1979
Creator: North Texas State University. Institute of Applied Sciences.
Partner: UNT Institute of Applied Sciences
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Archaeological Investigations at Four Sites Along Potapo Creek, McGee Creek Reservoir, Atoka County, Oklahoma

Description: This volume contains the results of excavations and analyses of Prehistoric archaeological data from four sites located along Potapo Creek in the northwestern part of the McGee Creek project area in southeastern Oklahoma. Some excavations yielded archaeological records of Early Caddoan occupation. Other excavations in the project yielded few artifacts, but important geological and environmental information.
Date: 1994
Creator: Ferring, C. Reid
Partner: UNT Institute of Applied Sciences
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Archaeological Testing of the Lewisville Lake Shoreline, Denton County, Texas

Description: This report describes the results of test excavations at 23 prehistoric and 16 historic sites on the periphery of Lewisville Lake, Denton County, Texas. The purpose of this report is to summarize the character and significance of the archaeological sites that were test excavated and recommendations for mitigation at those sites determined eligible for the National Register.
Date: 1991
Creator: Brown, Kenneth L. (Kenneth Lynn), 1951- & Lebo, Susan A.
Partner: UNT Institute of Applied Sciences
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Archaeology, Heritage, and Moral Terrains: Two Cases from the Mesa Verde Region

Description: This article applies an environmental justice lens to two archaeological research narratives, one centering on chemical analysis of biomolecular artifact residues and the other on paleohydrology and Pueblo farming.
Date: September 14, 2016
Creator: Wolverton, Steven J.; Figueroa, Robert & Swentzell, Porter
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Archeological Testing at Fort St. Leon, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Description: This report describes archaeological testing at a site known as Fort St. Leon in Louisiana. Studies were made of levee building, geomorphology, and comparison of archival maps and aerial photographs, which contribute to the understanding of human activity as well as geological processes at the site.
Date: May 1983
Creator: Gilmore, Kathleen & Noble, Vergil
Partner: UNT Institute of Applied Sciences
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