urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00144 Fort Concho, Texas: An Inventory of Photographs, 1868-1972, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, May 1, 2002. Finding aid written inEnglish. Tue Jul 22 14:55:30 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00144 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Fort Concho, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1868-1972 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2002 Descriptive Summary Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection Fort Concho, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1868-1972 Given by several donors, the collection consists of photographs of Fort Concho, Texas, from 1868-1972. SWCPC 144 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 110 b/w copy prints, and 7 postcards English. Biographical Sketch

Fort Concho, in San Angelo, Texas, was one of a number of military posts built to establish law and order in West Texas as settlers began to arrive after the Civil War. It was located at the juncture of the Main and North Concho rivers and named after the rivers which converge in San Angelo to form the Concho. Soldiers from Fort Concho scouted and mapped large portions of West Texas. As the town of San Angelo began to form across the river from Fort Concho, civilian law enforcement improved and the army abandoned the fort on June 20, 1889. In the fort was designated a National Historic Landmark. Besides museum exhibits and living history programs, Fort Concho hosts a variety of community activities.

 Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of groups of people, architecture, parades, horses, musicians, sheep ranching, an image of Jack Hughes (photographer), and weather.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Ragsdale, MacArthur Carter Reagan, T. J. McCusiton, Prudance Isabel O'Brian, N. J., Col. Badger, Norman, Rev. Schmidt, Stephen, 1925- Green, Thomas, 1814?-1864 Cox, Elijah McHenry, Dr. Hughes, Jack Jones, Melvin Friend, Nancy Smith, Isaac, Major Places Fort Concho (Tex.) San Angelo (Tex.) Subjects Horses--Photographs Musicians--Photographs Ranching--Texas--San Angelo--Photographs Sheep--Photographs Weather--Photographs Parades--Photographs Acquisition

Gift, 1970

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

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A. Ramirez

 Preferred Citation

Fort Concho, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1868-1972, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas