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SOUTH PANEL 3 LEFT HAND VIEW

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This frieze, which "reads" from right to left, shows a locomotive, representing the coming of the railroads to Texas, some Texas Civil War soldiers, an Indian watching cowboys branding a calf, symbolizing the Cattle Industry. The other figures symbolize the founding of Texas A.&M. University and the University of Texas, with Dr. Ashbel Smith (hands clasped) in the center. Other figures symbolize General Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and the Citrus Fruit Industry of Texas.

Source: Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas, June 14, 1936.

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