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McCulloch County
Blue line print of survey map of McCulloch County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1904
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McCulloch County.
Map shows early twentieth century McCulloch County, Texas landowners, land grants, railroads, towns, and notable physical features. Includes handwritten annotations showing petroleum prospecting activity. Scale [1:66,667].
Date:
1904
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Petroleum.
This report contains information about the petroleum industry in the state of Texas, including chapters on the history, nature and origin of the resource, as well as oil and gas-bearing formations. The index begins on page 93.
Date:
July 1900
Creator:
Phillips, William Battle
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McCulloch County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1904
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Church Session Minutes, February 1, 1903]
Handwritten pages torn from a ledger book recording the Session Minutes of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church from 1892-04-01 through 1903-02-01.
Date:
February 1, 1903
Creator:
Hurd, Bobbye
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of Sweden Presbyterian Church
Minutes recorded from meetings within the Sweden Presbyterian Church. The meetings are dated and described as to what occurred during the meeting; at the bottom of the meeting descriptions are signatures from church officials.
Date:
1905/1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C. J. Nelin & Dalmer E. Johnson Marriage License]
The marriage license of C. J. Nelin to Miss Dalmer E. Johnson on 1903-04-20, issued by the County Clerk of McCulloch County, Texas, but authorizing the marriage to be performed in San Saba County, Texas.
Date:
June 4, 1903
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Helge Family Home]
Photograph of the Helge family home at Bear Creek in the early 1900s with lightning rods on the roof, a large barn and outbuilding on the left, an outhouse on the right, and a spacious yard enclosed by a white picket fence.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]
Photograph of six of the seven Hanson sisters (Minnie, Louise, Alice, Olive, Lily, and Esther) prior to their family's 1907 move to Galva, Illinois, to West Sweden, Texas.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photographs of Railroad Construction]
Two photographs of railroad workers laying track in the East Sweden area while being observed by local residents. Both photographs demonstrate the use of a pulley system in properly aligning the rails.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Hurd, Bobby
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Blomstrom Family]
Photograph of Charles John Blomstrom and Family. Shown in this photo are: Alfred, Ester, Gunnar, Charles, Ellen, Phillip, Violet, and Knute.
Date:
1909
Creator:
Blomstrom, Knute A., Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Church Interior]
Photograph of an interior view of an unfinished church, decorated for its first Christmas and also serving as the West Sweden community's first school.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Connie, Easterwood
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Session of the Presbyterian Church of East Sweden, Texas
Minutes of session recorded by the officials at the Presbyterian Church in East Sweden, Texas. This book contains the dates of each meeting, who was in attendance, and what occurred during the meeting.
Date:
1905/1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eden Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1906
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brady Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1906
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mason Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1903
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brady 1908 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brady 1908 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brady in McCulloch County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1908
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Straightening Machine
Patent for wheel straightening machine. This invention is designed for straightening light or heavy wagon wheels when the spokes become loosened and the wheel is excessively dished" (9-11). Illustration included.
Date:
September 19, 1905
Creator:
Mayse, Jordan Stewart
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheelwright-Machine
Patent for a hand-operated wheelwright machine designed for drilling the tires of a vehicle for means of holding tire retaining bolts.
Date:
August 20, 1907
Creator:
Robbins, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Urinal.
Patent for a urinal that is worn by women who have incontinence that is better attached to the waistband.
Date:
November 16, 1909
Creator:
Sherman, Mattie L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph and Telephone Insulator.
Patent for a telegraph and telephone insulator, which prevents the wires from slipping out of the insulator by the use of grooves placed in the holder.
Date:
October 15, 1907
Creator:
Copper, John A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a farm gate, which can be opened from a vehicle and stays open until a second operation is performed to close the gate.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Matthews, Joseph William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement.
Patent for a multi-functional farming implement that has various interchangeable tools.
Date:
January 13, 1903
Creator:
Smith, William Birton.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History