[Postcard from Rev. Levi Tenney to Thomas C. Smith]

Postcard from Rev. Levi Tenney to Thomas C. Smith. The postcard mentions the organizing of The First Presbyterian Church of Waco ministers and the early history of the church.
Date: November 22, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ditching Machine. (open access)

Ditching Machine.

Patent for a new and improved ditching-machine. This design "consist[s] of the standards, block, handles, braces and round ears, axle and wheel having cogs, scoop provided with points, chute and side plates, elevator shaft, its upper end resting on the round band, elongated cups, rollers, and cog-wheels, shaft, inclined chute, [another] cog-wheel, arms, band, and rollers" (lines 87-95).
Date: November 4, 1890
Creator: Witt, William Carroll, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History