Headlight. (open access)

Headlight.

Patent for Locomotive-headlights, "and has for its principal object to so construct the lamp and its casing as to permit of the lighting or adjusting the lamp-blaze from the back of the headlight box…” (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1902
Creator: Stanton, James Robertson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Frownfelter, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine (open access)

Compound Engine

Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing. (open access)

Bearing.

Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Godsey, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date: December 28, 1909
Creator: Mercer, John W.; Hasha, W. C. & Estes, W. N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator

Patent for a Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator that is used to cultivate cotton, corn and nature like plants.
Date: May 22, 1888
Creator: Evans,Lucius Sandiford
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids. (open access)

Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.

Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1885
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-308 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-308

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Tax Assessor-Collector for Johnson County have the proper authority to assess and collect taxes for the Johnson County Rural Fire Prevention District established under the Rural Fire Prevention Districts Act, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, Article 2531a-6?
Date: December 13, 1957
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2997 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2997

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of commissioners' court of Johnson County, Texas, to appoint juvenile officer or probation officer.
Date: January 23, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3043 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3043

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Validity of contract between Johnson County and L. L. Boyd, relating to delinquent taxee.
Date: January 22, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-411 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-411

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the Tax Assessor-Collector of Johnson County, acting as an agent for the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Johnson County Rural Fire Prevention District, voluntarily and without emolument, collect the tax provided by law for said Rural Fire Prevention District after being properly authorized to do so by said Board of Fire Commissioners?
Date: April 8, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Inset H01

Inset map for Johnson County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:4,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Block 12

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Block 14

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hill County, Block 2

Parent map for Hill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hood County, Block 15

Parent map for Hood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Inset B01

Inset map for Johnson County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:3,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hill County, Block 4

Parent map for Hill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Bosque County, Index

Index map for Bosque County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:109,260.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Block 15

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Inset J04

Inset map for Johnson County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Block 10

Parent map for Johnson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Tarrant County, Block 98

Parent map for Tarrant County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Johnson County, Inset E01

Inset map for Johnson County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:2,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History