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Map of Van Zandt County, Texas

Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some boundaries are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter (open access)

Wagon-Body Lifter

New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.
Date: August 24, 1880
Creator: Morris, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave Cover. (open access)

Grave Cover.

Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Thomas, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies. (open access)

Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.

Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 30, 1880
Creator: Booker, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History