The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1859 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1859

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 23, 1859
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the hopper and the seed-slide therein having one end projecting from one end of the hopper, of the reciprocating yoke having its rear portion angular in cross-section and its front portion cylindrical in cross-section and having an arm at one end to engage the opening in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the angular and cylindrical bearings for the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the latter may be unshipped from or attached to the seed-slide, and the mechanism to reciprocate the yoke" (lines 71-83).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Armstrong, John Joshua & Lowrey, Andrew Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History