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Apparatus for Loading Wagons. (open access)

Apparatus for Loading Wagons.

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for loading wagons. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the platform having the opening and the trap-doors, the fastening devices to secure the trap-doors when closed and to permit the same to open, and the counter-weights connected to the trap-doors" (lines 24-28).
Date: November 27, 1888
Creator: Bernard, Alfred Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter. (open access)

Corn Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame and the hopper having the closed bottom and the openings in one side, with the driving-wheel, having the tappet-pins, the seed-slides having the openings or cups, the fulcrumed levers actuated by the tappet-pins, and connected to the lower ends of the seed-slides, and the cord or strap passing over the sheave, and secured to the free ends of the levers, whereby the seed-slides are reciprocated alternately in opposite directions" (lines 74-84).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Easley, Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Recutting Files. (open access)

Apparatus for Recutting Files.

Patent for a new and improved file re-cutter. This design consists "[i]n an apparatus for recutting files by electro-chemical action, the dialectric plates and the carbon plates having their upper ends attached to said non-conducting plates, whereby the files to be recut are disposed between the carbon plates when in the solution" (lines 76-82).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Emley, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1887 (open access)

The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 5, 1887
Creator: Hoeny, John, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1887 (open access)

The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 16, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 16, 1887
Creator: Hoeny, John, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1887 (open access)

The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 29, 1887
Creator: Hoeny, John, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1889 (open access)

The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 30, 1889
Creator: Hoeny, John, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1889 (open access)

The Sun (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 27, 1889
Creator: Hoeny, John, Sr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Methodist. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 22, 1883 (open access)

Texas Methodist. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 22, 1883

Newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 22, 1883
Creator: Prince, William
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Daily Commercial (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 301, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1882 (open access)

The Weatherford Daily Commercial (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 301, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1882

Daily newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1882
Creator: Borhn, J. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1883 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 21, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1883 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1883 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 5, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 5, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 7, 1883 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 7, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 7, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 26, 1884 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 26, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1886 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 13, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 1886 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 27, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1886 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1886 (open access)

The Weatherford Times. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 3, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 3, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Harrow, Seed-Planter, and Cultivator (open access)

Combined Harrow, Seed-Planter, and Cultivator

Patent for a combined harrow, seed-planter, and cultivator to increase the speed of planting and cultivating plants, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: May 22, 1883
Creator: Ellis, Robert Fuller
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gray's New Map of Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas [and] Gray's New Map of Cisco, Eastland Co. Texas

Map shows late nineteenth century Weatherford and Cisco, Texas street names, railroads, land ownership, block numbers, buildings, institutions, and some businesses. Includes altitude above sea level and population statistics. Scale [1:7,200] and Scale [1:2,400].
Date: 1885
Creator: O.W. Gray & Son
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County, state of Texas.

Map shows land ownership, land grants, towns, property boundaries, and watershed. Scale [ca. 1:133,334].
Date: 1889
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parker County, state of Texas.

Map shows land ownership, land grants, towns, property boundaries, and watershed. Scale [ca. 1:133,334].
Date: 1889
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parker County Journal. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1882 (open access)

Parker County Journal. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1882

Newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 31, 1882
Creator: Gilbert, R. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History