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I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed (open access)

I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed

The deed contains C. C. Bell's purchase of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, located in Denton, Texas, for the sum of twenty dollars on June 13th, 1887. The deed was drafted and signed in the Denton Lodge, No. 82, of the I.O.O.F.
Date: 1887-06-13?
Creator: Long, D.R.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 13, 1888 (open access)

The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 13, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Pilot Point, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 13, 1888
Creator: Cadwell, H. D. & Moffitt, D. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud Shoe. (open access)

Mud Shoe.

Patent for a new and improved mud shoe. This design has for its object "to provide a device adapted to be worn over the ordinary boot or shoe and afford a convenient means for keeping the same out of the mud, dirt, or water; and the novelty consists in the detail of the construction and combination of the several parts" (lines 18-24).
Date: November 13, 1883
Creator: Carroll, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Holder. (open access)

Sash-Holder.

Patent for improved sash-fasteners, which relates to sash-fasteners, the object being to furnish a simple and effective substitute for the ordinary sash weights and locks.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Barb, Gustavas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pulverizing Attachment for Plows (open access)

Pulverizing Attachment for Plows

Patent for improvements in pulverizing attachments for plows used for furrow-slices as they are turned by plows.
Date: September 13, 1881
Creator: Maddux, Tapley, B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History