Soil map, Texas, Laredo sheet

Map displays soil types along with arroyos, creeks, rivers, ranches, towns, cemeteries, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Laredo area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Laredo area, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, and irrigation of the Laredo area of Texas.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator. (open access)

Lubricator.

Patent for a lubricating device for use on railroad cars, which continuously supplies lubricant to the journal box of the train car.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Maness, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Slat Fastener. (open access)

Blind-Slat Fastener.

Patent for improvements in shutter attachments, in which it locks the slats in place at a desired angle. Illustration is included.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History