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Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 7, 1869
Creator: Baker, Job McNamee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Ditching-Machine. (open access)

Improved Ditching-Machine.

Patent for improvement in ditching machine which “consists of a boring or ditching-auger, suspended from the frame of a truck, and having an enlarged head projecting in advance of the truck, and rotated, so as to bore out a groove as the truck is moved along, screwing the earth taken back through a trough, to an elevator which carries it up to a spout, chuting it to one side.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
Date: November 16, 1869
Creator: McGehee, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1869 (open access)

The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1869

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 29, 1869
Creator: Thompson, Victor W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1869 (open access)

The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1869

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 12, 1869
Creator: Thompson, Victor W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1869 (open access)

The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1869

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 19, 1869
Creator: Thompson, Victor W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1869 (open access)

The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1869

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 26, 1869
Creator: Thompson, Victor W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1869 (open access)

The State Rights Democrat. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 10, 1869

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 10, 1869
Creator: Thompson, Victor W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History