Partner
Franklin County Library
1,885
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
276
UNT Libraries
113
UNT Libraries Special Collections
83
Private Collection of Jim Bell
56
Texas Historical Commission
28
University of Texas at Arlington Library
5
Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
2
Texas General Land Office
2
University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections
2
4 More
Collection
Mount Vernon Optic Herald
1,995
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
1,995
Tocker Foundation Grant
1,885
United States Census Map Collection
196
Randy Mallory Papers
73
Jim Bell Texas Architecture Photograph Collection
56
USGS Topographic Map Collection
56
THC National Register Collection
17
THC Historic Resources Survey Collection
11
Texas Patents
11
20 More
Serial/Series Title
Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald
1,885
Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
110
Mount Vernon
45
2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
41
2000 Census County Block Map
36
2010 Census County Block Map
36
2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
36
1990 Census County Block Map
34
Forest Heritage Region
28
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
20
24 More
States
Counties
Decade
Month
Language
Results:
1 - 24 of
2,458
next
Letter to Mary Jones, 29 December 1858
Letter to Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas, from Joseph E. Field.
Date:
December 29, 1858
Creator:
Field, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Mary Jones, 10 January 1859
Letter to Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas, from Joseph E. Field.
Date:
January 10, 1859
Creator:
Field, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Moore to Charles Moore, February 21, 1870]
Letter to Charles Moore from Henry Moore (H. S. M.) at "Catons old mill" discussing taxes, farming, crops, a mill, and people that he knows. .
Date:
February 21, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Henry Moore to Charles Moore, February 21, 1870]
Transcript of letter to Charles Moore from Henry Moore (H. S. M.) at "Catons old mill" discussing taxes, farming, crops, a mill, and people that he knows.
Date:
February 21, 1870
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Franklin County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Franklin County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Scraper and Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper and chopper. This design "consists of an oblong frame composed of a front piece, side beams, and the rear cross-beam, provided with the handles" (lines 29-32).
Date:
August 13, 1889
Creator:
White, John Calvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oat-Cutter.
Patent for a type of straw and hay cutter designed especially for cutting sheaf oats that is easily operated, including illustrations.
Date:
November 10, 1891
Creator:
Laws, John Aderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Heel-Sweep Plow.
Patent for an improved plow that can have "either first a whole heel sweep, or a right or left half heel sweep, second a whole solid sweep, or a right or left half solid sweep, third a right and left turn plow, or a right or left half turn plow" (lines 15-19).
Date:
February 28, 1893
Creator:
Dean, John Rowe
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for an improved animal trap that can catch a large variety of animals, including fish, and does not injure the animals. Bait is placed in the trap, and the door on one end is spring-activated. A hinged door on the top is where the operator can take out the animal.
Date:
July 18, 1893
Creator:
Crockett, William E. & McAdams, Richard E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Instrument for Dividing Angles into Equal Parts.
Patent for an instrument for dividing angles into equal parts and is meant to be used with a beam compass. The "invention consists in a member having a point adapted to be placed at the point of the angle to be divided, and having movable thereon a beam extending horizontally and having at one end a transverse head projecting from each side of the beam and carrying at one end an indicating point and at the other end a marking pencil" (lines 22-29).
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Cornelius, Francis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Franklin County
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1897
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Franklin County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Franklin County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).
Date:
April 1897
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Franklin Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Franklin County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:152,380] (4000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1899
Creator:
Pressler, C. W. & Wynne, Amos
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Franklin Co. [Texas]
Map shows plats and ownership, railroads, and townships; most plats numbered; adjacent counties boundaries where property lines exceed county limits. Scale [1:66,667].
Date:
1899
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus.
Patent for Canning Apparatus used to preserve fruits and vegetables in sealed cans. Apparatus also consist of a boiling platform to boil the contents of the can before sealing it.
Date:
July 15, 1902
Creator:
Garner, John Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Franklin County [Texas]
Map shows land tracts, ownership, patents, railroads, towns, portions of adjacent counties where property lines extend beyond Franklin County [Texas] limits. Scale [1:104,000].
Date:
[1905..1925]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning and Cooking Apparatus
Patent for a canning and cooking apparatus. Illustration included.
Date:
April 11, 1905
Creator:
Garner, James Charlie
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Franklin County sheet.
Map shows soil composition, roads, railroads, towns, and structure locations. Includes soil profile and legend. Scale [ca. 1:63,360].
Date:
1908
Creator:
United States Bureau of Soils
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Coupling
Patent for a vehicle coupling designed to allow vehicles to travel over rough terrain without incurring damage. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 28, 1909
Creator:
White, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Franklin County sheet
Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
September 30, 1909
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Franklin County, Texas
Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Franklin County, Texas.
Date:
September 30, 1909
Creator:
Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.) & Lyman, W. S.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Catching Insects
Patent for a machine for catching insects. This invention is designed for use on cotton plants. Illustration included.
Date:
December 21, 1909
Creator:
Anderson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow and particularly "an attachment for securing the heel sweeps to plows and for bracing the said heel sweeps" (lines 10-12), including illustrations.
Date:
November 9, 1915
Creator:
Williams, Jefferson L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History