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Hale County

Survey map of Hale County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: May 1879
Creator: Stakemann, M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hale County, Texas. The center of Hale County is marked on map. The North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River is also shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1879
Creator: Stakemann, Max
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hale County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
R. P. Smyth, Surveyor of Hale county (open access)

R. P. Smyth, Surveyor of Hale county

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with list of attached counties.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
L. B. Lovelace, Physician and Druggist (open access)

L. B. Lovelace, Physician and Druggist

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images business name.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dr. James A. Atkins (open access)

Dr. James A. Atkins

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized business name with text reading: "Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Etc., Stationary and Fancy Toilet Articles"; "Prescriptions a Specialty."
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hale County, Texas. The North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1892
Creator: Rowe, Sidney J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Plainview, Texas

Photograph of a hotel being moved from Demmitt (45 mi. away) into Plainview, Texas in 1893. It was supported by eight wagons that were pulled by 32 horses. Businesses along the street include a hotel, Mrs. M. B. Fowle Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, etc. and City Drug Store.
Date: 1893
Creator: Britain's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hale County, Texas. The North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Scene in Plainview, Texas

Photograph of the downtown area in Plainview, Texas in 1897 showing businesses on the west side of the square. Two freighting teams, comprised of horses and carts, fill the block. Businesses include: Mrs. M. B. Fowle Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, etc.; Irick and Dyer Groceries; City Drug Store; Williams Bro's. Cheap Cash Store; and Donohoo and Ware Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Groceries and Hardware.
Date: 1897
Creator: Britain's Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass-Burning Device. (open access)

Grass-Burning Device.

Patent for improvements in grass burning devices in which “the grass may be safely burned on the prairies and the fire kept from spreading.” (Lines 16-18) Illustration is included.
Date: March 1, 1898
Creator: Slaughter, George M. & Christian, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a simplified and "improved cotton-chopping mechanism which may be readily applied to a straddle-row cultivator of ordinary construction, whereby the cotton may be plowed and chopped at one operation" (lines 10-14). It also allows for the chopping mechanism to be adjusted to regulate the chopping operation and provides better support of the mechanism while operating.
Date: May 9, 1899
Creator: Ledbetter, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Hale County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1900
Creator: Twichell, W. D.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hale 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: 1900
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn Harvesting Machine (open access)

Corn Harvesting Machine

Patent for a corn harvesting machine. "This invention relates to corn-harvesting machines of that class which are provided with cutting apparatus for severing stalks, with carrying apparatus for conveying the stalks in a standing or upright position to the point of discharge, with binding apparatus for tying the stalks into bundles" (lines 8-14). Illustration included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Tilson, William Henderson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters (open access)

Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters

Patent for a cutting apparatus for corn harvesters. This invention provides curved serrated blade mounted for rotation so as to sever stalks. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Tilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binding Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters (open access)

Binding Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters

Patent for a binding mechanism for corn-harvesters. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Tilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters. (open access)

Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters.

Patent for a cutting apparatus for a corn harvester, which allows the rotary wheel to be closer to the main driving shaft.
Date: January 7, 1908
Creator: Tilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tying Mechanism for Harvesters (open access)

Tying Mechanism for Harvesters

Patent for a tying mechanism for harvesters. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Tilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvesting Machine (open access)

Corn-Harvesting Machine

Patent for a corn harvesting machine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 13, 1909
Creator: Tilson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1911 (open access)

Journal of the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South: 1911

Journal of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including the proceedings of the annual conference, committee reports, updates to conference leadership and contact information, and other related information.
Date: 1910/1911
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South. North Texas Conference.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plainview 1910 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Plainview in Hale County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plainview 1910 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Plainview in Hale County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plainview 1910 Sheet 3

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Plainview in Hale County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1910
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History