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Hunt County
Map of Hunt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1859
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Cutter and Puller.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-stalk cutter and puller. This design "is to facilitate the removal of cotton-stalks from land in preparing it for subsequent cultivation" (lines 17-19).
Date:
November 22, 1881
Creator:
Richardson, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for improvements to car-coupling using a vertically-moving pin for locking the cars together.
Date:
November 14, 1882
Creator:
Blackley, George I.; Nicholson, John I. & Holloman, Harvey A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists "[i]n a car-coupling, the combination of a recessed draw-head having abutments . . . and a transverse ridge, of a link adapted to rock on said ridge, a pivoted coupling-hook carrying a diagonally-projecting pin near its forward end, and a spiral spring arranged diagonally above the coupling-hook and surrounding said pin" (lines 93-100).
Date:
November 17, 1885
Creator:
Nutting, Adrain
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for improvement of automatic car coupling and uncoupling devices.
Date:
November 2, 1886
Creator:
Ferguson, George Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Ship.
Patent for air ship design lifted by balloon with vertical adjustable sails. Accompanied with illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Appling, Marby P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a new and improved valve. This design is "to provide a . . . valve . . . to cut off the supply of water upon the outside of the induction-port and to drain all water from the valve-body and the connecting-pipes above the same, thereby preventing freezing of the same" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[t]he valve casing or body having oppositely-located ports and provided with a perforated interiorly-threaded lug or projection, in combination with the flanged bushing seated in said valve-casing and having a valve-seat at its outer end, and perforations extending through the flange" (lines 93-99).
Date:
November 11, 1890
Creator:
Morrison, James John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a suspended wood panel fence with "advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, ease of construction, adaptability, effectiveness, and general efficiency" (lines 11-13). It improves on patents held by J. S. Ferguson, W. A. Tillman, W. T. Manry, and others. The fence panels are suspended between the posts by wires. The wires extend to the bottom of the fence panel's braces at either end of the panel.
Date:
November 24, 1896
Creator:
Tucker, Thomas Neal
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hay Or Cotton Press
Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Hay or Cotton Presses" (lines 4-6), including illustrations.
Date:
November 12, 1901
Creator:
Hamilton, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackboard-Eraser
Patent for "blackboard-erasers in which the erasing material is detachable from the wood block or handle and permits...being used continuously."
Date:
November 18, 1902
Creator:
Williams, Lavinia B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 3, 1905
Creator:
Turner, T. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 10, 1905
Creator:
Turner, T. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cultivator, Harrow, and Planter
Patent for "agricultural implements in which a single frame is utilized to support various kinds of mechanisms, and in the present invention there is included a frame of simple and improved construction adapted for carrying and to be used in connection with earth-engaging, implements, such as harrow-teeth and cultivator blades, as well as rollers, for the purpose of crushing clods and leveling the surface of the land." (lines 8-18). Includes description and illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1905
Creator:
Johnson, Alfred Butler
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 2, 1906
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 9, 1906
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 16, 1906
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 23, 1906
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, November 30, 1906
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 30, 1906
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 6, 1908
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 13, 1908
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, November 20, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 20, 1908
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness.
Patent for a harness, which leaves the animal's limbs free and is cleaner and easier to use.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Holder, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1908
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 27, 1908
Creator:
Lyford, A. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, November 5, 1909
Weekly newspaper from Commerce, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 5, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History