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[Sabine County]

Cadastral map of Sabine County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 20, 1839
Creator: Frazer, Harmon
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Sabine and San Augustine Counties

Cadastral map of Sabine County and San Augustine County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some borders and notes are made in color; several features are noted including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1863
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Sabine and San Augustine Counties

Cadastral map of parts of Sabine and San Augustine Counties, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. No scale indicated.
Date: June 1863
Creator: Brown, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improved Double Pincers. (open access)

Improved Double Pincers.

Patent for the improvement of double pincers by way of "double jaws, by which both sides of the shanks of a boot of shoe can be clamped and held at the same time."
Date: March 29, 1870
Creator: Maund, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Smith Rudd to R.P. Crockett, June 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Smith Rudd to R.P. Crockett, June 1881]

Letter from Smith Rudd to R.P. Crockett. The letter is dated June, 1881.
Date: June 1881
Creator: Rudd, Smith
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Augustine and Sabine Counties

Cadastral map of San Augustine County and Sabine County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some borders are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1881
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Sabine County

Cadastral map of Sabine County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some borders and features are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1896
Creator: Clark, J. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed Slat Holding Means (open access)

Bed Slat Holding Means

Patent for an invention that "relates to bed-slat-holding means; and the object of the same is to provide simple and effective devices for holding the end of a bed-slat, which is in part carried by the latter and the ledge of the side rail and operating to prevent loose assemblage of the slats with bed-rails and obviate a tendency to easy disengagement and also to maintain the opposite bed-rails in parallel relation and obstruct warping or lateral expansion" (lines 8-21). Illustrations are included.
Date: January 2, 1902
Creator: Cooper, Alexander, R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bolsters for Log Wagons (open access)

Bolsters for Log Wagons

Patent for a bolster for use with log wagons by aiding in the arrangement of varying sizes of log loads. Illustration included.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Warren, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow, which has easily removable parts for easy cleaning.
Date: November 15, 1910
Creator: Minyard, Sam Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a steel animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Davidson, David L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for Churn for mixing liquids. The invention's construction includes a sturdy stand with a crank handle, that when rotated, allows a wheel to turn on the shaft. The simple design allows for inexpensive construction.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Burns, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a new rail joint to be secured to a rail having "the lower portion of its web and its base flange terminate a short distance beyond the end of the rail" (lines 28-30), including illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Reed, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Starter for Internal Combustion Engines. (open access)

Mechanical Starter for Internal Combustion Engines.

The patent is to rotate the crankshaft of the engine by new and novel mechanical that means the simplified and improved construction for the target of starting the motor.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Leach, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Truck (open access)

Transporting Truck

Patent for "improvements in transporting trucks for agricultural implements" (Lines 10-11) including illustrations.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Leach, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Trap. (open access)

Safety-Trap.

Patent for class of steam valve safety traps to prevent the interference of heavy particles with the flow of steam ensuring efficient working of the machine.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Bird, David R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Tie (open access)

Railroad Tie

Patent for a type of support for the rails in railroad tracks.
Date: August 7, 1916
Creator: Huffman, Henry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sawmill Carriage Track (open access)

Sawmill Carriage Track

Patent for Sawmill Carriage Track. This device allows for the logs to be held in place on a straight line while lining up for timber production.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Heard, Wm. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner. (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner.

Patent for an improved burner that is safe from the danger of exploding and can be made cheaply, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Hudgens, John Albert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Power Stump-Boring Machine. (open access)

Portable Power Stump-Boring Machine.

Patent for an invention that improves upon portable power stump boring machines to prevent breakage of the auger or shaft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Leach, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burial-Casket (open access)

Burial-Casket

This patent is for a burial casket. One of the aims of this casket is to obviate the necessity of using metallic securing devices which now commonly corrode or deteriorate from moisture and expose the body of the corpse to moisture in the ground as well as to parasites and burrowing animals.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: McKinney, Jacob D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Rail (open access)

Railroad-Rail

Patent for railroad rail that does not need to joined with a bolt and can be locked in place to prevent spreading.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Huffman, Henry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine County

Blue line print of survey map of Sabine County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red ink to indicate the addition of Patersons Ferry and Gaines Ferry. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sabine 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: 1920
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History