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Breast Connector (open access)

Breast Connector

Patent for a breast connector for horses. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Mills, Virgel H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.

Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
Date: July 14, 1891
Creator: Green, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Tire-Rim. (open access)

Demountable Tire-Rim.

Patent for a demountable tire-rim for automobiles that tires can be "readily mounted or removed". "The principal object of (this) invention is to provide an automobile wheel rim which is demountable and which is so constructed that when removed from the wheel a segment of the rim can be swung inwardly thereby attaining an easy and quick removal of the tire from the rim, and vice versa.". The object of this invention was to create a rim that was easily detachable and was also sturdy and not as expensive as manufactures.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Jones, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cleaning Flues (open access)

Device for Cleaning Flues

Patent for a flue cleaner that operates by blowing steam through the flue, thus removing dirt and debris. Illustrations included.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Bartles, Neslon E. & Hawkins, Charles O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating Device (open access)

Heating Device

Patent for a heating device. This invention is for using the heat from the device to pass through to an oven for the purposes of cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: July 14, 1903
Creator: Henderson, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heating-Drum (open access)

Heating-Drum

Patent for "a simple and efficient construction which may be readily set up and taken down, which will be durable, and in which, moreover, by operation of a single damper the smoke-pipe above the drum may be brought into direct communication with the smoke-pipe below the drum and the several compartments of the apparatus will be opened to permit ready cleaning" (lines 14-22).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Horsley, Robert L. & Rountree, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907 (open access)

The Hill County Record. (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hillsboro Dispatch (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 252, Ed. 1 Monday, September 14, 1914 (open access)

The Hillsboro Dispatch (Hillsboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 252, Ed. 1 Monday, September 14, 1914

Daily newspaper from Hillsboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power. (open access)

Horse-Power.

Patent for an inexpensive, simple, and powerful machine that transmits and augments "power to corn-thrashers, corn-hullers, cotton-gins, and other machines that are to be operated" (lines 12-14). The machine has an improved design that increases horse power.
Date: March 14, 1893
Creator: Terrell, John R. & Frasier, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1889 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1889
Creator: Sayer, S. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 14, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 14, 1907 (open access)

The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 14, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 14, 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that has its oil atomized by a steam generator.
Date: March 14, 1911
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks. (open access)

Improvement In Gun-Locks.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Grisham, James Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from K. G. Manz to R. C. Gaertner, April 14, 1928] (open access)

[Letter from K. G. Manz to R. C. Gaertner, April 14, 1928]

Letter from K. G. Manz to R. C. Gaertner, reporting a list of boys promised to attend a new school, as well as a list of pledges from supporters.
Date: April 14, 1926
Creator: Manz, K. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Dairy farm] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dairy farm]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 14, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Arlington youth killed in Hubbard] (open access)

[News Script: Arlington youth killed in Hubbard]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 14, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Communication System] (open access)

[News Script: Communication System]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of citizen who says that they will be forming a corporation to fight the federal government's plan to build an underground communications system.
Date: August 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. This oil burner is designed to consume fuel in a cheaper and more economical manner.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 1

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 2

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 3

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Index

Index map for Limestone County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:110,538.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Block 11

Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History