Plow-Stock. (open access)

Plow-Stock.

Patent for a simply, durably, and efficiently constructed plow-stock that "will admit of changes being made in an expeditious and convenient manner to facilitate the grouping of the shares or plows to be carried by the stock" (lines 11-14).
Date: July 30, 1895
Creator: Abbott, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1896-1909] (open access)

[Abilene City Council Minutes: 1896-1909]

Ledger containing minutes of the City Council in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from April 14, 1896 to April 20, 1909.
Date: 1896-04-14/1909-04-20
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: January 1899 - July 1911] (open access)

[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Minutes: January 1899 - July 1911]

Minutes of the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities between January 1899 and July 1911.
Date: 1899-01/1911-07
Creator: Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Records: 1899 - 1904] (open access)

[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Records: 1899 - 1904]

Minutes of the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from 1899 to 1904.
Date: 1899/1904
Creator: Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Secretary Book: 1895 - 1896] (open access)

[Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs Secretary Book: 1895 - 1896]

Secretary's Book for the Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs in Abilene, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from 1895 through 1896.
Date: {1896,1906-12}
Creator: Abilene City Federation of Women's Clubs
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W.H. Abrams to K.K. Legett - December 19, 1899] (open access)

[Letter from W.H. Abrams to K.K. Legett - December 19, 1899]

Letter from W.H. Abrams of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company to K.K. Legett, concerning obtaining a road crossing over railroad tracks on his land.
Date: December 19, 1899
Creator: Abrams, W. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for a flushing apparatus to be used to flush tanks that are normally kept empty. It is also "an improved siphon for emptying the tank, and also an improved mechanism for starting the siphon" (lines 22-24).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus. (open access)

Seat - Action Flushing Apparatus.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in seat-action flushing apparatus. This design is to "provide a cistern into which the water is admitted only when the seat is occupied" (line 14-17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Closet Cistern. (open access)

Water-Closet Cistern.

Patent for improvements in water closet cisterns: "which are normally empty to prevent freezing and which are only filled just before the flush is desired" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 7, 1897
Creator: Ackley, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk - Cutter. (open access)

Stalk - Cutter.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in stalk-cutters to "provide a simple, light, and durable machine by means of which three rows of stalks may be cut in one passage of the machine across the field" (line 13-16).
Date: January 11, 1898
Creator: Acre, William Floyd & Wafford, William Penn
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Acuff, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Utensil. (open access)

Kitchen Utensil.

Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.
Date: June 11, 1895
Creator: Adair, Annie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. William Boles, S. E. Boles, and John Boles, cause no. 1753 and no. 906, 1885 (open access)

Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. William Boles, S. E. Boles, and John Boles, cause no. 1753 and no. 906, 1885

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. William Boles, S. E. Boles, and John Boles, accused of theft of cotton seeds, filed October 16, 1891. Documents include a letter signed by the judge presiding, arrest warrants, subpoenas, a letter signed by the defense attorney, and an appearance bond. Some files are also labeled as cause numbers 1752 and 905
Date: 1891
Creator: Adam, S.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap-Hook (open access)

Snap-Hook

Patent for a snap hook in order to "provide a hook of simple construction that shall be securely locked when in use" (p. 2)
Date: December 30, 1890
Creator: Adams, Don B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 30, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 30, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 30, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 7, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 14, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 14, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 28, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 28, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 4, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 4, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 11, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 11, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 11, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 25, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1891 (open access)

Forney Tribune. (Forney, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 2, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Forney, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 2, 1891
Creator: Adams, Walter D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History