Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.

Patent for a new and improved dust-box. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a floor having an aperture cut into it and provided with a door flush with the surface of the floor, of a dust-box having a square bottom and diverging sides formed with outwardly-projecting flanges re-enforced upon their under sides by plates or bars and having strips secured to the inner sides, having their upper ends bent inward" (lines 76-83).

Patent for improvements in "construction of tilting gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability adapted to be readily opened and closed at a distance fron either side of it by a person in a vehicle or on horseback" (lines 11-16).

Photograph of a granite monument. A statue of a soldier in uniform stands at the top of the monument. The inscription reads: "Erected by the U.O.C., General Granbury, Chapter, No. 683, In memory of Brigadier General H. B. Granbury and his Valiant Followers. Granbury 1861-1865."

Patent for improving the measurement of grain.

Photograph of the Granbury Opera House. A banner advertising the musicals Gypsy and Grease hangs above the entrance.

Photograph of the Nutt House hotel in Granbury.

Photograph of the Hood County Courthouse in Granbury, Texas. It is three stories tall, and a clock tower adorns the roof. Several cars are parked in front of the courthouse.

Photograph of a plaque at Hood County Courthouse. It reads: "Fifth Courthouse on this site. Erected 1890-1891, this handsome building is a Texas version of the French Second Empire style. First courthouse (1867) was a 1 room log cabin housing county records, lawyers and land agents' offices, and mail station. It was succeeded by 3 stone structures. Contractors Moodie & Ellis and Architect W. C. Dodson built this native stone edifice. The clock tower, added after completion, was reinforced with steel in 1869. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970."

Photograph of the Hood County Jail. Built in 1885, it is now a museum.

Photograph of the Hood County Jail. Built in 1885, it is now home to the Hood County Jail Museum.

Photograph of a sign at the Hood County Jail Museum. It says "Hood County Jail (1885 - 1979) Museum Hours: Saturday - Sunday, 1-4 PM."

Photograph of a historic plaque at the Hood County Jailhouse. It reads: "Second County Jail. Celebrated in early local ballad. Build to succeed 1873 log jail at time when lawlessness was rampant. Main building is late Victorian in style. Separate stone kitchen was added upon completion. The tall front section was to have a gallows, but no hangings have occurred here. Jail admits some 55 prisoners yearly. "Uncle" Andy Walters, a local character, once locked sheriff in this jail, but left key with judge on way home. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970."

Weekly newspaper from Granbury, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Patent for jacks for turning fly-wheels of engines, pulleys, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Letter from Jessie N. to Miss Lela Smith of Granbury, Texas. The letter is dated August 2, 1913.

Weekly newspaper from Lipan, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.