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La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The road from Fort Ewell to Corpus Christi, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1877
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1878
Creator: Langermann, A. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Blueline format of survey of La Salle County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the back of the map. No scale information given.
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heel for Boots and Shoes. (open access)

Heel for Boots and Shoes.

Patent for a new and improved heel for boots and shoes. This design is for a hollow heel of malleable metal (e.g., iron) to be filled with some cheaper material (e.g., wood). This design represents an improvement over previous heels with its cheaper production cost and greater durability.
Date: November 7, 1882
Creator: Dranley, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pan Cover. (open access)

Pan Cover.

Patent for a new and improved pan cover. This design's "lower section, being outwardly flaring, is capable of attachment to different size pans, and the bars serve to strengthen the cover and assist in supporting the upper pan, while the perforations admit a current of air through the cover, thus serving to keep the contents of the pan cool. The wire gauze . . . is designed to prevent flies, insects, &c., from getting into the pan, and to a great measure prevents dust from doing likewise, and they may be constructed any size desirable, and at the same time are durable and cheap to manufacture" (lines 42-54).
Date: October 30, 1883
Creator: Dowdell, Seleta C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Salle County

Map of La Salle County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cotulla Ledger. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1887 (open access)

The Cotulla Ledger. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Cotulla, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1887
Creator: Bowen, W. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cotulla Ledger. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1887 (open access)

The Cotulla Ledger. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Cotulla, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 5, 1887
Creator: Bowen, W. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers (open access)

O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrated images and decorative text with business name and text reading: "Steer Cattle a Specialty" in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains names D. M. O'Connor; T. M. O'Connor.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
M. J. Barlow & Co. (open access)

M. J. Barlow & Co.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images, business name, and text reading: "Millinery, Hardware, Crockery"; "Cheapest Cash House"; "Groceries and Dry Goods."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Johnson & Wimbish, Dealers in General Merchandise (open access)

Johnson & Wimbish, Dealers in General Merchandise

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, illustration of business, and business name with text reading: "Ranch Supplies a Specialty" in lithographic print by Maverick Lith. S. A. Tex. Letterhead contains the names R. Johnson; A. G. Wimbish.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Williams & Landrum, Druggists and Apothecaries (open access)

Williams & Landrum, Druggists and Apothecaries

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name and text reading: "Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods, Cigars, Stationery."
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener. (open access)

Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.

Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Keck, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool. (open access)

Combination-Tool.

Patent for "a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staple-puller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Coupling Device. (open access)

Rod-Coupling Device.

Patent for a rod-coupling device, "to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for the pump plunger-rods of windmills and the like" (lines 12-15). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Drill (open access)

Rotary Drill

Patent for a rotary drill.
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Seed, Leonard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Crate (open access)

Collapsible Crate

Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
Date: November 8, 1904
Creator: Keck, Edgar A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Goldtrap, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Bag (open access)

Water Bag

Patent for a water bag. Illustration included.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Smith, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cotulla Record. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1909 (open access)

The Cotulla Record. (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1909

Weekly newspaper from Cotulla, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 24, 1909
Creator: Manly, C. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History