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Bottle.
Patent for "a bottle and stopper whereby the bottle can be filled in the ordinary manner, but after being sealed by the stopper of novel construction it cannot be refilled after once being emptied without breaking or fracturing the bottle." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, George V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1897
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved car coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 11, 1898
Creator:
Sherrill, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Crazy Well
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name, with text reading: "Water shipped fresh from the well to any point at 10 cents per gallon"; "Mineral Wells, The Carlsbad of the New World"; "Crazy Well Water will Cure Rheumatism, Indigestion, Insomnia, Diabetes, Kidney and Liver Troubles."
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cunningham Bros., Real Estate and Bankers
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and stylized business name, with text reading: "Buy, Sell, Lease, Rent, Redeem Land Sold For Taxes"; "And Work Attended To With Department At Austin"; "The Cunningham Bridge Co., Inventors and Proprietors of The Flinn Galvanized Steel Suspension Bridge. Cunningham Bros., Business Managers," in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Letterhead contains the names D. L. Cunningham, Civil Engineer; J. L. Cunningham, Notary Public.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Derrick.
Patent for a portable derrick "in which the derrick-frame is rotatable, the same being especially adapted for use in handling bales of cotton, baggage, ice, and other heavy articles." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, George V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel]
A color photograph of the Hexagon Hotel is shown here. Please note the Convention Hall to the right (north) of the Hotel. The Convention Hall was built in 1925 to accommodate the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention, and was built over a portion of the foundation of the electric power plant of the hotel. In 1897 Galbraith was granted, by city ordinance, a 50-year franchise to illuminate the city. The Hexagon Hotel was torn down in 1959. Ira Tarwater (who had been contracted to do the work) remarked that "[I]t was the most novel building I have to tear down." He later said that he regretted doing it. The Convention Center was demolished in 1977.
Date:
1897/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hexagon Hotel], Southside
This photograph is a cleaned-up version, by A.F. Weaver, of the Hexagon Hotel, at approximately the time of its completion. (The site has been cleaned, and the trash removed.) Construction of the Hexagon Hotel started in 1895, and it opened for business in 1897, to ameliorate Mineral Wells' torrid summertime heat years before air-conditioning became available, its design was such that it could catch every vagrant breeze, and cool the hotel. A DC generating plant (seen behind and to the left of the hotel) furnished power to an electric light in each room. It was the first electrically-lighted hotel in Mineral Wells. the plant was operational when the hotel opened. There was also a steam laundry and an ice house, as well. The ice house produced its first block of ice in 1903. The builder/owner, Mr. David G. Galbraith (along with five other men) held the patent for acetate. Mr. Galbraith was a prominent cattleman from Colorado City, Texas. He came to Mineral Wells in hopes of curing a sever attack of rheumatism. He took the baths, and found that they helped him, so he decided to remain in Mineral Wells, and open a hotel. The original photograph, included in …
Date:
1897/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Markham
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name, decorative images, and a illustrations of two hotels in lithographic print by Louisville Lith. Co., Louisville, KY. In addition to the Markham Hotel, The Kimball Hotel is featured on letterhead. Letterhead includes the names Chas. Beermann & Co., Proprietors; Geo. W. Scoville, Manager.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men in Front of Palo Pinto Courthouse]
Photograph of a group of men posing in front of the Palo Pinto Courthouse. The men are wearing hats and dark clothing. The courthouse's entrance, sandstone block walls, and an arched window with open shutters are visible behind the group.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mineral Wells Graphic. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Mineral Wells, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1897
Creator:
Hendry, Robert E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County
Blue line print of survey map of Palo Pinto County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1898
Creator:
Pressler, Herman & Davis, Grady W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County.
Map shows late nineteenth century Palo Pinto County, Texas land ownership, railroads, land grants, and course of the Brazos River; railroads grands and Texan Emigration and Land Company's premium surveys; additional handdrawn annotation for petroleum well location. Scale [1:66,667].
Date:
1898
Creator:
Pressler, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto 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:
1898
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County
Cadastral map of Palo Pinto County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some borders and features are marked in color, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1896
Creator:
Appell, P. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palo Pinto County Courthouse]
Photograph of the Palo Pinto County Courthouse in Palo Pinto, Texas. The building is comprised of stone blocks and two levels of long windows. Chimneys can be seen on its left side and right forward corners. A belfry rises from the center of the building. Several men can be seen sitting on a wooden fence or a horse-drawn wagon in front of the courthouse.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1896
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Tribune. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 15, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, W. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Tribune. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 5, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, W. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Tribune. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 12, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, W. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Tribune. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 19, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, W. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto Tribune. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Palo Pinto, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 17, 1895
Creator:
Wallace, W. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History