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A Map of Matagorda Bay and County with the Adjacent Country
Cadastral map of the area around Madagorda Bay including Matagorda, Calhoun, and Victoria counties in the Gulf Coast region of Texas. Bodies of water are marked with some colored shading and towns are noted pictorally. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 6, 1839
Creator:
Selkirk, James H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1850
Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 16, 1850
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1850
Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 30, 1850
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1851
Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 7, 1851
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1852
Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 21, 1852
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying the Cutting Ant.
Patent for "an improved apparatus for destroying the cutting ants in their nests." (Lines 9-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 3, 1875
Creator:
Fenner, Ferdinand A. & Power, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 3, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 10, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 17, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 24, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 31, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 9, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 9, 1884
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Power
Patent for "a machine adapted for operation from an auxiliary motor actuated by horse or animal power, and has for its object to provide a simple, efficient, and durable machine of this character by or from which a cotton-gin, agrist or saw mill, or other machinery may be driven" (lines 7-13).
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Sampson, Allen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Accounts: 1901-1904]
Ledger documenting payments for ranch work; sale of pears, cotton, corn, and other goods; sale, pasturing, and inventory of livestock; and other miscellaneous business transactions.
Date:
1889-08/1904-04-23
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Medical Compound.
Patent for improvements in medical compounds: "provide a new and useful preparation for the treatment and cure of kidney and bladder affections" (lines 9-11).
Date:
August 30, 1892
Creator:
Page, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 10, 1901
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 10, 1901
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game-Cards.
Patent for game cards. Provide attractive cards with detailed instructions on how to play card games.
Date:
August 12, 1902
Creator:
Sharp, Bird H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 5, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 12, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 19, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 26, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pot-Feeder for Type-Casting Machines.
Patent for a pot feeder for type casting machines, which both sends out new metal slugs to be formed into type and refills the pot with old slugs thus keeping the level of metal in the pot even all the times.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Sengele, Louis August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn experimental station B.P.I. Victoria
Photograph of corn cobs laying in a field at an agricultural experimental workstation.
Date:
August 1910
Creator:
Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scene on Guadalupe River from county bridge
Photograph of Guadalupe River looking South. A bridge runs across the river and on the left bank is a group of buildings. Several boats are on the water.
Date:
August 8, 1910
Creator:
Mitchell, J. D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History