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Eden 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: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010 (open access)

Transcript of Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010

Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date: March 23, 1918
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells (open access)

Antifriction Hollow-Tube Sucker-Rod for Deep Wells

Patent for a "simple and inexpensive means for coupling the tubular sections of the sucker rod together and guiding said rod with little or no friction into the well casing or tube" (lines13-17). This object is to be used in "pumping water, oil, and other liquids from deep wells"(lines 11-12).
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Black, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History