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Briscoe County
Map of Briscoe County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1879
Creator:
Stakemann, Max
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Briscoe County
Map of Briscoe County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Briscoe County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 7, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Briscoe County
Map of Briscoe County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Briscoe County is marked on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1881
Creator:
Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Briscoe County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Briscoe County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1885
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Body-Armor.
Patent for "an armor adapted to be employed without the use of securing-straps and which, while protecting the shoulders of the wearer, will permit of the use of his arms and shoulders, as, for instance, in executing the manual of arms, without such movement being retarded by the weight of one of the body-plates." (Lines 16-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 27, 1896
Creator:
Stevenson, Robert Ferguson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Briscoe 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:
1901
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint
Patent for "the provision of a substantial and staff joint at a less expense than the ordinary joint including fish-plates and a series of bolts and which will obviate the use of chairs to support the ends of adjacent rails and bordering upon the joint" (lines 13-18).
Date:
March 19, 1901
Creator:
Stephens, Ammon I. & Stephens, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Briscoe County
Blue line print of survey map of Briscoe County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1902
Creator:
Walker
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for "a self-locking rail-joint of novel construction and which will preclude the use of bolts or analogous fastenings, the weight of the rails and their securement to the ties being sufficient to hold the parts of the clamp close against opposite sides of the rail ends." (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date:
February 25, 1902
Creator:
Stephens, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck Brake Appliance
Patent for a truck brake appliance. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 30, 1910
Creator:
Saxon, Andrew L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastener.
Patent for a rail tie and fastener made of metal and plastic.
Date:
April 4, 1911
Creator:
Crawford, James E. & Hardy, Benjamin P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bucket
Patent for a well bucket. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
Thomas, Perry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spoke-Tightener
Patent for a spoke tightener that reduces the strain on the felly.
Date:
June 4, 1912
Creator:
Norton, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes to absorb shocks.
Date:
July 9, 1912
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree
Patent for a whiffletree. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Jackson, Oliver S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rod-Puller.
Patent for a rod puller and "relates to a lifting device for pump-tubing, drill-rods, and the equivalents thereof" (lines 8-10).
Date:
June 10, 1913
Creator:
Hooker, James H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Tool
Patent for improved tire tool
Date:
February 20, 1917
Creator:
Hodges, Ludia H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine.
Patent for an agricultural machine, a frame structure that can hold multiple types of agricultural devices and allows for the proper adjustment and manipulation of said devices without changing the frame's structure.
Date:
December 30, 1919
Creator:
Northcutt, John & Crawford, Miner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Machine
Patent for a tool to destroy weeds. This invention reuses several parts from farming tools.
Date:
November 22, 1921
Creator:
Northcutt, John G. & Crawford, Miner
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men Posing for Picture
Photograph of several men posing for a picture near Silverton, Texas on May 7, 1938. The men are, from left to right, Cole Taylor, Reid Brighton, Ed R. Porch, Bert Haigh, Dave Pennol, Carl Barnhart, Jimmie Day, Oscar Champion, and Jimmie Lowe.
Date:
May 7, 1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain to J. H. Collet]
Copy of Comptroller's Tax Deed From William J. Swain, comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas to J. H. Collet, agent for H. C. Hendrick. The deed states that Swain published in the Dallas Weekly Herald his intent to seize and auction the lands listed due to unpaid taxes and that the listed lands were purchased at the auction by J. H. Collet on behalf of H. C. Hendrick. There's a statement signed by Hiram Park stating that this document is a correct copy of the deed in the Deed Records of Hemphill County, Texas.
Date:
November 9, 1939
Creator:
Swain, William J.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Briscoe County News (Silverton, Tex.), Vol. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1941
Weekly newspaper from Silverton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 14, 1941
Creator:
Hahn, Roy W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reunion at Old F Ranch House near Quitaque, Texas
Photograph of the reuinion of ranch hands at the F Ranch house before it was razed In the photo, L-R: Bascom Jenkins of Floydada, O.W. Stroup of Quitaque, Rux Eddleman of Turkey, J. Henry Hughes of Quitaque, Hiram Sweeney of Amarillo, William Adophus Merrell of Quitaque, Dr. J. Ed Crawford of Tulia. This picture was taken August 22, 1941.
Date:
August 22, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranches Panhandle Section
Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History