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[Transcript of letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, August 8, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, August 8, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, reporting that Col. Jose de las Piedras has declared to be in favor of the Constitution of Santa Anna. Additionally, Piedras has been taken prisoner and that Bowie has assumed command of the 12th Regiment of the Infantry, formerly of Nacogdoches. He also requests that Austin gather and send 20 horse, cattle, or provisions to facilitate their cause.
Date: August 8, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Angelina County

Map of Angelina County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Angelina County

Map of Angelina County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region, located in the Nacogdoches District. A small drawing of a building and stack representing Micheti Mills on Angelina River is included on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1882
Creator: Thielepape, George J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Banner. (Homer, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1882 (open access)

The Banner. (Homer, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Homer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 10, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young A.E. Mantooth]

Photograph of A.E. Mantooth when he was a young boy. Mr. Mantooth is wearing dark colored clothing in the photograph and he is posing next to a chair.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Stock-Cutter. (open access)

Rotary Stock-Cutter.

Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Hardee, Isaiah
Object Type: Patent
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
Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus. (open access)

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.

Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Driver, Elias K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion-Cultivator. (open access)

Expansion-Cultivator.

Patent for cultivators "which can be readily expanded or contracted to adapt the device to the distance apart of the rows to be cultivated or to cover a tract or greater or less breadth." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Moore, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for "adjustable means by which the handles of the cultivator may be readily adjusted lengthwise relatively to the position of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam," and "to remove the operator from possible contact with the dirt thrown by the rearmost teeth of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam." (Lines 30-39) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Benfield, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses. (open access)

Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Singleton, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Angelina County

Blue line print of survey map of Angelina County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1899
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Angelina 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: 1899
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McCall Family Photo]

Photograph of several members from the McCall family identified from the top, left to right as Annie, Hugh, Sarah, Ezell and Ina. The people on the bottom are identified from left to right as Charlie, Daniel B., Laura, Eva, Mattie.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Three Children]

Photograph of three children in dresses posing behind an enclosed area. Ethel Atkinson is identified as the person on the far right.
Date: 1899~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geologic Atlas of the United States: Uvalde Folio, Texas (open access)

Geologic Atlas of the United States: Uvalde Folio, Texas

This atlas contains three colored maps from the quadrangle region around Uvalde (Culberson County) and Zavalla (Angelina County), Texas including historical geography, topography, and structure sections. The illustrated text of the atlas discusses the geological elevation of the area, provides in-depth breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals as well as other features of the region, and includes economic geology, agriculture and cattle raising information.
Date: 1900
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Atkerson Family Portrait]

Photograph of four members of the Adkerson family posing in front of a dark colored background. They are identified from left to right as Mintie Slack (b. Dec 3rd 1890 - d. Mar 16 1921), Sarah Franklin Adams Slack (b. Feb 16 1875 - d. Oct 6 1904), Reuben Leroy Slack (b. Aug 29, 1869 - d. Oct 6, 1915), Arthur Cairrel Slack (AC) (b. Aug 29, 1892 - d. July 22, 1971).
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Jack Coward Sr. and Lillian Agee]

Photograph of Jack Mack Coward Sr. seated next to Lillian Rebecca Agee who is standing next to him. They are both wearing dark colored formal clothing.
Date: 1902~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burning Wood Waste Pile]

Photograph of a burning wood waste outside of the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way]

Photograph of cut timber along the right of way awaiting transportation to the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmill.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cut Timber on the Right of Way - 2]

Photograph of cut timber along a right of way, cut by the Southern Pine Lumber Company.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Donkey pulling a Lumber Cart]

Photograph of a donkey pulling a lumber cart with a Southern Pine Lumber Company worker.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emmit Massingill, Scaler, Southern Pine Lumber Company]

Photograph of Emmit Massingill, Southern Pine Lumber Company scaler. Cut timber is shown in the background.
Date: 1903
Creator: American Lumberman
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Eddy Berry and Wagon]

Photograph of Jim Eddy Berry posing by a parked delivery milk wagon. Mr. Berry is seen standing by the carriage and he is wearing dark colored clothing along with a hat.
Date: 1903/1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History