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Cleburne 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
Weatherford 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
Alvarado 1891 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
March 1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1891 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
March 1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson County Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1891
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for improvements in washing-machines by using a combination of adjustable stationary rubbing-board and a rotary rubbing-cylinder to regulate the pressure on the clothes and at the same time, clothes can be cleaned without injury to them. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Polk, Kindrick Ford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Operating Churns.
Patent for improvement in operation of churns by using a spring-bar to press the flanged wheel against the driving-wheel to cause the dasher-shaft to revolve, thus the cream will be churned quickly. Illustration is included.
Date:
July 14, 1891
Creator:
Conner, Laurance H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cleburne Chronicle. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1891
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 21, 1891
Creator:
Scurlock, A. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swinging Chair.
Patent for improvements in swinging chairs for children, "which will render the chair automatic in operation or require but little exertion from the child occupying it, there being little or no danger of the child falling out while the chair is swinging," (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 3, 1891
Creator:
Eller, Julius M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas.
This book is a biographical view of Johnson and Hill counties and their history. The book uses many narratives of the individuals who helped shape Johnson and Hill county history. The book has various content including hundreds of brief biographies, including some illustrations.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Lewis Publishing Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cleburne Chronicle. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 19, 1892
Creator:
Scurlock, A. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Perforating Device.
Patent for "a combined gripper-bar and perforator for use on printing-presses." (Lines 8-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 15, 1890
Creator:
Wells, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson County Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 5, 1892
Creator:
Baillio, F. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed Apparatus for Locomotives.
Patent for a new and improved feed apparatus for locomotives. This design is "for feeding the boiler of a locomotive-engine wherein a feed-pipe extends from a tank or tender to an injector a conical strainer is located in the three-way valve-casing for intercepting dirt, leaves, and foreign matter, to prevent the same passing with the feed-water to the boiler" (lines 9-15). It consists, "with a valve-casing containing a valve and having pipes or tubes for connecting, respectively, with a tank or tender and an injector or boiler, [and] of a strainer having steam-jet orifices arranged round its base" (lines 69-73).
Date:
October 25, 1892
Creator:
Raynor, Irwin Halpin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 5
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleburne 1893 Sheet 6
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cleburne in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grandview 1893 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Grandview in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1893
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Photo of Confederate Veterans in Cleburne, Texas]
Photograph of the Pat Cleburne United Confederate Veterans, mostly likely in front of the Johnson County Courthouse. There are forty-five people in the photo and they are labeled with numbers which correspond the the list at the bottom of the photo. The identifying information includes each person's name and where they served in the Civil War. Several of the men are using crutches and are amputees, and most of the men are wearing suits.
Date:
1893~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weatherford 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:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a practical, simple, and efficient washing machine that cleans soiled fabrics with the minimum amount of labor in a small amount of time, without wearing out the fabrics.
Date:
March 28, 1893
Creator:
Snider, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History