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Mitchell Co.
Cadastral map of Mitchell County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date:
July 1880
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mitchell County
Map of Mitchell County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Mitchell County and the Texas Pacific 16 Mile Reservation are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1880
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Mitchell County, Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Mitchell County, Texas township grid, block and tract numbers, railroads, railroad grants, and towns. Scale [1:133,334].
Date:
[1882..1902]
Creator:
Stakemann, M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape.
Patent for a new and improved fire escape. This design "relates to that class of fire escapes designed to save life from burning houses or ships; and its object is to provide means whereby a boat or car may be lowered from the side of a vessel, or a car may be raised or lowered to and from the windows of a house" (lines 8-13).
Date:
October 21, 1884
Creator:
McKinzie, Thomas Duncan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Place Heater.
Patent for a new and improved fire-place heater. This design "is to provide an inexpensive fire-place heater, constructed so that it may heat two or more rooms on the same floor of a building, and with a single fire, so as to economize fuel and labor of attendance" (lines 7-11).
Date:
June 2, 1885
Creator:
Bartlett, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bud Coleman to William John Bryan, September 26. 1885]
Letter from Bud Coleman to William John Bryan discussing how the rumors of Coleman making threats and harsh statements against Bryan are untrue.
Date:
September 26, 1885
Creator:
Coleman, Bud
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fire Escape.
Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "is to provide means whereby lowering the car may be made more safe and easy to the operators, whereby the occupants of the car may be shielded from smoke and flames bursting from lower windows while the car descends, whereby the shield may be housed when not in use, and in means whereby the use of this fire-escape by burglars may be prevented" (lines 12-20).
Date:
October 27, 1885
Creator:
McKinzie, Thomas Duncan
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel Hub.
Patent for a new and improved wheel-hub. This design "relates to wheel-hubs, and its objects are, first, to permit removal or renewal of the spokes without displacing the tire; second, to insure synchronous motion of the axle-box and the hub; and, third, to attain these ends with simplicity of structure" (lines 8-13).
Date:
July 20, 1886
Creator:
Miller, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine
Patent for improvements to machines that file saw teeth, including illustrations.
Date:
February 1, 1887
Creator:
Nolen, Robert; Bishop, Rudolph W. & Waltemeyer, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Check.
Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "is to provide a means for preventing the jarring and noise incident to the sudden stoppage of a door or window-blind in closing . . . and to this end it consists of a hinge having one leaf provided with a case or box extending laterally from the back thereof, the said case or box inclosing a spring-actuated bolt which normally projects beyond the point of the leaf, and is arranged to engage with the other leaf of the hinge when the door is closed" (lines 7-19).
Date:
August 2, 1887
Creator:
Byrne, Matthew Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dan. S. Park
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration and stylized business name, with text reading: "Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware"; "Special Attention to Repairing."
Date:
1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Franco-Texan Land Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "The Company Has a large amount of lands for sale or lease in Parker, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Shackelford, Callahan, Jones, Taylor, Nolan, Fisher and Mitchell counties"; "Lands Will be sold in Tracts to suit purchasers, and either for cash or long credit. The Company has no Local Agents. Apply direct to this office." Letterhead includes the names A. J. Hood, Pres.; J. Pit, Sec'y and Treas.
Date:
1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mitchell County, State of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Mitchell County, Texas tracts of land with landowners names, patents, block and lot numbers; railroads and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date:
1889
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mitchell County, state of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Mitchell County, Texas tracts of land with landowners names, patents, block and lot numbers; railroads and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date:
1889
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burns, Walker & Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains illustration of business and stylized text of business name, with text reading: "Wholesale & Retail Dealers in General Merchandise"; "Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Boots & Shoes, Hats, Blankets, Trunks & Valises, Tents & Tarpaulins, Groceries, Wagons, Sulphur, Coopers Sheep Dip, California, Canned Goods, New Home, Sewing Machines." Letterhead includes the names F. M. Burns; J. A. Walker; J. L. Smith.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dan. S. Park
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration and stylized business name, with text reading: "Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware"; "Special Attention to Repairing."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Salt Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes and decorative designs and business name with text reading: "The Texas Salt Co., Manufacturers of Pure Solar Salt. Steam Refined." Letterhead contains the names Geo. E. Briggs, President; W. S. Marshall, Vice President; H. L. Gill, Secretary.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design consists, "with the working-barrel, of a casing or shell secured to the lower end of said barrel, the said shell tapering downward and being provided with an annular shoulder on its inner surface, a valve-seat provided with an annular flange and downward elastic extensions constructed to close against said shell and rest on said shoulder, and a valve-cage connected with said seat and containing a valve" (lines 82-91).
Date:
December 9, 1890
Creator:
Shelburn, Cephas C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alabama & Texas Cattle Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, cattle illustrations, business name, and text reading: "Alabama & Texas Cattle Co., of Mobile Ala."; "Ranch in Borden and Scurry Counties, Texas"; "Brand kept up"; "Stock horses." Letterhead contains the names A. P. Bush; A. P. Bush Jr.; T. G. Bush.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Case.
Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included
Date:
February 10, 1891
Creator:
Marlow, Claud E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J.D. Birdwell, Sheriff and Tax Collector
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. VanTuyl & Son, Horse and Cattle Breeders
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, business name, and text reading: "Pasturage for Stock"; "Amato Ranch."
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
usp015/00472545
Patent for "a simple and economical device of this character, which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency, and whereby sand and dirt is effectually excluded and the grease or other lubricating material prevented from escaping" (lines 15-21).
Date:
April 12, 1892
Creator:
Miller, William J.; McBean, Robert S. & McBurnett, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wiffletree-Hook.
Patent for a strong and durable wiffletree-hook that is spring-actuated and uses an eye-bolt to hold the trace securely. It consists of a socket with an eye-bolt, a seat with flanges on all four s ides, pivot-lugs extending from the seat, a hook pivoted between the lugs, and a bow spring on the flanged-seat.
Date:
October 31, 1893
Creator:
McBean, Robert Sinclair & McBurnett, John Wesley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History