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Roberts County

Cadastral "tracing" map of Roberts County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some features are marked in color, including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County

Cadastral "tracing" map of Roberts County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some borders and features are marked in color, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 27, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County

Survey map of Roberts County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes river, creeks, towns, and roads. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: August 1889
Creator: Hausmann, E. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County

Cadastral map of Roberts County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some borders and features are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1889
Creator: Hausmann, E. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County, Texas.

Blue line print of survey map of Roberts County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and drilling locations. A legend is included in the upper-right corner of the map, indicating drilling locations of oil and gas wells, dry holes, and abandoned wells. A handwritten note has been made at the top of the map: "Roberts Co." Scale [ca. 1:168,962] (2 miles to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: [1890..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District (open access)

W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative images, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Bexar District Comprises the Following Counties: Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Gray," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names Will H. Bonnell, L. L. Lacy, Deputies.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a new and useful valve for "controlling the flow of steam, compressed air, water, or other fluid" (line 12 - 14).
Date: December 27, 1898
Creator: Mitchell, Charles Bradley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Compress. (open access)

Cotton-Compress.

Patent for a new and useful cotton compress, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 31, 1899
Creator: Brady, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rake and Stacker. (open access)

Combined Rake and Stacker.

Patent for an improved combined rake and stacker. The improvement includes an added horse-rake for hay, which can be used to load hay into a wagon or place in a stack.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Jahns, R. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Cropping Tool. (open access)

Corn-Cropping Tool.

Patent for a manual corn harvesting tool in which a curved cutting knife is secured to a metal plate which fits into the hand(s) of the operator and is secured to the hand(s) by a strap and buckle. Use of this apparatus would replace the two separate actions of grasping the corn with one hand and cutting it with the other.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Gordon, Frederick William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer. (open access)

Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer for building fences and baling hay.
Date: November 14, 1911
Creator: Cornett, Mike Weldon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rail Joint and Chair (open access)

Combined Rail Joint and Chair

Patent for a combined rail joint and rail chair. Illustrations included.
Date: October 22, 1912
Creator: Newman, Harry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel for Vehicles. (open access)

Resilient Wheel for Vehicles.

Patent for wheels for automobiles which are resilient by introducing a cushioned and floating hub between the hub and the rim.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Brizendine, Olie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar (open access)

Calendar

Patent for a calendar that has the ability to preserve pages of interest for future reference.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Pennington, Emory G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County, Texas.

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: 1927
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to Bascom Giles, October 19, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Sayles to Bascom Giles, October 19, 1939]

Letter from Jack Sayles to Bascom Giles requesting a map for the locations of different sections of land.
Date: October 19, 1939
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles, October 23, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles, October 23, 1939]

Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles discussing documents related to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company's block in Hemphill and Roberts Counties, Texas. The letter is copied to John W. Glahn and is printed on the letterhead of the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: October 23, 1939
Creator: Rood, R. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles, December 15, 1939] (open access)

[Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles, December 15, 1939]

Letter from R. F. Rood to Sayles & Sayles discussing a revised and correct plat of land in Hemphill and Roberts Counties, made at time of a suit.
Date: December 15, 1939
Creator: Rood, R. F.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roberts County, Texas: Records of wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing location of wells and springs (open access)

Roberts County, Texas: Records of wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing location of wells and springs

Data complied regarding wells and other water resources, including water quality analysis, measurements, and other relevant information.
Date: November 5, 1940
Creator: United States. Work Projects Administration.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5923 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5923

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Robertson County has the authority to pay a County Attorney Pro Tem for his services under the facts stated; and related questions.
Date: June 23, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
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

Amarillo

Topographic quadrangle map of Amarillo, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amarillo

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 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Agatha Arrington to Truett Latimer, March 6, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Agatha Arrington to Truett Latimer, March 6, 1961]

Letter from Mrs. Agatha Arrington to Truett Latimer opposing the House Joint Resolution to legalize gambling in texas. She also advocates for the sales tax and asks for a change in the election laws.
Date: March 6, 1961
Creator: Arrington, Mrs. Agatha
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History