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Scurry Co.

Survey map of Scurry County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: February 19, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scurry County

Cadastral map of Scurry County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some notes are made in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 19, 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scurry County

Cadastral "tracing" map of Scurry County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some notes are made in color. There is a note in the upper-left corner regarding the surveys in the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
H. A. Goodwin, Surveyor, Scurry Land District (open access)

H. A. Goodwin, Surveyor, Scurry Land District

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and text reading: "District Composed of Scurry, Kent and Garza Counties."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alabama & Texas Cattle Co. (open access)

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

Scurry County

Cadastral "tracing" map of Scurry County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some notes are made in color. There is a note in the upper-left corner regarding the surveys in the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 1896
Creator: Bonham, Sam
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Acting Pump (open access)

Double-Acting Pump

Patent for new and useful improvement in double-acting pumps for those "deep-well double-acting pumps in which as single cylinder and piston are used" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1900
Creator: Stuckes, John M. & Smith, Earnest K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump to be used for pumping oil and water including instructions.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Strainer. (open access)

Pump-Strainer.

Patent for a pump strainer for liquid wells that excludes sand and other foreign matter before it can foul the pump or wear its parts.
Date: November 13, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well casing (open access)

Well casing

Patent for a well-casing for a strainer.
Date: December 18, 1900
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c. (open access)

Sediment-Collector for Coffee-Pots, &c.

Patent for a device that collects sediments from coffee grounds and tea leaves inside the coffee or tea pot. Includes Illustration.
Date: September 10, 1901
Creator: Martin, Percy P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Harvester (open access)

Corn-Harvester

Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg-Preserving Compound. (open access)

Egg-Preserving Compound.

Patent for a compound of cotton-seed oil, beeswax, paraffin, and salicylic acid that was meant to preserve eggs by sealing their pores.
Date: March 4, 1902
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1904 (open access)

The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1904 (open access)

The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 25, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1904 (open access)

The Coming West. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 29, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scurry County Courthouse, Snyder, Texas]

Photograph of the Scurry County Courthouse built in 1886. It is a two-story brick building in Snyder, Texas. A man in a suit stands at the corner of the building and a lumber pile is set up in front of the building. A few other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 31, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 7, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 14, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 21, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 28, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 6, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1908 (open access)

The Western Light. (Snyder, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1908

Weekly newspaper from Snyder, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 13, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History