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Trinity County

Cadastral map of Trinity County in the Piney Woods region. Geographic features are marked as well as the road to Colthary's Ferry. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 8, 1857
Creator: Baumgarthen, John E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Trinity County

Cadastral map of Trinity County, Texas the Piney Woods region. Legal statements in the upper-left and lower-right corners attest to the accuracy of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1859
Creator: Baumgarthen, John E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Trinity County

Cadastral map of Trinity County, Texas in the Piney Woods 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 1862
Creator: Reichel, Robert
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Heacock, Cadwallader
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity County

Cadastral map of Trinity County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Several features are marked including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1882
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws. (open access)

Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws.

Patent for a new and improved device for jointing, gauging, and setting saws. This design consists "[i]n a saw-jointer and gage . . . the body-plate or block, having laterally extending arms, a groove extending entirely through the said arms, overhanging flanges extending from the said arms, a slot in the bottom of the groove forming an open space between the flanges, and a flat spring secured in the groove, facing the flanges" (lines 28-35).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Cummings, Virgil T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W.S. Peters to M.A. Spoonts - September 9, 1886] (open access)

[Letter from W.S. Peters to M.A. Spoonts - September 9, 1886]

Letter written to M.A. Spoonts from W.S. Peters concerning the logistics of selling of a plot of land.
Date: September 9, 1886
Creator: Peters, W. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Check. (open access)

Door Check.

Patent for a new and improved door-check. This design "has relation to door-checks . . . for retaining a door or gate in any desired opened position; and it has for its objects to provide such a door-check in which the holding or clamping mechanism of the check is operated automatically from the latch or knob of the lock, to provide a strong brace for retaining the door in its adjusted position . . . a bolt casing slides upon a rail carried at the upper edge of the door and has a bolt operated from the lock of the door for engaging the said rail, and in which a brace or arm is pivoted to the door-frame" (lines 8-26).
Date: August 14, 1888
Creator: Scarborough, William Daily
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "of the wheel having the series of arms, the V-shaped fenders secured thereto, the rim having offsets and tapering side edges, the hoe-bars having rollers, and overlapping hoes at their outer ends" (lines 73-78).
Date: May 14, 1889
Creator: Woodbury, Amasa O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check (open access)

Door-Check

Patent for "improved door-check for retaining the door in any desired open position. . . of very simple construction controlled by connection with the knob of the door" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Scarborough, William Daily
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lumber-Kiln (open access)

Lumber-Kiln

Patent for a "kiln proper . . . constructed with special reference to combustion of cinders or sparks, and thereby preventing their escape into the chamber containing the lumber" (lines 7-10)
Date: February 25, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Andrew T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-motors by using the combination of an upright supporting frame, “a shaft journaled in the frame, means for rotating the shaft,…..corresponding with the size of the joint between the dasher-staff and pitman, substantially as specified.” (Line 5-15, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: MaGee, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grinding-Machine (open access)

Grinding-Machine

Patent for "a machine chiefly adapted for making or grinding molding bits or knives with either a straight or irregular cutting-edge; but my invention is also adapted for making and grinding other edged tools and implements" (lines 13-18).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Ross, William
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
Feed-Cutting Machine. (open access)

Feed-Cutting Machine.

Patent for a grain-cutting apparatus with adjustable knives. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Clark, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits. (open access)

Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.

Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Ross, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator. (open access)

Lubricator.

Patent for a new and useful lubricator. This invention "relates to certain improvements in lubricators, such as are adapted for use in connection with the wheels of wagons, carriages, and other vehicles" (line 8 -11).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: McCall, Duncan D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Slates. (open access)

Frame For Slates.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for slates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Mitchell, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Lamp.

Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Josserand, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Lamp.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas lamps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Josserand, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongs. (open access)

Tongs.

Patent for tongs with gripping jaws that are removable and have variable gripping surfaces on each vertical side of the jaws.
Date: December 11, 1900
Creator: Rice, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for "simple and easily-operated mechanism for opening and closing a gate and for controlling the latch thereof by the same mechanism which opens and closes the gate" (lines 12-16).
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Seckler, Levi W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Trinity County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trinity 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: 1905
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History