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Map of Van Zandt County
Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Major governmental and geographic features are marked including Mercer's Colony Line. Scale ca. 1:133,334.
Date:
August 1853
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant to Peter S. Benton, 1855]
Grant for 320 acres of land in Van Zandt County to Peter S. Benton
Date:
July 7, 1855
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Van Zandt County
Map of Van Zandt County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Mercer's Colony Line and the road from Kingsborough to Fort Houston, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1870
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Van Zandt County
Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas including the Prairies and Lakes region. Several features are noted including the road from Kingsborough to Fort Houston. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1870
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Van Zandt County
Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Part of the title and some bodies of water are marked in color and several features are noted including Mercer's Colony Line. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1870
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pruning Implements.
Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Van Zandt County, Texas
Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some boundaries are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1880~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Body Lifter
New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.
Date:
August 24, 1880
Creator:
Morris, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grave Cover.
Patent for a new and improved grave covering. This design calls for a concrete slab, slightly larger than its lidless wooden box, to rest on the upper edges of the latter. A slat in the slab will receive a headstone, which will rest on the slab via flanges.
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Thomas, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lap Ring.
Patent for a new and improved carabiner ("lap ring"). This design calls for the hinged bar to interlock more with the body of the ring. This design prevents the stretching of the ring when bearing a heavy load, representing an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
February 22, 1881
Creator:
Morris, John P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopper for Leaching Ashes.
Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Alexander, Abbington B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn Planter and Dropper.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter or dropper. This design utilizes a hopper, a shaft provided with cups, a bevel having a countersunk opening provided with a recess, a gate hinged in said recess and held in contact with the cups on the shaft by a spring, and a concave partition fitting the periphery of the shaft, all constructed and arranged in a novel way (lines 68-75). Additionally, this design utilizes a wheel, the motion of which dispenses the seed.
Date:
June 28, 1881
Creator:
Dawson, John Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fire Screen and Fender.
Patent for a combined fire screen and fender. This design "works in the mantle-piece by means of weights, and is secured in position by by means of a spring-latch that catches in notches in the jamb. This screen thus arranged can be made to answer for three purposes: By letting it down nearly to the hearth it acts as a blower; by letting it entirely down accidents from fire are prevented, and when let down in the summer time it makes a handsome summer screen" (lines 21-30).
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lap Ring.
Patent for a new and improved lap ring (or link). This design utilizes a hinge to allow for half of the ring to part from the other half, which creates a larger opening and allows for connection with a wider range of things (e.g., larger clevises).
Date:
October 25, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Levi
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the rotary chopping-shaft, provided with the sliding gear-collar, the inner face of which is beveled round to form a shoulder, of a cross-piece, having a downwardly-extending perpendicular stop-piece" (lines 88-93).
Date:
August 8, 1882
Creator:
Rains, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Hook.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree hook. This design is for a whiffletree hook that is easy and cheap to make. Additionally, it cannot easily become detached from the whiffletree, the tongue of the wagon, or the trace chains.
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Dossey, Daniel Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Clod Crusher and Sod and Stalk Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved combined crusher of clods and cutter of sod and stalks. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the slotted beam, of the stalk-gathering device consisting of the bent wires or rods forming eyes, and diverging at their lower ends, and held in place by the plate or washers below the beam, and wedge above the beam . . . [and] of the frame, the slotted cross-bar, and the rollers having cutting-blades" (lines 74-83).
Date:
February 27, 1883
Creator:
Miller, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Canton Texan. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1883
Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
March 30, 1883
Creator:
McCurley, W. S.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor.
Patent for a new and improved churn motor. This design "consists in [a] novel construction and arrangement of parts . . . The machine . . . is so constructed that it gives to the dasher a perpendicular long or short stroke, and that it may be sunk deep or shallow in the milk; and the machine may be run at the greatest speed with but little friction, and without the danger of its parts becoming loosened, and by means of its apron and attachment . . . it holds the churn in place" (lines 16-26).
Date:
February 26, 1884
Creator:
Nevel, William A. & Fisher, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Saw Mill.
Patent for a new and improved portable saw mill. This design "is to produce a portable saw-mill of such cheap and economical plan as can be built and repaired in almost any locality. The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts" (lines 12-17).
Date:
April 1, 1884
Creator:
Rodgers, William Crittington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texan-Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 1, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1884
Creator:
Foster, W. E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texan-Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 8, 1884
Creator:
Foster, W. E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texan-Telephone. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 15, 1884
Weekly newspaper from Canton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 15, 1884
Creator:
Foster, W. E.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History