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Harrison County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering Harrison County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 21, 1871
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Harrison County

Cadastral map of Harrison County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 21, 1871
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Washing Machine. (open access)

Boiler Washing Machine.

Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
Date: June 28, 1870
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1876
Creator: Bell, Francis R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life Boat. (open access)

Life Boat.

Patent for a new and improved life boat. This design consists "[i]n a life-boat, the combination of a hull having the portion of its sides above the water-line overhanging and concave and having the portion of its sides below the water-line convex, with air-chambers having their inner walls curved corresponding to the curves of the upper portion of the sides and converging into the sides at their lower edges, the said chambers increasing in capacity toward the upper edges of the sides of the hull" (lines 22-31).
Date: June 16, 1885
Creator: Dwyer, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writing Machine. (open access)

Type-Writing Machine.

Patent for a type-writing machine that has an improved variable line spacer. The simple and durable line spacer has the minimum number of parts and is easily adjustable to any distance.
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Hudson, John Horace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester (open access)

Spark-Arrester

Patent for "improvements whereby the sparks from a locomotive will be passed directly from the flues through the stack and the outer air will be admitted, which will keep the cinders in motion and force them through fine perforations and against the hard surfaces until they are thoroughly pulverized and all the fire therein is extinguished, and which .will thereby prevent the danger to combustible products by fire thrown from an engine and which will not in any way decrease or interfere with the efficient work of the locomotive" (lines 17-29).
Date: June 28, 1892
Creator: Curran, John William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Patriot (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1852 (open access)

The State Patriot (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 26, 1852

Weekly newspaper from Marshall, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 26, 1852
Creator: Marshall, J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Star State Patriot (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 7, 1851 (open access)

The Star State Patriot (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 7, 1851

Weekly newspaper from Marshall, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 7, 1851
Creator: Witherspoon, A. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-259 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-259

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The legal term times of the Harrison County Court, under the submitted facts.
Date: June 23, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 72, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 1948 (open access)

Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 72, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 27, 1948

Daily newspaper from Marshall, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Several Curved Benches]

Photograph of several curved benches in a courtroom in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up of Staircase Railing]

Photograph of a black staircase railing in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking Through an Open Door]

Photograph looking through an open safe door out onto a landing, with a staircase in the background, in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elevator through Archway]

Photograph of the closed doors to an elevator viewed through an archway in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of an Open Door]

Photograph of an open door set in a heavy wooden frame, leading to a hallway with a closed door, in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas. A window is visible to the left.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Staircase]

Photograph of a short staircase in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harrison County Courthouse Rotunda]

Photograph looking up at the rotunda inside the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking Up at Rotunda]

Photograph looking up at the rotunda inside the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Decorative Woodwork at Top of Stairs]

Photograph of decorative woodwork in a scroll pattern at the top of a staircase inside the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas. An open door is visible to the left.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Scrollwork Carving]

Photograph of a wood carving in the shape of a scroll, at the top of a staircase in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Standing in Courtroom]

Photograph of an unidentified man standing by the judge's bench at the front of a courtroom in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Staircase Inside Courthouse]

Photograph of an elaborate staircase inside the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pipes in Room]

Photograph of pipes and metal tubes in a room in the Harrison County courthouse in Marshall, Texas.
Date: June 21, 2009
Creator: Bell, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History