Falls County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Falls County, Texas. Falls are marked on the Brazos River, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 2, 1855
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Pickers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Hand-Machines for Gathering Cotton in the Field" (lines 3-5), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 16, 1856
Creator: Shields, B. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lora Bryan to Mrs. W. C. Bryan - September 12, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Lora Bryan to Mrs. W. C. Bryan - September 12, 1882]

Letter written to Mrs. W.C. Bryan from her daughter, Lora Bryan, giving an update about her time in college so far.
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Bryan, Lora
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Operating Windmill Pumps. (open access)

Gearing for Operating Windmill Pumps.

Patent for new and improved gearing for windmill pumps. This design has for its object "to raise water from wells by suitable mechanism connected with a fan, from which the power is communicated to the pump through said mechanism" (lines 13-16).
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Jordan, John E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Sheller. (open access)

Corn-Sheller.

Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Bander, Charles Bornet
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date: September 13, 1892
Creator: Carter, Joseph John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer. (open access)

Cotton-Distributer.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton distributers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Ogden, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner. (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in gin saw cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Ogden, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Allene Freeman]

Portrait of Allene Freeman dressed in white with flowers in her hands.
Date: September 2, 1901
Creator: Miller
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap with a unique construction. It can be used for many animals but is specially made for salamanders or other burrowing type animals.
Date: September 9, 1902
Creator: Hetherington, Sam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scrub Brush. (open access)

Scrub Brush.

Patent for an invention that combines a mop and a scrub brush into one device. With this device "the mop will travel in the rear of the brush and take up water and scour what may have been passed over by the brush" (lines 10-13) including illustration
Date: September 29, 1905
Creator: Sanders, Ida D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for improvements to wrenches and monkey wrenches in particular, "improved construction and arrangement of adjustable jaw and improved means for locking the latter in its adjusted position and quickly releasing the same for readjustment" (lines 16-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Waters, Richard Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Weather intro] (open access)

[News Script: Weather intro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about temperatures rising to 100 degrees and residents in the tri-county water district in Central Texasbeing out of water again.
Date: September 11, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Wally Able, September 10, 1974] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Wally Able, September 10, 1974]

Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Wally Able discussing a biographical sketch about Dr. May Owen. Also included is information about Dr. Owen's background, career, and accomplishments.
Date: September 10, 1974
Creator: Hornaday, Jon R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Dallas Drugs] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Drugs]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: September 5, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Crime Watch] captions transcript

[News Clip: Crime Watch]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.
Date: September 25, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Donations] captions transcript

[News Clip: Donations]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: September 29, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Women Physicians (open access)

Texas Women Physicians

Computer printout of page 52 of a list of Texas Women Physicians, in alphabetical order, including: Minnie Carrie O'Brien, Florence Mae, Olmsted, May Owen, Minnie Ola Parrish, and Elizabeth Agnes Paterson. Includes information about the physicians' birth, death, education, and place of practice, as well as citations of the references from which the info was taken.
Date: September 9, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Central Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Central Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Central Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History