Pendleton and Fergeson (open access)

Pendleton and Fergeson

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name and text reading: "Dealers in Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals. Toilet Articles, Stationery, Etc. West Side Square. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day and Night."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Foard County [Texas]

Map shows land tract boundaries, block and tract numbers, ownership for some tracts, land patents, and towns; adjacent counties where property lines extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1891
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breaking-Rig. (open access)

Breaking-Rig.

Patent for a "horse breaking or training apparatus, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device adapted to be attached to a horse to prevent kicking without preventing trotting or pacing." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 18, 1896
Creator: Kenner, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History