Breckenridge Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1890
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Experiment Station Record, Volume 1, September 1889-July 1890 (open access)

Experiment Station Record, Volume 1, September 1889-July 1890

Volume provides abstracts of agricultural experiments conducted during the year. Also includes statistics, convention reports, bulletins, and bibliographies. Name and subject indexes start on page 327.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 40: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. November-February, 1890. (open access)

The Federal Reporter. Volume 40: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. November-February, 1890.

The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 41: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. March-June, 1890. (open access)

The Federal Reporter. Volume 41: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. March-June, 1890.

The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 42: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. June-September, 1890. (open access)

The Federal Reporter. Volume 42: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. June-September, 1890.

The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
On a Group of Volcanic Rocks from the Tewan Mountains, New Mexico and on the Occurrence of Primary Quartz in Certain Basalts (open access)

On a Group of Volcanic Rocks from the Tewan Mountains, New Mexico and on the Occurrence of Primary Quartz in Certain Basalts

A report about volcanic rocks from the Tewan Mountains which present a series of transitions from acid rhyolite, through audesite, to quite basic basalt.
Date: 1890
Creator: Iddings, Joseph Paxson
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relations of the Traps of the Newark System in the New Jersey Region (open access)

The Relations of the Traps of the Newark System in the New Jersey Region

From introduction: This contribution is a summary of the more complete results of a systematic study of the relations of the traps of the Newark system in New Jersey and New York
Date: 1890
Creator: Darton, Nelson Horatio
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas: 1889 (open access)

Report of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas: 1889

Annual report of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts documenting financial records including disbursements and transactions made by the office during fiscal year 1889. Index starts on page 3.
Date: January 1, 1890
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephenville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1890
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction Biennial Report: 1889-1890 (open access)

Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction Biennial Report: 1889-1890

Biennial report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Texas Department of Education discussing the educational needs in the state, documenting information and statistics regarding schools and students, and reporting on agency activities.
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas. State Department of Education.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 28, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 28, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 797.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 29, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 29, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1037.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 29, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 29, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 967.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1081.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 3, Correspondence...Union. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 3, Correspondence...Union.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1027.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence...Union and Confederate. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 4, Correspondence...Union and Confederate.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 777.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 31, In Three Parts. Part 1, Reports. (open access)

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 31, In Three Parts. Part 1, Reports.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 871.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. War Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Work of the Agricultural Experiment Stations (open access)

The Work of the Agricultural Experiment Stations

Bulletin issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture compiling selected articles from the Agricultural Experiment Stations. This bulletin contains articles on: Better Cows for the Dairy, Fibrin in Milk, Bacteria in Milk, Silos and Silage, Alfalfa, and Field Experiments with Fertilizers.
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attachment for Cotton Plows. (open access)

Attachment for Cotton Plows.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Collier, Johnathan T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head provided with the hole through its under side and the vertical guide-grooves in its exterior sides, of the stirrup sliding in said grooves and provided with a tongue at its lower and hooks at its upper parts, and a lifting-device—such as a rod or bar—adapted to engage with the upper part of the stirrup for raising it in the said external guide-grooves and causing the said tongue to raise the coupling-link in the draw-head" (lines 4-14).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mason, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Trestle. (open access)

Extensible Trestle.

Patent for an improvement to extensible trestles for masonry and carpentryscaffolding and other uses, including both instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Bogusch, Robert J.; Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tackle. (open access)

Fishing Tackle.

Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secured to the ring, and in locating above the hub and at the center of a series of hooks a bait-support" (lines 11-24).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mayer, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press. (open access)

Hay Press.

Patent for a new and improved hay press. This design consists, "with the frame, of the pivot-pin mounted in the end of the frame and having a crank disk on its lower end, the pitman pivoted to said disk, the spring secured to the pitman and the frame, the double-cam secured on the pivot-pin, the sweep loosely mounted on the pivot-pin above the said double cam, and the dogs pivoted within the sweep and bearing on the cam" (lines 59-67).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mayes, Thomas T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dam. (open access)

Portable Dam.

Patent for a new and improved portable dam. This design "consists in the combination of the timbers which form the dam, the vertical uprights between which the timbers are place, the braces which support the dam in an upright position, the rider placed upon the braces, the wires, and the hooks to which the wires are fastened" (lines 13-19).
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Williams, Stephen P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History