Resource Type

Wire Fence. (open access)

Wire Fence.

Patent for wire fencing using wooden and iron posts to be more readily seen by cattle, including illustration.
Date: November 8, 1853
Creator: Meriwether, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Bed-Bottom. (open access)

Spring Bed-Bottom.

Patent for the improvement of bedsteads using a spring bottom-construction with zig-zag wire, including illustration.
Date: August 8, 1854
Creator: Meriwether, William Hunter
System: The Portal to Texas History