570 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

Archer County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Fannin and Archer Counties, Texas. The center of Fannin and Archer Counties is marked. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rein-Holders. (open access)

Improvement in Rein-Holders.

Patent for "improvement in a class of rein-holding devices consisting each of a pivoted, vertically-swinging cam or locking-jaw and a frame...for attachment to the dashboard of a carriage or other vehicle." (lines 7-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1874
Creator: Royse, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ditching-Machines.

Patent for an improved ditching machine design that will "easily and rapidly cut or excavate, on the surface of the ground, soil, clay, or soft stone, a ditch or trench of any reasonable width or depth suitable" (lines 33-37) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1878
Creator: Austin, Matthew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "improvements in cotton-presses, it's object being to produce a compact and efficient apparatus, adapted to be secure in the floor between the first and second stories of a building, in such a manner that the press-box can be filled and the cotton made up into bales in the upper story, while the pressing operation is effected from below." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 1, 1878
Creator: Thompson, Robert C. & Thompson, Joseph N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Trip Gear for Power Presses. (open access)

Automatic Trip Gear for Power Presses.

Patent for a new and improved trip-gear for power-presses. This design "consists in providing the lever connected with an ordinary reversible gearing with a cord and weight, so that when in its normal position and not in use the small friction-wheel will not come in contact with either face of the large friction wheel. The upper end of the press is provided with a notched metallic plate connected with the reversing-lever, so that when the follow-block in its upward passage passes the said plate the lever will be released, and, falling back into its normal position by the press, is immediately stopped" (lines 24-36).
Date: December 1, 1885
Creator: Wilson, Martin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a pin-and-link car-coupling that allows "cars to be readily coupled and uncoupled without going between them, and by which a link may be readily guided into the mouth of a draw-head without necessitating a person going between the cars" (lines 11-16). It also has a durable link lifting or guiding device.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: Orr, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improvement to washing machines that will be "simple and economical in construction and efficient in use" (lines 13-14).
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Austin, John Overton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the gate having a cross-bar, and mechanism . . . for operating the cross-bar and moving it vertically, the weighted levers, and the standards supporting the levers, of the latch-levers pivoted between their ends to the weighted levers and having their front ends engaged by the cross-bar, and the stops for engaging the rear ends of the latch-levers and holding the gate closed" (lines 15-24).
Date: November 1, 1887
Creator: Terry, Hiram
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1910 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 1, 1910
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1910 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1910

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1910
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1911
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1911 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 1, 1911
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1913 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1913
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1897 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1897

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 1, 1897
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1893 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 1, 1893
Creator: Lowry, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1958 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1958

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 1, 1958
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1957 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1957

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1957
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1957 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1957

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1956 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1956

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 1, 1956
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 1, 1959
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1960 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1960

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 1, 1960
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1957 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1957

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 1, 1957
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1955 (open access)

Honey Grove Signal-Citizen (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: Morrow, Joe T.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History