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Apparatus for Destroying Insects. (open access)

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
Date: August 2, 1881
Creator: Gray, Hiram Balderston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1858 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 2, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 2, 1858
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1859 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1859

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 2, 1859
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 2, 1859 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 2, 1859

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 2, 1859
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 2, 1860 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 2, 1860

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 2, 1860
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1861 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1861
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1861 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1861
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 2, 1861 (open access)

The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 2, 1861

Daily newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 2, 1861
Creator: J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Extensible Ladder (open access)

Portable Extensible Ladder

Patent for a portable extendable ladder, designed for use, among other things, as a means of fire escape or observation, along with illustrations and explanations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Trojan, J. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to John W. Kirkpatrick, November 2, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to John W. Kirkpatrick, November 2, 1953]

Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to John W. Kirkpatrick discussing taxes owed by Fannie K. Adoue in Colorado County, Texas.
Date: November 2, 1953
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry M. Ehrenwerth to Members of Joshua Chapter No. 43, November 2, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from Henry M. Ehrenwerth to Members of Joshua Chapter No. 43, November 2, 1871]

Letter from Henry W. Ehrenwerth to the High Priest, King, Scribe, and Members of Joshua Chapter No. 43 of the Royal Arch Masons requesting a waiver of jurisdiction for Friench Simpson. The letter is impressed with a seal with the text, "[..] R. A. Chapter No. 46 Texas" in the border.
Date: November 2, 1871
Creator: Ehrenwerth, Henry M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas Rangers who dropped back into a tie for second in the American league West division when they dropped a four to nothing decision to the Kansas city royals.
Date: August 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library