Cotton Cleaner and Condenser. (open access)

Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.

Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and condenser. This design "is to produce a cheap and simple machine of this class which is adapted for use in connection with a cotton-gin and which will rapidly separate the dirt from the cotton and will also condense the cotton, so that it may be easily handled and baled" (lines 10-16). It consists in "[t]he combination of the case or frame having an inlet and its lower end and a hinged downward-curved hood at its upper end with the endless carrier mounted in the said case or frame with its higher end within the curved hood" (lines 47-52).
Date: June 7, 1892
Creator: Wherry, William B. & Smith, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a simple and effective cotton chopper that leaves the plants in bunches that is easily operated and uses a reciprocating motion to rotate the blades and chop the stalks.
Date: March 7, 1893
Creator: Hyde, Frank Sule
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-683 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-683

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Questions relating to the "Welfare and Probation Office" of Rusk County.
Date: August 7, 1959
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 19

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Panola County, Block 6

Parent map for Panola County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:22,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 16

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Panola County, Index

Index map for Panola County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:90,068.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 20

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Panola County, Block 2

Parent map for Panola County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:22,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 21

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 18

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Index

Index map for Gregg County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:58,340.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Panola County, Block 10

Parent map for Panola County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:22,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 17

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats. (open access)

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History