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The San Jacinto Times (Coldspring, Texas), Vol. 19, No. 28 Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1963 (open access)

The San Jacinto Times (Coldspring, Texas), Vol. 19, No. 28 Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1963

Weekly newspaper from Coldspring, Texas, that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 11, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1911] (open access)

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1911]

Receipt for taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Sayles & Sayles for the year, 1911. The receipt includes the assessed value of the property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 11, 1912
Creator: Lilley, Henry L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for "improvements in fence or other posts and bases thereof, and especially telegraph and telephone posts" (lines 13-15). The design involves "a minimum amount of lumber" and "a maximum amount of strength" (lines 17-19). It claims further benefits, such as "preventing early decay" (lines 22-23) allowing "perfect drainage" (lines 25-26), and facilitating the re-use of old posts.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John & Beazley, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Parent map for Walker County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
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): Walker County, Block 15

Parent map for Walker County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
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): Walker County, Block 20

Parent map for Walker County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
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): Walker County, Block 24

Parent map for Walker County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
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): Walker County, Index

Index map for Walker 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 1:92,115.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consist[s] of the bar notched at one end to receive a barbed wire, and provided with a ferrule at its opposite end, having the short arm and the long arm, the stud serrated on its inner side at the outer end of the arm, and the serrated cam-lever pivoted between the arms, the bar being adapted to be used as a lever in connection with a fence-post as a fulcrum" (lines 53-61).
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: McMickin, Levi Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History