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The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1861 (open access)

The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1861
Creator: Neblett, William H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1861 (open access)

The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1861

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1861
Creator: Neblett, William H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence. (open access)

Improvement in Fence.

Patent for a new fence design that "can be adapted to any desired length, width, or height" (lines 14-15). The patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: February 15, 1870
Creator: Kerr, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Machine. (open access)

Washing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
Date: November 15, 1881
Creator: Blake, Llewellyn A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Semi-Occasional Advertiser (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1884 (open access)

The Semi-Occasional Advertiser (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1884

Monthly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local news, entertainment, and advertising.
Date: December 15, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1889 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1889

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 1889
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound (open access)

Paint Compound

Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 15, 1890
Creator: Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightening Implement. (open access)

Wire-Tightening Implement.

Patent for a wire-tightening implement meant to tightening wires in fences by making loops or twists in the wires. It has two handles forming jaws around a fulcrum, the jaws have flat faces with parallel grooves, and the jaws coming together at their ends. The grooves in the jaws form different sized loops.
Date: October 15, 1895
Creator: West, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge. (open access)

Hinge.

Patent for gate-hinge that will attach to gate and supporting-post and will "retain the gate normally in closed position." (lines 11-12), including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Roots, Preston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub-Attaching Device. (open access)

Hub-Attaching Device.

Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Anderson, Nathan S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 719, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1904 (open access)

Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 719, Ed. 1 Friday, July 15, 1904

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 15, 1904
Creator: Hand, F. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 275, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1905 (open access)

Daily Courier-Light (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 275, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1905

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 15, 1905
Creator: Hand, F. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pole Splicing Device (open access)

Pole Splicing Device

Patent for a pole splicing device. This invention is designed to splice two poles together, such as telephone poles. Illustration included.
Date: January 15, 1907
Creator: Drane, Frank Neal
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track Switch (open access)

Track Switch

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: South, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel. (open access)

Resilient Wheel.

Patent for improvements in resilient wheels. "This invention relates to a new and useful resilient vehicle wheel embodying flat arcuate springs by means of which the tread or shoe of the wheel is resiliently mounted with relation to the hub."(lines 8-12)
Date: January 15, 1918
Creator: Roberts, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Democrat and Truth (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1926 (open access)

Corsicana Democrat and Truth (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1926

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 15, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Democrat and Truth (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1927 (open access)

Corsicana Democrat and Truth (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1927

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: December 15, 1927
Creator: Colquitt, Pierce
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1944 (open access)

The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Kerens, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 15, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1944 (open access)

The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1944

Weekly newspaper from Kerens, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1945 (open access)

The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1945

Weekly newspaper from Kerens, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 15, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1946 (open access)

The Kerens Tribune (Kerens, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1946

Weekly newspaper from Kerens, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1946
Creator: White, Gilbert F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-87 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-87

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability of Navarro County for injuries sustained by a person delivering flowers to a hospital operated by Navarro County.
Date: March 15, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Wolf hunt] (open access)

[News Script: Wolf hunt]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about wolf hunters from Fort Worth traveling to a range in Navarro County to help lower the wolf population.
Date: January 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library