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Eastland County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum Lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 82, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 18, 1878 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 82, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 18, 1878

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1878
Creator: Downs, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Sulky-Plows.

Patent for an improvement of the "construction and arrangement of the sulky-plow" (line 17-18).
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Payne, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines.

Patent for "an improved machine for making ditches and other excavations, which shall be so constructed as to separate the slice from the soil, raise it, and deposit it at the side of the cut, which will feed itself forward automatically." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: De Force, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Faucets. (open access)

Improvement in Faucets.

Patent for "an improved faucet, which shall be so constructed that it will not be liable to be injured by being screwed into and out of the cask, which will not be liable to leak, which will have the button of the valve-stem protected from accidental injury, and shall be simple in construction and easily operated." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Lempert, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices For Ringing Bells. (open access)

Improvement in Devices For Ringing Bells.

Patent for an improvement to a mechanism that externally strikes a bell to ring it, "applicable to fire, hotel, school, church, factory and other bells. By it the striking may be performed with great rapidity and regularity" (para. 10).
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Perry, Elton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddle-Trees. (open access)

Improvement in Saddle-Trees.

Patent for "an improvement in riding-saddles, designed to secure greater strength in the pommel and fork; and it consists in forming the fork of the saddle-tree and the pommel from malleable cast-iron, and in one and the same piece, the neck of the pommel being cast hollow for greater lightness, with the upper end of the casting open, which opening is closed by a surmounting cap of wood or other material, which finishes the pommel." (Lines 13-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Still, Henry C. & Still, Joseph R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps (open access)

Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps

Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
Date: September 18, 1872
Creator: Hartcourt, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Band Tighteners. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Band Tighteners.

Patent for improving the operation of tightening baling-bands and saving the length of metal bands.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Hodges, John C., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Awning and Shutter.

Patent for a "combined fire and burglar proof shutter and awning" (line 5-6).
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: Hoyt, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in stilts. (open access)

Improvement in stilts.

Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 120, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 18, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 120, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 18, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875 (open access)

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 (open access)

Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: September 18, 1873
Creator: Baker, J. H. & Wilson, J. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875 (open access)

The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: McConnell, H. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 (open access)

The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1873
Creator: Chew, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1879 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1879

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 195, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 18, 1877 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 195, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 18, 1877

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 189, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 189, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1873
Creator: McCaler, D. & Bartholow, J. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 18, 1875

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 188, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1874 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 188, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1874

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1874
Creator: McLure, E. C. & Bartholow, J. N.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1879 (open access)

Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 168, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1879

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 177, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 18, 1878 (open access)

Denison Daily News. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 177, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 18, 1878

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 18, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History