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Grayson County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Grayson County, Texas. Peter's Colony East Line is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 19, 1859
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 133, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1900 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 133, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1900

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 19, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 19, 1900 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 19, 1900

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1900
Creator: Bowles, J. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 212, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1900 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 212, Ed. 1 Friday, October 19, 1900

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 19, 1900
Creator: Bowles, J. F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 125, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 75, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 75, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 99, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 99, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 203, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 203, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 230, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 230, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 256, Ed. 1 Monday, September 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 256, Ed. 1 Monday, September 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 282, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 282, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 309, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 309, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Monday, December 19, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Monday, December 19, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 19, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of wheel-cultivators, combining a plow and cultivator. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: September 19, 1871
Creator: Viars, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Board Roofing. (open access)

Board Roofing.

Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
Date: December 19, 1876
Creator: Zimmerman, Arnold W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap. (open access)

Animal Trap.

Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the base-board having the opposite recesses and the transverse shaft, the yoke having the spring-coils mounted on the projecting ends of the shaft in said recesses, the standard having the holding-rod, the trigger, and the guards or prongs secured in the base-board" (lines 20-26).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Anderson, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design is for a double buckle, "of such a construction that secure fastenings may be obtained, and the two ends of a strap or the adjacent ends of different straps may be readily secured together in a reliable manner, thus admitting of the speedy manufacture of sets of harnesses" (lines 13-18). This eliminates the need for rivets or stitching the strap(s).
Date: September 19, 1882
Creator: Bills, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bar having a longitudinal slot, with knife-edge and forked twisting-hooks, and the offsetting lever-handle having flat portion, with notch or wire-seat fulcrumed in the slot of the bar and having its outer end extended in the form of a prong between the twisting-hooks . . . to form a discharging device for the wire" (lines 64-72).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Taylor, Shapley P. Ross
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Locks (open access)

Improvement In Locks

Patent for an improvement for slide door fasteners and locks. Description and illustrations are attached.
Date: August 19, 1879
Creator: Garlock, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Churns (open access)

Improvement In Churns

Patent for improvements in the construction of a churn dasher. Descriptions and illustrations are attached
Date: August 19, 1879
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Docket, Record, or Similar Book (open access)

Docket, Record, or Similar Book

Patent for a docket, record or similar book that places all necessary material together for recording events, adjusting the space for each title head so that it is sufficient, easing the strain on accountants who need to continue entries, and also make sure the book is easy and efficient to make.
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Fry, Edwin Crittenden
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, July 19, 1920 (open access)

Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, July 19, 1920

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 19, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1920 (open access)

Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1920

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 19, 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History