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Coleman County
Map of Coleman, Callahan, and Brown counties in the Panhandle Plains region of Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 1852
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Brown County
Blueline format of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. No scale information given.
Date:
1858
Creator:
Hectors, J. P
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County
Map of Brown County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Brown county is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 1858
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County
Map of Brown County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1863
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County
Map of Brown County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region covering Brown County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1876
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Cradle.
Patent for a new and improved folding cradle. This design "consists of a cradle formed of two triangular folding end frames provided with folding braces and connected by longitudinal rods, from which the canvas bottom is supported, which frames are pivoted at their apex on the top of two connected triangular folding standards, and are provided with a crank for swinging the cradle. . . . [The cradle] is simple in construction and may be provided with a fan attachment" (lines 10-19).
Date:
February 15, 1881
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cork Extractor.
Patent for a new and improved automatic cork extractor. This design "consists, principally, of a vertically-moving and partially-rotating blade having a harpoon-shaped or shouldered head for piercing and drawing the corks; in laterally opening and closing jaws for holding the necks of the bottles; in pivoted and laterally-moving pointed levers for throwing the parts of the corks away from the blade when withdrawn, and in the construction and combination of the parts of the device" (lines 14-23).
Date:
May 24, 1881
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper File.
Patent for a new and improved paper file. This design "provide[s] a simple, cheap, and effective wire clamp for . . . holding bills, papers, cards, and the like . . . that can be secured to a table, desk, wall, or other object, thereby dispensing with the strips of wood or other material to which the wire clamps are usually connected" (lines 18-29).
Date:
September 5, 1882
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Frame Brace.
Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design "consists in providing a transverse slat at each of its ends with a pair of diverging hooks, the same to be connected to the rail on each side by means of screw-eyes, and thereby preventing the bedstead from spreading, bracing it transversely and obliquely" (lines 19-25).
Date:
September 19, 1882
Creator:
Clark, Chester Cady
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stump Puller.
Patent for a new and improved stump puller. This design's object "is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective stump-puller, readily portable and easily operated by one man and a horse; and to that end the novelty consists in the construction of the same" (lines 10-15).
Date:
April 24, 1883
Creator:
Tucker, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B.A.C. to Milton Parks, June 29 1883]
Letter from B.A.C. to Milton Parks. The letter is dated June 29, 1883.
Date:
June 29, 1883
Creator:
B.A.C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Power.
Patent for a machine that "has relation to mechanical powers designed for stump-pulling, hoisting heavy weights, &c.; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 21-24).
Date:
April 29, 1884
Creator:
Gray, William Smith
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved engine. This design "is to convert a given rotary into a vertical reciprocating motion, and to provide means whereby the stroke of the reciprocating motion may be increased or diminished, according to the use or work to which the machine may be applied; and to these ends the novelty consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the same" (lines 10-18).
Date:
November 11, 1884
Creator:
Groves, Isaac N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brownwood 1885 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Brownwood in Brown County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Saba Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1885
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry S. Moore to Charles B. Moore, September 3, 1885]
This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Henry S. Moore to his brother Charles B. Moore. In the letter, Henry informs Charles of news from Collin Co. and it includes: the letter sent to Sam with a turnip seed in it, a family friend's haul of corn, the construction of the reaper shelter per Charles' advice, Betty Thornhill and Neal Moore's visit, the unexpected visit of Jim Nelms, Solomon's trip to Hunt Co. and details that he has not returned yet, the plowing of Osbourne's millet patch, the condition of his turnip plants due to the dry weather, Neal's reading ability and how he has been passing the time, Henry's discovery of a new star and details on how he has passed on that information to verify the discovery, Nelm's religious affiliation, the killing of a wild cat, political commentary on the prohibition party, and updates on weather, friends, and community. The envelope is included with the letter. It was sent to Charles when he was in Gallatin, Tennessee visiting kin.
Date:
September 3, 1885
Creator:
Moore, Henry S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Feed Cutter.
Patent for a new and improved feed-cutter. This design consists in "a body having bottom and sides provided at their forward ends with a metallic plate and supporting-leg, and frame having sill, uprights, and panels, in combination with frame sliding in grooves in the uprights and provided with knife, lever, swinging link having offset, and inclined trough having sides provided with detents" (lines 92-100).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Wilson, John Calhoun
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churning Device.
Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the base having uprights forming guides for the vertically-movable rod, of the rod movable in said guides and adapted to be connected with a rod or dasher, the treadle, a link connecting the treadle with said rod, the shaft having a platform adapted to support the churn-body and provided with a crank, and a pitman connecting said crank with the treadle" (lines 72-80).
Date:
June 1, 1886
Creator:
Dickey, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved bedstead-fastener. This design "relates to the construction of a fastener for bedsteads, the object of the invention being to provide a fastener by which the parts are firmly held together and prevented from springing; and to these ends the invention consists of certain details of construction and combination of parts" (lines 8-14).
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Dickey, John S. & McKinney, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Standard.
Patent for a new and improved wagon standard. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a hollow standard and an extension having vertical movement in said standard, of a gravity-catch adapted to bite against teeth or serrations on said extension in order to maintain the same in an extended position" (lines 60-65).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Welsh, Lee L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer
Patent for a new cotton-packer design involving a drum, pulleys, rope, and springs, with illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1887
Creator:
Thompson, Robert K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County, state of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Brown County, Texas land parcels with tract numbers, landowners names, and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County, State of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Brown County, Texas land parcels with tract numbers, landowners names, and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brown County, State of Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Brown County, Texas land parcels with tract numbers, landowners names, and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History