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Fayette County

Blue line print of survey map of Fayette County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red pencil. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Atlee, Tom & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Cementing Wells. (open access)

Apparatus For Cementing Wells.

Patent for new and useful improvements in processes of and apparatus for cementing wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Baca, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Composition Railroad-Tie And Means For Securing Rails Thereto. (open access)

Composition Railroad-Tie And Means For Securing Rails Thereto.

Patent for new and useful improvements in composition railroad ties and means for securing rails thereto, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 19, 1899
Creator: Baca, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Forcing Water Out Of Wells. (open access)

Device For Forcing Water Out Of Wells.

Patent for new and useful improvements in devices for forcing water out of wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Baca, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie. (open access)

Railroad-Tie.

Patent for a new railroad tie constructed of concrete material with detachable internal reinforcements used to support the rail fastening system, with illustrations.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Baca, August
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 7, 1869
Creator: Baker, Job McNamee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Record. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1900 (open access)

The Flatonia Record. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 25, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 25, 1900
Creator: Basford, O. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Record. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1899 (open access)

The Flatonia Record. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 8, 1899
Creator: Basford, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oils (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oils

Patent for a new and useful improvement "in a novel process and combination of devices or apparatus for extracting the oil from cotton seeds and other oil bearing seeds" (lines 8-12). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Baling Press. (open access)

Cotton-Baling Press.

Patent for "an improved construction of hydraulic baling-presses, whereby it is designed to provide simple and more durable and reliable presses of this kind than any now in use" (lines 8-12).
Date: July 29, 1884
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Seed Cleaner.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner. This design "is to be used in connection with a machine for removing short lint from cotton-seed . . . The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved cotton-seed cleaner, which is simple and durable in construction and very effectively removes all impurities from the shell of the seed. . . . The invention consists of a revolving horizontal disk-brush and of a fixed table provided with emery-slabs and perforated plates and in contact with the brush" (lines 8-21).
Date: March 19, 1889
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Expressing Oil from Cotton and Other Seeds. (open access)

Press for Expressing Oil from Cotton and Other Seeds.

Patent for a new and improved oil-press. This design "consists in certain novel constructions and combination of the pressing-plates with each other and the ram of the press, and in means for operating said plates in independent series, whereby great efficiency is obtained, and the plates, which are guttered or grooved, may be readily cleaned" (lines 18-24).
Date: December 21, 1886
Creator: Baumgarten, Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

Cotton-Seed Flour and Process of Making the Same.

Patent for cotton-seed flour and the process for producing it, including removal of the oils and hulls.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Baumgarten, Gustav Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow that is easily adjustable to different situations.
Date: December 14, 1909
Creator: Baumgarten, Johan Christian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 12, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 19, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 26, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 2, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 2, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 9, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 9, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 16, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 23, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 2, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 9, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1911 (open access)

The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1911

Weekly newspaper from Flatonia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 16, 1911
Creator: Beckham, G. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History