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Copy Holder. (open access)

Copy Holder.

Patent for a new and improved paper holder. This design is "to provide an indicator for use in connection with the copy-holder, so that when the copyist is interrupted . . . the indicator may be made to point out the exact place at which [she or] he left off" (lines 12-17). It consists, "with the copy-holding frame and the cross-bar mounted thereon, of an indicator formed of spring metal, said indicator having a slideway to fit the cross-bar, and a laterally-extending hand" (lines 125-130).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Seymour, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Umbrella (open access)

Folding Umbrella

Patent for "a folding umbrella which may be quickly reduced in size, so that it may be conveniently inserted in a valise, satchel, or other receptacle, and also to construct the umbrella in such a manner that it may be held rigidly in either an open or closed position" (lines 9-15)
Date: July 18, 1892
Creator: Seymour, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorandum Tablet. (open access)

Memorandum Tablet.

Patent for a new and improved memo pad. This design "consists, essentially, in a tablet or tickler consisting of fifty-two connected sheets divided into six spaces for the six business days of the week, with the day of the week, month, and day of month provided above each space, the pages being indexed at the bottom—the first six months of the year at the left and the last six months at the right—with an intermediate space for advertisements" (lines 22-31).
Date: August 23, 1892
Creator: Seymour, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple for Handling Well Pipes or Tubes. (open access)

Grapple for Handling Well Pipes or Tubes.

Patent for "a simple and inexpensive device adapted for readily gripping a well pipe or tubing to enable the same to be readily removed from a well or lowered within." (Lines 11-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1897
Creator: Smith, Thomas McGlothlin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Martin County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1900
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Martin County

Blue line print of survey map of Martin County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1902
Creator: Rowe, S. J. & Legg, J. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Martin County [Texas].

Map shows township grid, land surveys, acreage, block and tract numbers, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1902
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J Terrell to William John Bryan, June 17, 1903] (open access)

[Letter from John J Terrell to William John Bryan, June 17, 1903]

Letter from John J Terrell to William John Bryan asking Bryan to report back on his visit to Stanton and give his assessment of the manner in which filing for land is being handled.
Date: June 17, 1903
Creator: Terrell, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William John Bryan to John J. Terrell, June 19, 1903] (open access)

[Letter from William John Bryan to John J. Terrell, June 19, 1903]

Letter from William John Bryan to John J. Terrell responding to Terrell's letter and reporting back on his visit Stanton, and offering his assessment of the land filing process.
Date: June 19, 1903
Creator: Bryan, William John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Terrell to William John Bryan, June 26, 1903] (open access)

[Letter from John J. Terrell to William John Bryan, June 26, 1903]

Letter from John J. Terrell to William John Bryan discussing the issue of unfair land buying practices in Stanton and how the problem may need to be settled by the governor.
Date: June 26, 1903
Creator: Terrell, John J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. W. Flanagan to William John Bryan, March 25, 1905] (open access)

[Letter from F. W. Flanagan to William John Bryan, March 25, 1905]

Letter from F. W. Flanagan to William John Bryan asking Bryan and other legislators to do something about the "door holding" practices at the court house preventing large groups of people from being able to buy land.
Date: March 25, 1905
Creator: Flanagan, F. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown Common School]

Students at Brown Common School pose for picture. Photo taken in 1912: Brown, Texas.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Connell House Photograph #2]

Photograph of the Connell House in Martin County, Texas. A family stands in front of the building.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 15, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 22, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 30, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 6, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 6, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 6, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 13, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 20, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 27, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 4, 1913

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 4, 1913
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blade. (open access)

Blade.

Patent for a new blade similar to "weed blades" (line 10) that can be "attached to a cultivator" (line 11) and includes an illustration.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Kelly, John H. & Mershon, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1914 (open access)

The Stanton Reporter (Stanton, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1914

Weekly newspaper from Stanton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 1914
Creator: Kent, W. O.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History