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The State of Texas, County of Ward (open access)

The State of Texas, County of Ward

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative illustrations in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead includes names of County Officers T. B. Anderson, County Judge; J. W. Cox, Co. and Dist. Clerk; J. H. Anderson, Ass'r.; D. S. Woods, Co. Sur.; J. W. Woodrough, County Attorney; J. C. Avary, Sheriff and Collector; L. A. Butler, Co. Treas.; J. O. King, Inspector; County Commissioners Geo. E. Briggs, Precinct No. 1; D. J. Rogers, Precinct No. 2; B. P. Van Horn, Precinct No. 3; A. J. Bink, Precinct No. 4.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ward County, Texas (open access)

Ward County, Texas

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative illustrations in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead includes names of County Officials R. D. Gage, Judge; S. D. McWhorter, Co. & Distc. Clk.; S. H. Parker, Assessor; W. M. Ware, Sheriff & Coll.; Andy Boultinghouse, Inspt.; J. J. Walker, Treasurer; J. B. Carson, Surveyor; County Commissioners Pat. H. Wheat, Precinct No. 1; W. C. Carson, Precinct No. 2; P. H. Durack, Precinct No. 3; A. D. Irvin, Precinct No. 4.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint. (open access)

Rail Joint.

Patent for a new and improved rail-joint. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a railroad-rail having notches in its flanges, of a fish-plate composed of a single piece of metal adapted to embrace the flange and web of the rail, said fish-plate being plain on one side and provided on the other side with ribs, perforated lugs projecting from the ribs at the ends of the fish-plate, said fish-plate being provided with perforations on one side to align with notches in the rail-flange, and notches in the other side out of alignment with the rail-flange" (lines 3-14).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Davis, Benjamin Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jesse H. Oppenheimer, May 24, 1954] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jesse H. Oppenheimer, May 24, 1954]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jesse H. Oppenheimer discussing about tracing the deeds from Texas Cotton Industries, transportation of old deeds and instruments, and Lee Kempner's travel plan.
Date: May 24, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1996 (open access)

Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 1996

Proceedings of the 32nd regional archeological symposium including the text of papers presented during the conference. It also includes the SWFAS by-laws, and the meeting minutes for the March 30, 1996 SWFAS business meeting.
Date: 2021
Creator: McIntosh, Dennis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History