Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South (open access)

Journal of the Central Texas Conference, Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church South

Journal proceedings of Central Texas Conference include a list of members, committees, condensed minutes of the proceedings, reports of boards and committees, appointments, memoirs, statistical tables, and advertisements. Indexes to the journal and advertisements are on page 104.
Date: November 1913
Creator: Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.

Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
Date: November 8, 1870
Creator: Hale, Nathan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Guide-Wheels for Car-Trucks. (open access)

Improvement in Guide-Wheels for Car-Trucks.

Patent for a "device or attachment to car-trucks, &c., for preventing their being thrown off the track." (Lines 8-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1874
Creator: Hale, Nathan M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
Date: October 23, 1875
Creator: Powell, Amos N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter. (open access)

Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "has for its object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency. To this end it consists in certain improvements in the construction of the same" (lines 10-14).
Date: November 13, 1883
Creator: Snider, John J. & O'Bannon, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Patent for a sack laborers drag around the fields with them to store cotton in. It has a shoulder-strap that fits around the sack's mouth. There are two wheels, and a platform is attached to the axle. The sack is strapped to the platform.
Date: November 3, 1896
Creator: Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists essentially of contrivances for setting the buffer or draw-bar and a pin setting, tripping and uncoupling device higher or lower for adapting the coupling to couple self-actingly with cars different in height" (lines 8-13).
Date: November 21, 1882
Creator: Hale, Nathan Mathias
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0116.0603]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Cadillac Jack" pulled his hat down tight around his ears in his attempt to stay astride Super Bronc."
Date: November 9, 1983
Creator: Albright, Bob
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Finders Keepers, Volume 5, Number 4, November 1988 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 5, Number 4, November 1988

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1988
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 4, Number 4, November 1987 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 4, Number 4, November 1987

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1987
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 4, November 1994 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 11, Number 4, November 1994

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas. An index for the year 1994 begins on page 167.
Date: November 1994
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 10, Number 4, November 1993 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 10, Number 4, November 1993

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1993
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 9, Number 4, November 1992 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 9, Number 4, November 1992

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 3, Number 4, November 1986 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 3, Number 4, November 1986

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1986
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Finders Keepers, Volume 2, Number 4, November 1985 (open access)

Finders Keepers, Volume 2, Number 4, November 1985

The quarterly newsletter of Johnson County Genealogical Society contains information related to the activities of the society and its members as well as genealogical notes and history for the Johnson County, Texas and surrounding areas.
Date: November 1985
Creator: Johnson County Genealogical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Junior Historian, Volume 27, Number 2, November 1966 (open access)

The Junior Historian, Volume 27, Number 2, November 1966

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.
Date: November 1966
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lunch Box (open access)

Lunch Box

Patent for a lunch box.This invention is designed with a secured latching lid. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Christian, Carl
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine (open access)

Vending Machine

Patent for a vending machine. Illustration included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Scheble, Eugene Stites & Wilmore, S. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor. (open access)

Governor.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 15, 1898
Creator: Hunter, Victor E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flue Expander (open access)

Flue Expander

Patent for a flue expander. This invention is a tool for expanding boiler flues in flue sheets. Illustration included.
Date: November 15, 1904
Creator: Player, James Arthur
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars (open access)

Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars

Patent for a metallic end yoke for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kimbrough, Sidney W.; Watkins, William E. & McCarley, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alvarado 1912 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alvarado 1912 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alvarado 1912 Sheet 5

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: November 1912
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History