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Frio County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Frio County, Texas. The center of Frio County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 11, 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Frio County, Texas. The center of Frio County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1871~
Creator:
Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Frio County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1871~
Creator:
Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Frio County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Frio County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1879
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt Ironing Board.
Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design "consists [of] an ironing-board provided with hinged detachable leaves and with devices for holding said leaves open, which board is hinged or pivoted to the end piece of a frame, the lower part of which forms a box to receive that part of the article that hangs down, while the rest is being ironed, thus protecting it from dust and dirt and keeping it moist" (lines 12-20).
Date:
December 14, 1880
Creator:
Baldwin, Mary Hensley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Medicine
Patent for the invention of screw-worm liniment, provide a description of the ingredients within liniment. Compound relates to that class of reme-wounds cause by screw-worms and all kind of parasites in or on stock and poultry (10).
Date:
October 30, 1883
Creator:
Miller, Thomas, L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Singer.
Patent for a safer design of a portable flame gun, used for burning needles off cactus plants, with illustrations.
Date:
November 13, 1887
Creator:
Vacher, Ernest William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Frio County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to indicate the addition of upper Presidio Road. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1893
Creator:
Finley, O. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frio 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:
1893
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gabe Hans, Dealer in Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs, stylized text of business name, and text reading: "The Following Lines of Well-known Liquors are kept in Case-lots as well as in Bulk: Hoffman House Boquet, Belle of Bourbon, Old O. P. B. Bourbon, Old O. P. B. Rye, Old Saratoga, McBrayer, Metropolitan, World's Champion, Cognac, Vermouth, Curaco, Anisette, Maraschino, Niersteiner - Germany-".
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Wire-Stretcher and Wheel-Carrier.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire-stretcher and reel-carrier, meant to make wire needed for fences easier to be ready at the builder's disposal and to stretch the wire to the correct amount of tension.
Date:
November 3, 1896
Creator:
Pruitt, Andrew L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The State of Texas, Frio County
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains image and stylized text of county name with the names Jno. A. Pranglin, County Judge; S. W. Thomas, County and District Clerk; J. C. B. Harkness, Sheriff & Tax Coll.; H. A. Mercer, Treasurer; W. W. Haynes, Assessor; A. L. Curtis, Surveyor; W. F. Sims, Inspector; Commissioners T. H. Rogers, Precinct No. 1; John S. Thomas, Precinct No. 2; J. G. Braun, Precinct No. 3; W. J. Slaughter, Precinct No. 4.
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cactus-Burner.
Patent for a new and useful cactus burner for "removing thorns from cactus or prickly pear or similar plants or growths of a fleshy or succulent nature provided with spines" (line 10 - 13).
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Beever, Charles H. & McCoy, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Wheeled Plows Or Cultivators.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin attachments for wheeled plows or cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1899
Creator:
Fullerton, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a new and useful vehicle wheel, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 14, 1899
Creator:
Pruitt, Andrew L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pearsall 1900 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pearsall in Frio County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1900
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for an improved acetylene-gas generator "which is kept in a relatively-cool condition by a surrounding bath of water and which generator is removable at will from the floatable bell of the tank. A further object is to prevent the waste carbid from dropping into the water of the expansible tank and to provide for the free discharge of gas from the generator [...] while [...] permitting the expeditious removal of said generator for the purpose of cleaning and recharging" (lines 13-24).
Date:
January 25, 1900
Creator:
Lindholm, Charlie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Blanche Avant's Teaching Certificate]
Teaching Certificate belonging to Miss Blance Avant of Pleasanton, Texas. Signed the 25th day of June 1901.
Date:
June 21, 1901
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is an inexpensive attachment with burners to burn insects between rows. Illustration included.
Date:
March 8, 1904
Creator:
Smith, Needham
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve
Patent for a float valve. This invention is intended for stock watering tanks where by it ends the flow of water when the tank is full. Illustration included.
Date:
November 21, 1905
Creator:
Clary, Edwin P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pearsall 1906 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pearsall in Frio County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pearsall 1906 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pearsall in Frio County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History