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The United States of North America.
Map shows the late-nineteenth century United States. Major cities, military posts, areas of Native American habitation, principal railways, submarine telegraph cables are noted. Present-day Oklahoma is divided into "Indian Ter[ritory]" and "Oklahoma." Also, South Dakota's southern border is shown in present-day north Nebraska. areas of Indian habitation and reservations. Includes "distinctive characters" key to map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:7,603,200].
Date:
[1882..1890]
Creator:
Stanford, Edward, 1827-1904
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of the western United States].
Map shows cities, military posts, and railroads for states and territories west of the Mississippi River, "Indian Territory," and Dakota [Territory]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines. Scale [1:7,500,000].
Date:
1885
Creator:
Petermann, A. (August), 1822-1878
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America (central sheet).
Map shows major cities and towns, water sources, military posts, railroads, and major roads for states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the Indian Territory, and portions of Woming, Colorado, and New Mexico; an outlined area in center of Indian Territory as "Oklahoma" and panhandle as public lands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:6,047,811].
Date:
[1889..1891]
Creator:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Cooler.
Patent for a simple, efficient, and inexpensive portable water cooler that refrigerates the water "by the action of the air and the evaporation of the liquid or vapor percolating the material" (lines 12-14). It does not use ice and can be used in rural areas.
Date:
September 5, 1893
Creator:
Hymans, Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Coffee or Tea Pot.
Patent for a steam coffee or tea pot that has "double walls forming an inner and outer chamber, an interiorly arranged spout connecting said chambers and a vent tube arranged in the spout communicating with the inner chamber" (lines 77-81).
Date:
August 7, 1894
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel meant for children's carriages that has double fellies, spokes, and a hub that has "an interposed band connecting said fellies at suitable intervals and adapted for the attachment to the spokes" (lines 69-71).
Date:
February 12, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel.
Patent for a wheel attachment of "combined purposes of tire, felly and safety guard" (lines 15-16), with slight wing-like widening between spokes to prevent sinking into ruts, with optional cutouts to reduce weight, including illustrations.
Date:
May 7, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel with an improved design that is meant for light vehicles. The wheel will "provide novel means whereby the wheel will be prevented from slipping into ruts in the road, thus overcoming the jar that would otherwise be caused" (lines 14-18).
Date:
May 21, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for an improvement on vehicle wheels to "provide a novel and inexpensive safety-guard for wheels of the above-referred-to class, whereby the wheel will be prevented from entering crevices and cracks" (lines 14-18) and to improve durability.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a strong, durable, and inexpensive vehicle-wheel in children's carriages with a double-felly wheel meant to broaden "the tread thereof sufficiently to prevent the wheels falling into cracks between boards of board walks, such as are common in the suburbs or rural districts" (lines 15-19). The spokes are like that of a single-felly wheel.
Date:
July 23, 1895
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pneumatic Toy.
Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date:
November 17, 1986
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in toys. This design is to " produce a top which will be capable of unusual momentum with the resultant prolonged action" (line 10 - 12).
Date:
January 25, 1898
Creator:
Laube, Godfried
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States: IV. Central [from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains]
Map shows cities, counties, and railroads for states along and east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Mississippi River. Includes "Index to the sectional maps of the United States" on verso. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:4,870,000].
Date:
[1902..1922]
Creator:
London Geographical Institute
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner
Patent for an improvement on Oil Burners.
Date:
April 9, 1902
Creator:
Robertson, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas
There are two maps on this page, one on either side; the first page shows the states of Texas and Oklahoma and the other side shows South Dakota. Each of the maps marks the major cities, roads, and railroad lines (in red). For Texas and South Dakota, the counties are outlined and labeled and there is an index of the counties and "Principal Cities and Towns." The map of Texas also has an inset in the lower left corner of "Western Texas" which is the same scale as the main map. Some relief is shown by hachures.
Date:
1907
Creator:
L.L. Poates Engr'g Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sixty-Day and Kherson Oats
Report discussing the results of experiments undertaken to determine the viability of early oats in different regions of the United States since early oats typically thrive only in the Corn Belt and Great Plains regions.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Warburton, C. W. (Clyde William), 1879-1950
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Pamphlet Describing Kempner Addresses Economics Society]
Pamphlet describing Kempner addresses Economics Society about commission form of government. Also, it documents an article on "Commission Government: Would It Suit New Orleans by Edward H. Burns?"
Date:
1911-03-13~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses
From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples
From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date:
1913
Creator:
Lord, N. W.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Maps of South Dakota and Texas]
Map shows Native American reservations, counties, cities and towns in South Dakota. Includes indices of counties, principal cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,224,000].
Date:
1914
Creator:
Poates, L. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Growing Hard Spring Wheat
"This bulletin discusses the topographic, soil, and climatic features of the northern Great Plains, with special reference to the production of hard spring wheat in that area. Cultural methods for growing the crop are given." -- title
Date:
1915
Creator:
Ball, Carleton R. (Carleton Roy), 1873-1958 & Clark, J. Allen (Jacob Allen), b. 1888
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area
This report gives recommendations to farmers in the Great Plains of the United States who would like to grow fruit in this region in which fruit is not commonly cultivated. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements, pruning, irrigation, orchard pests, injury from hail, and suggested fruit varieties.
Date:
1916
Creator:
Gould, H. P. & Grace, Oliver J.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Advice to Forest Planters in the Plains Regions
"Advice about tree planting to provide a windbreak and a supply of firewood, fence posts, and wood for repairs should be especially valuable to the settler in the Plains region. This bulletin gives advice that will enable him to select the species of trees that will bring the most profitable returns without overburdening him with care. Following the description of each species of tree adapted to the region, the points to be avoided in connection with its planting are summarized in a few concise 'dont's.' Information and advice also are given regarding time for planting, methods of cultivation, pruning, etc." -- p. 2
Date:
1917
Creator:
Smith, Seward Dwight, 1880-
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Growing Winter Wheat on the Great Plains
"This bulletin is intended to answer the requests for information on the production of winter wheat on the Great Plains under dry-farming conditions that arise from the stimulus of a present and prospective price much higher than that under which the agriculture of the section has been developed and from the campaign for a large increase in the crop to meet the necessities of war conditions." -- p. 3. Topics discussed include wheat varieties and seeding.
Date:
1917
Creator:
Chilcott, E. C. (Ellery Channing), 1859-1930 & Cole, John S. (John Selden)
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library