Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms. (open access)

Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.

Patent for improved maneuvering and loading of firearms while riding horseback.
Date: July 20, 1878
Creator: Morrison, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Drill. (open access)

Well Drill.

Patent for a new and improved well drill. This design "consists in a novel construction of a tool for boring or drilling wells, which tool has the drill-bit and the reamer so united as to operate simultaneously, and thus serve the functions of the so-called "Z-bit" and effectually prevent the tool from being thrown laterally out of the line of cutting when striking bowlders; and the invention also consists in an improved construction of the coupling of the tool to the sinker-bar or drill-bar" (lines 9-18).
Date: July 17, 1888
Creator: Titus, Silas W. & Clark, Chester C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of The East Part of Tom Green County

Cadastral map of a portion of Tom Green County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 2, 1902 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 2, 1902

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 2, 1902
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 9, 1902 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 27, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 9, 1902

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 9, 1902
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 16, 1902 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 16, 1902

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 16, 1902
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 29, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 23, 1902 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 29, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 23, 1902

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 23, 1902
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 30, 1902 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 30, 1902

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 30, 1902
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 22, 1903 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 29, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 22, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 22, 1903
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 29, 1903 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 29, 1903

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 29, 1903
Creator: Truly, P. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 7, 1904 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 7, 1904

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 7, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 14, 1904 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 14, 1904

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 14, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 21, 1904 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 21, 1904

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 21, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 28, 1904 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 28, 1904

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 28, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 4, 1905 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 27, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 4, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 4, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 13, 1905 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 13, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 13, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1905 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 20, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 27, 1905 (open access)

The San Angelo Press. (San Angelo, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 27, 1905

Weekly newspaper from San Angelo, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 27, 1905
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower. (open access)

Lawn-Mower.

Patent for lawn mower with special stationary blades; designed to improve the operation of the rotary blades with which the stationary blades come into contact, thus "insuring an easy running, and a perfectly clean and smooth shearing of the grass, and prevent any shock, grinding or clicking, when the contact is made" (lines 8-11).
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Clark, Josepsh Chester
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marker. (open access)

Marker.

Patent for improvement in markers "used in filing and card index cabinets" (lines 6-7).Meant to "provide a light, simply constructed V-shaped device" (lines 11-13), to mark the location of papers or files that have been temporarily moved from a filing system.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Wells, Spencer A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent 87, Volume 40-A (open access)

Patent 87, Volume 40-A

This document was issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company as the final instrument in the land grant process, assigning ownership to the railroad company for 640 acres in Tom Green County, section 21, block 20, as described in the patent. O. Henry wrote a fictional account of illegal proceedings concerning a land certificate, Bexar Scrip 2692, in the short story "Bexar Scrip 2692.” This is the patent that ultimately gave land ownership to the railroad via that certificate.
Date: July 18, 1928
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Captain W. B. Groseclose - July 1, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Major T. N. Carswell to Captain W. B. Groseclose - July 1, 1941]

A letter written to Captain W. B. Groseclose, Company B, Texas Defense Guard, San Angelo, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, Major, Inf., 10th Battalion Texas Defense Guard, INSPECTING OFFICER, dated July 1, 1941. Instructions for correcting errors on reports.
Date: July 1, 1941
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and Reports:  From W. B. Groseclose to Major T. N. Carswell - July 3, 1941] (open access)

[Letter and Reports: From W. B. Groseclose to Major T. N. Carswell - July 3, 1941]

A letter written to Major T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from W. B. Groseclose, Humble Oil & Refining Company, San Angelo, Texas, dated July 3, 1941. Groseclose advises Carswell of enclosed corrected reports.
Date: July 3, 1941
Creator: Groseclose, W. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report from Captain Henry H. Harrison to Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion - July 3, 1941] (open access)

[Report from Captain Henry H. Harrison to Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion - July 3, 1941]

A report addressed to Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion, Abilene, Texas, from Henry H. Harrison, Captain, Infantry, T.D.G., Personnel Officer, By Authority of the Adjutant General, Austin, Texas, dated July 3, 1941. A critique by Harrison of submitted reports.
Date: July 3, 1941
Creator: Harrison, Henry H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History