P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 3

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 6

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 7

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 11

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 12

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Block 17

Parent map for Karnes County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Karnes County, Index

Index map for Karnes County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:92,115.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Live Oak County, Index

Index map for Live Oak County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:128,961.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1386 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1386

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Maximum compensation of DeWitt County officers and their deputies.
Date: January 15, 1952
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Mayer, Henry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer (open access)

Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer

Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Freeman, Richard J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float for Linters. (open access)

Float for Linters.

Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.
Date: January 25, 1910
Creator: Blanchard, George L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Powder Distributer. (open access)

Insect-Powder Distributer.

Patent for a poison distributor that has an adjustable discharge distance and does not clog. It is crank operated to generate a steady stream of poison.
Date: January 2, 1894
Creator: Schumacher, Hermann G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel or Felly Screw. (open access)

Wheel or Felly Screw.

Patent for a new and improved screw for a wheel or felly. This design "relates to screws for setting vehicle fellies or rims on the tenons of the spokes; and its object is to provide a device possessing superior advantages in point of simplicity, ease of adjustment, and general efficiency, whereby one [person] can easily and conveniently set the rim" (lines 9-15).
Date: January 8, 1884
Creator: Rotzien, Christoph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machines. (open access)

Washing-Machines.

Patent for an improvement in washing machines. The shaping and components are meticulously detailed and indicate they play a part in the said improvement.
Date: January 20, 1874
Creator: Eberhardt, T. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History