Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a chopping device that can be attached to an existing cultivator, allowing for the use of the cultivator to become a more versatile farm vehicle.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Vickers, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a cultivator.
Date: June 14, 1910
Creator: Vickers, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chemical Fire-Extinguisher. (open access)

Chemical Fire-Extinguisher.

Patent for chemical fire extinguishers "in which the acid-bottle consists of two concentric cylinders, the inner one of which is open at top and bottom, and which, when the bottle is placed in the cylinder containing the water and soda, potash, or other material, a compressed-air seal will be formed, preventing the acid and water from commingling; but when the bottle is inverted the seal will be broken, and the water and acid coming together will generate the gas." (Lines 18-28) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Flatau, Louis Spencer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a simple cattle guard for railroads "which may be applied conveniently and economically to a cattle gap, and which will prevent cattle from getting their legs caught between the sleepers above the gap, which will also prevent cattle from passing over the gap, and which will frighten the cattle from the track" (lines 16-22).
Date: July 18, 1893
Creator: Hills, Lorenzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle-guard that improves on patents previously granted to the inventor (No. 516,307 and No. 501,785). The improvements include "the provision of a counter balance or lever with a weight slidingly thereon, which can be adjusted so as to better regulate the platform (lines 25-28) and perforated guards, which will not get as damaged by the wind as non-perforated guards. The patent also includes springs under the platform instead of springs under the sills.
Date: September 11, 1894
Creator: Hills, Lorenzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle-guard that does not let cattle become entangled and killed in the guard, and does not allow cattle to pass over the rails. Cattle also will not get thrown or trip on the guard, and the trains will not be endangered.
Date: March 13, 1894
Creator: Hills, Lorenzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for an improvement in the construction and design of baling presses.
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree. (open access)

Whiffletree.

Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a whiffletree formed of a single metal plate having the perforations and bent to form a hollow tree, the hooks and ring having the enlarged perforated ends, and the rivets" (lines 91-95).
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener. (open access)

Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.

Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date: March 29, 1887
Creator: Ferguson, George J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3847 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3847

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May the Commission recognize a consolidation of leases made prior to June 5, 1941, in the Pittsburg Field, Camp County, Texas, and grant a tolerance allowable to said consolidated tract or is it precluded from doing so because of its order of June 5, 1941, forbidding the combination of leases in order to obtain tolerance?
Date: July 20, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Franklin County, Index

Index map for Franklin 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 1:70,736.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Camp County, Block 2

Parent map for Camp County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Camp County, Block 5

Parent map for Camp County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Titus County, Block 12

Parent map for Titus County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Camp County, Inset A01

Inset map for Camp County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Upshur County, Block 2

Parent map for Upshur County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Upshur County, Block 4

Parent map for Upshur County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Titus County, Block 10

Parent map for Titus County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Camp County, Index

Index map for Camp 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 1:65,557.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Camp County, Index

Index map for Camp 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 1:65,557.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Wood County, Index

Index map for Wood 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 1:88,451.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Wood County, Block 8

Parent map for Wood County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Morris County, Block 11

Parent map for Morris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Camp County, Block 6

Parent map for Camp County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History