Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-power by using a combination of “a vertical support [piece], an operating-lever pivoted thereto, a dasher-shaft, a horizontal bar connected to the said lever, and a cord secured at its ends to the said bar and wrapped between its ends around the dasher-shaft. All these parts combined to enable the churn to operate as described.” (Lines 55-61) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Reese, Roswell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Index map for Kent 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 1:70,622.
Date: November 23, 2010
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): Kent County, Block 9

Parent map for Kent County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:23,000.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridge-Truss. (open access)

Bridge-Truss.

Patent for an invention, which relates to a new and useful truss, particularly intended for bridges but applicable also for use in various other structures.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Beard, Eddie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1624 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-1624

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: Is a railroad maintaining lines in Fisher County subject to a county-wide road tax levy made subsequent to the election of 1929, on its intangible assets and rolling stock?
Date: November 14, 1939
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap (open access)

Animal Trap

Patent for a trap to catch small animals
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Baker, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History