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2010 Census County Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
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2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
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Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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2000 Census County Block Map
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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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1990 Census County Block Map
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Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.
Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 2, 1872
Creator:
Compant, John M. & Krauskopf, Engelbert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Spading Machine.
Patent for a new and improved rotary spading machine. This design "consists in the combination of a cylinder or drum armed with a series of spades or teeth, and mounted on a revolving shaft having a bearing or ground wheel, and a series of cleaning fingers or disks, which operate between the teeth of a second cylinder or drum which is mounted in a frame hung loosely on the main shaft of the machine, so as to rise and fall and adapt itself to the inequalities of the ground" (lines 21-30).
Date:
March 8, 1881
Creator:
Schuchard, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Wheel Cultivator And Plow
Patent for improvements to a combined wheel cultivator and plow, "whereby either mold-board plows or shovel-cultivators may be used upon a common frame" (lines 16-18). Includes illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1886
Creator:
Wahrmund, Charles, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bee Hive Stand.
Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date:
December 10, 1889
Creator:
Lipp, Simpson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fredericksburg Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1894
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kerrville Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1894
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Splicer.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive wire stretcher and splicer that can easily connect to a post and use it as an anchor while stretching wire. The invention also draws wires together and re-connects them. A crank makes the device easy to use.
Date:
September 4, 1894
Creator:
Marshall, Otto
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Setting Machine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in tire setting machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 4, 1898
Creator:
Mathisen, Christian
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator
Patent for "improvements in windmill-regulators of that class distinguished by the provision of a movable bucket connected to the regulating-cable of a windmill and communicating with the tank or reservoir supplied by the mill to cause the depression of the bucket for the purpose of throwing the mill out of gear or out of the wind. . .when the level of water in the tank has reached a predetermined point" (lines 8-18).
Date:
March 5, 1901
Creator:
Stein, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill
Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date:
May 14, 1901
Creator:
Stein, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Tank.
Patent for improved water-tank of which will provide a construction to prevent leakage, bruising, and warping of the wood and in which water will be kept cool and clean.
Date:
July 30, 1901
Creator:
Evans, Edwin Fousiiee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kerrville Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1904
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Lubricator
Patent for a windmill lubricator. Illustration included.
Date:
October 11, 1904
Creator:
Tatsch, Hubert H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Bolt Wrench
Patent for a tire bolt wrench. Illustration included.
Date:
April 4, 1905
Creator:
Moore, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fredericksburg Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1906
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shaft and Pulley Collar.
Patent for a collar for pulleys and shafts with set-screws that protects the set-screws from damage or harming people working with the systems.
Date:
May 14, 1907
Creator:
Beal, Ephaphras Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stone-Drilling Machine.
Patent for a stone drilling tool, which has water automatically flowing through it.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Weiss, Adolf
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism.
Patent for a pump operating mechanism, which is run by horses going in a circle around the device to power the pump.
Date:
April 27, 1909
Creator:
Siggel, Willie F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Clamp
Patent for a tube clamp for holding pipe sections in wells.
Date:
May 21, 1912
Creator:
Krauskope, Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap
Patent for an insect trap for flies. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gap Gate.
Patent for new and improved water gap gates to protect gates and barriers during natural interference, thereby preventing livestock injury.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Sattler, Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roadway for Vehicles
Patent for a roadway for automobiles built of rail tracks that accommodate different tire sizes, so that wheels may run along the rails inlaid on roads.
Date:
October 18, 1913
Creator:
OBarr, Richard H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Load-lifter.
Patent for the improved design of a load lifter.
Date:
May 5, 1914
Creator:
Meyer, Dietrich H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fredericksburg Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1916
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History