Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump. (open access)

Double-Acting Cylinder-Pump.

Patent for improvements in double-acting cylinder-pumps by making “the cages and check-valves detachable from the piston-cylinder without removing or disturbing either the casing or piston-cylinder and can be replaced in the same manner.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration in included.
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Henry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Acting Cylinder Pump (open access)

Double Acting Cylinder Pump

Patent for double acting cylinder pumps capable of continuous operation and a continuous stream of water, including illustration.
Date: October 15, 1901
Creator: Arnold, Henry B.
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 that throws the dirt out of the way to allow the plants to be chopped more easily.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Arthur, George P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for cotton chopper attachment for wheeled cultivators that allowed the user to "cut or chop out portions of the cotton row so that the growth of the remaining cotton is facilitated."
Date: October 20, 1914
Creator: Arthur, George P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties, Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Ground-Water Resources in Parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties, Texas

Report on the evaluation of ground-water conditions in parts of Midland, Reagan and Upton Counties. Includes chemical analysis of water quality, water level measurements, recommendations, and projections.
Date: February 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Christian, Prescott C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas (open access)

Public Supply Ground-Water Use in Western Texas

Report documenting an inventory of West Texas underground water supply for public use and consumption.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Ashworth, John B. & Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for "a washing-machine which will rapidly wash clothes of coarse or fine texture without injury thereto. This object I accomplish by my improved washing-machine, which consists, essentially, of a cylindrical body, a flexible and adjustable wash-board in the lower half thereof, and a corrugated drum rotating in the body above the wash-board" (lines 9-16).
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Baugh, Reuben P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences (open access)

Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences

Patent for a wire fence building and repair tool that includes "features of a wire stretcher, staple puller, hammer, and a crowbar" (lines 15-16) and can "secure together the two extremities of a broken fence wire so that the same may be tied or intertwisted." (lines 18-20)
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Bingham, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico (open access)

Petroleum Engineering Report, Big Spring Field and Other Fields in West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum engineering studies conducted in Texas and New Mexico. The results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: November 1936
Creator: Carpenter, Charles B. & Hill, Harry Blackburn
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses (open access)

Feeding and Packing Mechanism for Baling Presses

Patent for condenser that positively feeds cotton into the press box.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Christopher, Giles V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Button for Billiard Counters. (open access)

Button for Billiard Counters.

Patent for a new and improved button for billiard counters. This design "ha[s] the transverse opening and passage extending therefrom to the periphery thereof and communicating with said opening and the longitudinal hole in close proximity to the transverse opening, and the pin adapted to engage said hole, whereby the button is removably secured to a wire" (lines 83-90).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: De Vitt, Phillip Melvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Machine. (open access)

Road-Machine.

Patent for "a machine for resurfacing roads or preparing new roads" (lines 9-10). Machine includes an adjustable scraper to aid in leveling of the roadway and compresses the edges of the roads using drags or shoes. The machine is adaptable to aid in road construction "depending upon the nature and condition of the road's surface" (lines 16-17).
Date: October 24, 1916
Creator: Dean, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Holder (open access)

Pencil Holder

Patent for a pocket pencil holder. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Eldredge, Alva Roy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Plug (open access)

Spark-Plug

Patent for a spark plug used in explosive engines. Illustrations included.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Estes, Robert E. & Inman, John P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns (open access)

Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns

Patent for a automatic cutoff for cisterns which prevents the first muddy water coming down a rain spout from going into the cistern by sending it into a separate waste pipe.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Estes, Robert Ephriam
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region F describing water supply locations and suppliers, the general state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region F, 2016, Volume II. Appendices

Appendices of the water plan for Region F including cost estimates, water management strategies, comments and answers related to the plan, survey results, drought triggers, and related reports.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrews

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 1:100000
Date: 1992
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Northwest Quadrangle

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 1:24,000
Date: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Northwest Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Northwest Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Northwest Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1970
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Quadrangle

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 1:24,000
Date: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benge Corner Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History