Quilting-Frame (open access)

Quilting-Frame

Patent for "a construction which will be cheap and simple in construction and efficient in its operation and which may be adjusted to hold the quilt with the proper degree of tension at all times" (lines 12-16).
Date: March 26, 1901
Creator: Glacken, Hugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of the Willis Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of the Willis Area, Texas

Text describes the area, history of settlement and agricultural development, climate, physiography and geology, soils, and agricultural conditions of the Willis area, Montgomery County, Texas.
Date: 1901
Creator: Martin, J. O.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Willis sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: 1901
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History