Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region I (East Texas) describing water sources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies for suppliers and counties, water conservation plans, drought response plans, financing of the plan, and the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region I (East Texas), Volume 2. Appendixes

Appendices for the water plan for Region I (East Texas) including water management strategies, water needs, water conservation methods, species of concern in the area, financing methods, and related reports.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Alan Plummer and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resource Survey of the Proposed Liberty Deposit Mine Area: Rusk County, Texas

Report by Atkins to conduct a cultural resources survey of the proposed 3,865.94 acres Liberty Deposit Mine Area in Rusk County, Texas. The report covers the NRHP eligibility status for three prehistoric sites (41Rk32, 41RK187, and 41RK629).
Date: January 2012
Creator: Atkins
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intensive Archaeological Survey for the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority Proposed Loop 571 Extension Between U.S. Highway 79 and U.S. Highway 259, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas (open access)

Intensive Archaeological Survey for the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority Proposed Loop 571 Extension Between U.S. Highway 79 and U.S. Highway 259, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the the proposed site of the Loop 571 Extension between U.S. Highway 79 and U.S. Highway 259 in Henderson, Texas to determine whether any cultural resources were present in the area.
Date: September 2013
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Axle (open access)

Lubricating Axle

Patent for a lubricating axle.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Birdwell, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Airship (open access)

Airship

Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
Date: June 11, 1912
Creator: Bradshaw, John F. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Fence-Post. (open access)

Design for a Fence-Post.

Design patent for a fence-post that has a tapering post-body with a step series adjoining true cylindrical portions of gradually increasing diameter.
Date: June 6, 1899
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Motor (open access)

Water Motor

Patent for a water motor. This is an invention for a type of motor operated by tidal power.
Date: October 20, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Reeling Apparatus (open access)

Wire-Reeling Apparatus

Patent for a wheeled spool for commercial construction and telecommunications wire.
Date: May 5, 1903
Creator: Brooks, Jesse Watson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for canning apparatus. Illustration included.
Date: March 30, 1909
Creator: Brown, William N.; Brown, Clyde V. & Brown, Lester L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. (open access)

Ironing-Table.

Patent for an improved folding ironing-table that has "its top pivoted to the longer of two pairs of legs, the shorter pair designed to hold a cross bar which is adapted to support the table top about midway its length, when the table is opened and set up for use" (lines 18-22).
Date: November 20, 1894
Creator: Coleman, Robert Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Baling and Compress Machine. (open access)

Combined Baling and Compress Machine.

Patent for a combined baling and compress machine for cotton gins, which makes bales that fulfill the rules of transportation companies on cotton bale density and is cost efficient enough for small gins to purchase.
Date: June 8, 1909
Creator: Crow, Robert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lapel-Spring for Coats. (open access)

Lapel-Spring for Coats.

Patent for improvements in lapel-springs for coats and similar articles of clothing by using a loop-shaped spring and a rod or bar pivotally connected with or hinged to both ends of the spring. It will hold the lapels of a coat or similar garment in proper position. Illustration is included.
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Crow, Robert Dlouglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress (open access)

Cotton Compress

Patent for a cotton compress. This invention "is to produce a compress which will make a condensed bale of the regulation shape and which can be operated faster than the common form of compress" (line 16-20) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Press (open access)

Cotton Press

Patent for a cotton press.
Date: September 29, 1903
Creator: Crow, Robert Douglas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report (open access)

Turf-Type and Early Maturing Annual Ryegrass to Establish Perennial Vegetation: Technical Report

Technical report describing a project to test turf-type and early-maturing annual ryegrasses for use along roadways.
Date: April 2014
Creator: Cummings, Hennen; Wittie, Roger; Muir, James P.; Bow, John; Molina, Raymondo; Arwine, Tanner et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Patent for for a new cloth-measuring machine design, including illustrations.
Date: August 3, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment for Chairs. (open access)

Fan Attachment for Chairs.

Patent for a fan that attaches to rocking chairs which turns one direction when the chair rocks forward and the opposite direction when the chair rocks backward.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Dorris, Joseph F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Henderson area in Texas.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: Ely, Charles W. & Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a new type of pump operator mechanism with a "novel mounting for the air compressing pump" (lines 18-19) and a more compact form. Illustrations included.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Feagin, Luther W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Berryhill Creek 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: 1973
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Berryhill Creek 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

Berryhill Creek 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: 1977
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History