Antislipping Device for Tires (open access)

Antislipping Device for Tires

Patent for a device intended to decrease slippage of vehicle tires on roads that are either damaged or otherwise hard to navigate due to weather conditions.
Date: September 4, 1919
Creator: Edwards, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for improvements in cultivator attachments that is meant to improve the means whereby weeds or the like at the opposite sides of a row of plants may be effectively and conveniently removed. It also is an improved means whereby the soil at opposite sides of a row of plants may be subjected to the action of harrows in order to materially facilitate cultivation.
Date: February 4, 1919
Creator: Capps, Joseph W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boundary of Pennsylvanian and Permian (?) in the Subsurface Scurry Reef, Scurry County, Texas (open access)

Boundary of Pennsylvanian and Permian (?) in the Subsurface Scurry Reef, Scurry County, Texas

Report is based on a geological survey regarding scurry reef and black shales
Date: December 1952
Creator: Heck, W. A.; Yenne, K. A. & Henbest, Lloyd G. (Lloyd George), 1900-1987
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texas College Operating Budget: 2019 (open access)

Western Texas College Operating Budget: 2019

Proposed budget for Western Texas College outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2018-07~
Creator: Western Texas College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like. (open access)

Adjustable Axle for Plows, Planters, and the like.

Patent for an adjustable axle "for use in connection with wheel mounted or sulky plows, of the middle burster or lister type, or for use in connection with planters and other devices for tilling or working the soil" (lines 10-14) and which allows for the plow to run evenly despite the evenness or unevenness of the soil.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Dalley, William F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeder. (open access)

Weeder.

Patent for a new adjustable-height weeder that attaches to a cultivator or lister and cultivates, weeds, or cuts field vegetation quickly.
Date: April 28, 1914
Creator: Geurin, Henry E. & Dean, Walter D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speculum. (open access)

Speculum.

Patent for an improved speculum, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 15, 1914
Creator: P'Pool, Frank E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sad-Iron Heater. (open access)

Sad-Iron Heater.

Patent for a portable device for heating sad-irons (as well as other heaters) with a small oil tank for a burners and a cover. The device will regulate the amount of oil and provide coverage that will maintain the high temperature of the sad-iron.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Beck, Joseph P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Section-Harrow. (open access)

Section-Harrow.

Patent for "a section harrow that may be readily attached to an ordinary planter, cultivator or other farm implement, and which will include a considerable number of harrow sections, alined transversely of the direction of travel, so that the implement will be adapted to harrow a field in a comparatively short time" (lines 11-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Harlin, Harry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment "of a plurality of cutter blades which are adapted to be adjustably secured to the supporting frame of a cultivator in such a manner as to efficiently cut the weeds and dig into the soil without injuring the plants which may pass therebetween" (lines 12-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 21, 1915
Creator: Doak, Clifton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine. (open access)

Advertising-Machine.

Patent for an advertising machine that reverses the travel of the apron that is used to connect with, and where, the display sign is printed. It also easily and efficiently reverses the driving mechanism once the apron is completely unwound from one of the rollers. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Looney, Marma Duke
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Table and Ironing-Board (open access)

Convertible Table and Ironing-Board

Patent for improvements in convertible tables and ironing boards. Where a freestanding table can be converted readily into an ironing board.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Wasson, Lawson C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutting Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Stalk Cutting Attachment for Plows.

Patent for "cutter which may be readily attached to and used in connection with a plow" (lines 12-13) with description and illustration.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Turner, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Splicer. (open access)

Wire-Splicer.

Patent for a wire splicer, or a device that connects distinct wires by looping them together. Illustrations included.
Date: September 30, 1912
Creator: Martin, Enoch
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater (open access)

Flat Iron Heater

Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Martin, Enoch
Object Type: Patent
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
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
Western Texas College Budget: 2016 (open access)

Western Texas College Budget: 2016

Proposed budget for Western Texas College outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2015
Creator: Western Texas College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Northwest Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texas College Budget: 2014 (open access)

Western Texas College Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for Western Texas College outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: 2013~
Creator: Western Texas College
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Western Texas College Budget: 2013 (open access)

Western Texas College Budget: 2013

Budget for Western Texas College with expected revenues and expenditures for fiscal year 2013, including information about salaries, taxes, current funds, the student service fee fund, and the student housing reserve system.
Date: 2012
Creator: Western Texas College
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History