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2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
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2000 Census County Block Map
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1990 Census County Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
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2010 Census County Block Map
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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
48
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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Digital Raster Graphic Topographic Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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University of Texas System Reports
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Cultural Resources Survey Within the Green Acres South Campus Proposed Expansion Site
Archaeological survey results of 34 acre area of land for proposed development in Smith County, Texas.
Date:
March 22, 2004
Creator:
AR Consultants
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Brick.
Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date:
January 3, 1888
Creator:
Aber, Edgar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp.
Patent for guard rail clamps to securely clasp guard rails with the main rail with features such as spikes and braces.
Date:
March 12, 1912
Creator:
Akers, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Guard-Rail Clamp
Patent for a guard rail clamp. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Akers, Harry R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
Switch.
Patent for a switch mechanism for use on railroads. The switch can be installed without cutting the railroad tracks. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
March 20, 1917
Creator:
Allen, Gus V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
Date:
August 28, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Driving Mechanism
Patent for a driving mechanism. The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanism for transforming reciprocatory motion into rotary motion. It can be adapted in order to connect to other mechanisms.
Date:
January 16, 1906
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Platform Treadle For Hand Cars
Patent for a platform treadle for hand cars. Illustration included.
Date:
October 17, 1905
Creator:
Allison, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date:
October 16, 1917
Creator:
Alston, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.
Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
Date:
February 19, 1884
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Shade.
Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
Date:
June 14, 1881
Creator:
Arnold, William Noah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Site 41SM404 Within TXDOT's Tyler Distrct, Smith County, Texas
Report of the findings of an archaeological survey of a site in Smith County, Texas to determine whether it was eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Date:
July 2012
Creator:
Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gathering-Machine.
Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.
Date:
August 31, 1909
Creator:
Barnes, Ferdinand S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fender.
Patent for a device "to be secured to the prow of a ship or vessel and which projects forwardly therefrom for the purpose of protecting the vessel against injury from a collision" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 4, 1915
Creator:
Barton, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree Attachment
Patent for device which attaches swingle trees to double trees and decreases shocks and jerks experienced by the tree of a vehicle.
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
Bates, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hand Propelling Device for Sewing Machines.
Patent for a new and improved crank for sewing machines. This design "is to provide propelling device for sewing-machines and similar treadle-power machines which shall dispense with the treadle-action and injurious strain which its use imposes . . . It consists in a rod jointed to the fly-wheel after the manner of a pitman, but which, instead of connecting with a treadle, is fashioned into a handle, which extends obliquely upward toward the operator, and is combined with and held in place by a guide-frame made in the form of a pendent metal loop with flanged ends and screw-holes" (lines 8-21).
Date:
April 10, 1888
Creator:
Beaird, Kate Palmer
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines
Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Bell, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Felt Picker
Patent for a felt picker. This invention is for use of piano-workmen in making flexible the felts in piano-actions.
Date:
June 23, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Support for Attachment to Desks.
Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
Date:
August 11, 1903
Creator:
Bell, William Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Hinge.
Patent for a "gravity-hinge for causing a gate to automatically close, and which is susceptible of such adjustment that if the gate-post and the latch-post, either or both, become disarranged as regards their perpendicular position, or if they are not exactly coincident with relation to each other, the gate can be centered relatively to the latch-post, or rather the hinged end of the gate can be set precisely perpendicular or be shifted laterally to any required angle of inclination for the purpose of causing the gate to properly close and engage the latch on the latch-post." (Lines 11-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate-latch. A latch-pin secured in a beam, another latch secured to the inside of another post, with two pivoting hangers, and plates come together to form this latch.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a gate latch that works by having stop-pins secured to the gate, while a rod goes through the post, with a handle on one end and a latch on the other end. The latch is shaped so that it catches the pin.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Berry, John S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History