Device for Digging Wells or Post Holes. (open access)

Device for Digging Wells or Post Holes.

Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design consists in "the combination, with an annular head carrying cutters, of the block or bar, the arms secured at their upper ends to the bar or block and at their opposite ends to the head, the cylinder, and the yielding arms secured at one end to said bar and their opposite ends adapted to engage the upper edge of the cylinder" (lines 34-41).
Date: November 12, 1889
Creator: Stephenson, Elam Grigory
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for Spark-Arrester. The author claims his invention catches sparks and throws them to the bottom of the chamber to the discharge pipe. Used in locomotive smoke stacks.
Date: October 12, 1880
Creator: Swan, Robert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7331 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7331

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the shares and properties of the Mt. Pleasant Building & Loan Association are subject to taxation.
Date: August 12, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Titus County Boat Ramp (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Titus County Boat Ramp

A report of an archaeological survey of an area where a boat ramp, a parking lot, and bathroom facilities will be constructed.
Date: March 12, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History