Abdominal Support (open access)

Abdominal Support

Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Towns, Minnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Lamp.

Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 10, 1899
Creator: Josserand, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Lamp. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Lamp.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas lamps, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 20, 1900
Creator: Josserand, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Slates. (open access)

Frame For Slates.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for slates, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 12, 1899
Creator: Mitchell, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits. (open access)

Device for Facilitating Making and Sharpening Molding-Bits.

Patent for sharpening molding-bits and keeping them at standard gauge. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Ross, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "of the wheel having the series of arms, the V-shaped fenders secured thereto, the rim having offsets and tapering side edges, the hoe-bars having rollers, and overlapping hoes at their outer ends" (lines 73-78).
Date: May 14, 1889
Creator: Woodbury, Amasa O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws. (open access)

Device for Jointing, Gaging, and Setting Saws.

Patent for a new and improved device for jointing, gauging, and setting saws. This design consists "[i]n a saw-jointer and gage . . . the body-plate or block, having laterally extending arms, a groove extending entirely through the said arms, overhanging flanges extending from the said arms, a slot in the bottom of the groove forming an open space between the flanges, and a flat spring secured in the groove, facing the flanges" (lines 28-35).
Date: May 5, 1885
Creator: Cummings, Virgil T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-motors by using the combination of an upright supporting frame, “a shaft journaled in the frame, means for rotating the shaft,…..corresponding with the size of the joint between the dasher-staff and pitman, substantially as specified.” (Line 5-15, p.2) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: MaGee, William Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1161 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1161

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the County School Boards of Trinity and Walker Counties, under the provisions of Article 2742f, Section 1, have the authority to detach territory situated wholly in Walker County from an independent school district wholly in Walker County and attach such territory to another independent school district situated in both counties.
Date: October 10, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 15

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 14

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 4

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Angelina County, Block 5

Parent map for Angelina County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Angelina County, Index

Index map for Angelina County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:133,843.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 16

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Houston County, Block 8

Parent map for Houston County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 3

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 8

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Polk County, Block 5

Parent map for Polk County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Inset E01

Inset map for Trinity County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:2,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Polk County, Index

Index map for Polk County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:106,153.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Inset A01

Inset map for Trinity County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:3,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Polk County, Block 4

Parent map for Polk County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Trinity County, Block 1

Parent map for Trinity County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History