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2010 Census County Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
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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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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
52
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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Western United States 1:250,000
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Digital Raster Graphic Topographic Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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2007 Economic Census Map
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Oil Press Mat.
Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "is to flexibly connect the metal plates or leaves of a three-leaved oil-press mat in such manner that when the mat with the bags of meal interposed between its leaves is subjected to pressure for the purpose of expressing the oil the parallelism of the leaves will be maintained and endwise shifting of the same prevented. A further object is to provide a fastening . . . which shall be stronger, more durable, and more positive in its functions" (lines 31-41).
Date:
June 7, 1881
Creator:
Ahrenbeck, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard
Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date:
December 3, 1901
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Level.
Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date:
November 23, 1909
Creator:
Brittain, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for improvements to press for making bales of hay.
Date:
April 21, 1885
Creator:
Chidester, John E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "has for its object to provide a motor of the class . . . that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and general efficiency; and to these ends [the] invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 17-23).
Date:
September 30, 1884
Creator:
Chilton, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires.
Patent for an automatically inflating tire which allows the tires to be inflated evenly at all times. "Should the air escape from the tire due to a puncture or leak the rim will be prevented from injuring the tire casing, as said casing will be prevented from becoming deflated" (lines 17-21). Motorists will no longer need to drive on flat tires waiting for repairs.
Date:
November 9, 1920
Creator:
Cooper, Jowel Cecil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings.
Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1876
Creator:
Darrow, Nicholas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaning Machine.
Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date:
April 11, 1916
Creator:
Davison, Israel D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).
Date:
May 28, 1901
Creator:
Dinkins, James Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pencil Attachment
Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date:
December 26, 1916
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Indicator
Patent for a train indicator that displays numbers or letters that can be easily changed.
Date:
July 2, 1912
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B. & Clappart, Emile E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter Clasping Device
Patent for a letter clasping device. Illustration included.
Date:
January 8, 1907
Creator:
Elliott, Claud B. & Loggins, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Motor Apparatus.
Patent for a spring loaded dasher for use in churns that results in automated turning of the dashers.
Date:
June 4, 1907
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Axle
Patent for a buggy-axle that has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the stub axle of the device, holding the wheel in place.
Date:
May 18, 1915
Creator:
Elliott, Claude B. & Kurtz, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ground-Water Withdrawals and Changes in Water Levels in the Houston District, Texas 1975-79
Report on the published data on ground-water development in the Houston, Texas district.
Date:
April 1984
Creator:
Gabrysch, R. K.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin
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 1:250000
Date:
1988
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont
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 1:250000
Date:
1979
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont
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 1:250000
Date:
1979
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham
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 1:100000
Date:
1993
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brookshire 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:
1980
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brookshire 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
Brookshire 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 1:62500
Date:
1957
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brookshire 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:
1973
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brookshire 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:
2013
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History