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2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
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2000 Census County Block Map
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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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1990 Census County Block Map
55
2010 Census County Block Map
53
2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
53
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
38
Digital Raster Graphic Topographic Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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2007 Economic Census Map
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Check Row Planter
Patent for check row planter. Illustration included.
Date:
July 19, 1904
Creator:
Perkins, Albert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
February 7, 1905
Creator:
Woods, John Bell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Gresham, Louis David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Conductor
Patent for electric conductor with switch cord and plug especially designed for use with multiple electrical circuits, as with a telephone switchboard.
Date:
March 20, 1906
Creator:
Weir, Welby D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a clothes pin, which holds clothes without stretching them and is easily taken on and off with one press of the clamp.
Date:
March 8, 1910
Creator:
Kitts, William Caluway
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles
Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 23, 1904
Creator:
Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date:
July 12, 1904
Creator:
Brown, Christopher C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Measuring Machine.
Patent for a new and useful cloth measuring machine, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 2, 1900
Creator:
Williams, Ellia Pinkney
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CASH REGISTER.
Patent for improvements in cash-registers for making change and with a recording mechanism for printing amounts for which change is made, including descriptions of the parts of the mechanism and with illustrations.
Date:
December 9, 1902
Creator:
Woodson, James F. & Lindsay, Oscar L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bat Former and Compressor
Patent for a combined cotton bat former and compressor. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 10, 1911
Creator:
Raley, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaner.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton gin saw cleaners, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 12, 1899
Creator:
Mapes, Joseph Calvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 17, 1907
Creator:
Sodekson, Nathan S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for improvement in andirons “which is so arranged as to permit ready access to the fireplace for the purpose of cleaning out the ashes and having a removable fender which is capable of being quickly and readily removed or placed in position to retain the fire and prevent the fire from rolling out the fireplace.” (Lines 47-54.) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 26, 1901
Creator:
Cox, John Drew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Hook.
Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Reid, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead Fastening.
Patent for connecting legs to side rails of beadsteads.
Date:
April 17, 1900
Creator:
Rape, Augustus D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bridle-Bit.
Patent for a bridle bit that holds and manages vicious horses and that can be adjusted to also fit a calf or colt.
Date:
December 19, 1911
Creator:
Smith, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Couch and Bath-Tub.
Patent for a new and useful combined couch and bath tub, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Smith, Samuel Jackson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brace For Heel Sweeps
Patent for a brace to be used with the class of agricultural implements known as 'heelsweeps'. Illustration included.
Date:
February 12, 1907
Creator:
Ingram, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culinary Implement
Patent for a culinary implement for slicing food. Illustrations included.
Date:
October 15, 1912
Creator:
Wyatt, James E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Slat Fastener.
Patent for an improved construction of a bed-slat fastener, one "adapted to support a bed-slat firmly in position and to prevent the side rails of a bedstead from springing outward" (lines 14-16). There are also "no recesses or crevices for the accumulation of vermin" (lines 19-20) in this design.
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Fielding, Charles S. & Grogan, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andiron.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive andiron that can easily be moved and holds the logs in place. "The invention consists of an andiron having two dogs or members connected together and a fender removably connected to the front of said dogs and extending over the intervening space or opening" (lines 9-14).
Date:
August 28, 1894
Creator:
Grogan, John Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter, Harrow, and Plow
Patent for "a combined seeder or planter, harrow, and plow, and to simplify the parts, so that they can easily be put together and taken apart and manufactured at little expense" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 17, 1889
Creator:
Russell, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Back Band.
Patent for a new and improved back-band. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the back-band, the leather guard secured thereto, and the leather section secured to said band at one end of said guard and provided with loop and buckle, of the protector having slotted ends, and the strap connected with said buckle and having its ends passed through the slotted ends of said protector and under said loop" (lines 65-72).
Date:
January 10, 1888
Creator:
Helm, Albert Jerome
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3144, Chapter 1156
Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a prohibition on hunting on certain parts of Big Sandy Creek in Wood County; providing penalties.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History