Resource Type

Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer (open access)

Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer

Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Anderson, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for cultivator attachment that is useful in breaking up the soil at opposite side of the plants and leveling the ground between the rows. It can be adjusted to any desired angle (vertical, horizontal) or level (up and down).
Date: January 6, 1903
Creator: Brewer, John Meed
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock Car (open access)

Vestibule Stock Car

Patent for vestibule stock rail car. Illustration included.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Buckner, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c. (open access)

APPARATUS FOR PUMPING WATER, SAND, &c.

Patent for "an apparatus for emptying sandboxes of locomotives" (lines 13-14) "operated by compressed air to elevate and discharge sand, water, &c." (lines 10-11).
Date: October 30, 1900
Creator: Butler, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Covering Cleaner (open access)

Foot Covering Cleaner

Patent for a covered boot or shoe scrapper. Illustration included.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Childers, Christopher C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers (open access)

Word Counting Attachment for Type Writers

Patent for a word counting attachment for type writers.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Coleman, James G. & Wilhite, Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon Juice Extractor (open access)

Lemon Juice Extractor

Patent for a lemon juice extractor. Illustration included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Conroy, Eliza D. & Jobe, L. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Apparatus (open access)

Lubricating Apparatus

Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Dangler, Hank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hose-Coupling. (open access)

Hose-Coupling.

Patent for a new and useful hose coupling, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1900
Creator: Davenport, Robert L. & Rast, Felix Q.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave Filler. (open access)

Grave Filler.

Patent for a grave-filling machine, which transports dirt into the hole of the grave.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Deering, Uriah H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for a gate latch "comprising pivoted arms having hooked front ends which are normally spread out" (lines 85-87), including illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1906
Creator: Drennan, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Guard (open access)

Cattle Guard

Patent for a cattle guard. This cattle guard is a useful improvement in use on railway-tracks.
Date: September 15, 1903
Creator: Frownfelter, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cleburne Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1908
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Granbury Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1903
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Weatherford Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing. (open access)

Bearing.

Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Godsey, Henry M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Basket. (open access)

Wire Basket.

Patent for a wire basket, which is sturdier than previous ones for use in groceries.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Hadley, William Swain
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass. (open access)

Method of Exterminating Johnson Grass.

Patent for a method to kill Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) by repeatedly breaking up the ground around the plant during winter.
Date: July 16, 1901
Creator: Harpold, Clay
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device (open access)

Hitching Device

Patent for hitching device. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1904
Creator: Holland, George K. De W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner. (open access)

Oil-Burner.

Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner. Illustrations included.
Date: July 18, 1905
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide (open access)

Rein-Guide

Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars (open access)

Metallic End Yoke For Railway Cars

Patent for a metallic end yoke for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: November 17, 1903
Creator: Kimbrough, Sidney W.; Watkins, William E. & McCarley, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History