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Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Bastrop County, no. 11
Inventory of records of Bastrop County housed in the Bastrop County Courthouse as of 1936 and 1937. Begins with a historical sketch of the county along with a government organization chart, and information on the housing, care, and accessibility of the records. Describes the records of the County Commissioners Court, County Clerk as Recorder, District Court, County Court, Justices of the Peace, District Attorney, County Attorney, Sheriff, Constables, Tax Assessor-Collector, Board of Equalization, County Treasurer, County Board of School Trustees, County School Superintendent, County Health Officer, County Surveyor, Board of Land Commissioners (Defunct), Inspector of Hides and Animals (Defunct), and Coroner (Defunct). Includes a bibliography as well as chronological and subject and entry indexes.
Date:
June 1941
Creator:
Historical Records Survey. Texas.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety Razor
Patent for a safety razor.
Date:
October 31, 1916
Creator:
Wrede, Albin C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vise and Saw Clamp
Patent for a vise and a saw clamp
Date:
December 19, 1916
Creator:
King, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motion-Picture-Film Cleaner.
Patent for improvement in motion picture film cleaners which quickly and efficiently removes oil, dirt and grease from film that has been caused by the machines; includes illustrations.
Date:
September 4, 1917
Creator:
Noble, Marcos Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Favorite Saloon
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "Ehlo & Bro. Props"; "Dealers in Beer, Fine Liquors, Wines, Cigars and Tobacco." Letterhead includes the names Otto Ehlo; Chas. Ehlo.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Poison Distributor for Growing Plants
Patent for a device that can be easily attached to a cultivator and delivers poison to both the roots and the top of a plant, protecting the plant from pests and disease, with illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1902
Creator:
Zedlitz, Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furnace-Forming Die
Patent for a die for fashioning a furnace for cooking and ironing. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 17, 1911
Creator:
Williams, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows.
Date:
August 8, 1899
Creator:
Muehr, Frank & Frerich, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dish-Washer
Patent fora dishwasher. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved means for washing dishes in such a manner that all foreign substances, greasy matters, and offensive odors may be readily and expeditiously removed and the dishes restored dry and clean by the operation of the machine without handling them.
Date:
January 14, 1891
Creator:
Hoppe, Frederick William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Jamaican Drugs]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
May 25, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Students]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
January 30, 1995, 5:00 p.m.
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pioneers in Education: The G.L. & Marguerite Powell Story [Supplement]
Supplementary text and images related to the life and educational careers of Marguerite and G. L. Powell, including narrative anecdotes about their lives along with includes newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and other materials.
Date:
2003~
Creator:
Powell-Loatman, Carol
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pioneers in Education: The G.L. & Marguerite Powell Story
Book describing the life and educational careers of Marguerite and G. L. Powell, written by their daughter. It includes a brief background about how the family's ancestors came to Texas along with narrative anecdotes about their lives; it also includes newspaper clippings and photographs of the family members, students taught by Mrs. Powell and sports teams coached by Mr. Powell.
Date:
October 2001
Creator:
Powell-Loatman, Carol
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rug-Hanger.
Patent for the improvement of rug-hangers. The invention consists of multiple rollers that facilitate both the mounting and disengagement of rugs or other large flexible articles of merchandise from the hanger.
Date:
May 11, 1915
Creator:
Griffin, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gummer.
Patent for a new and improved saw gummer. This design "is to improve the action and prolong the usefulness of the bit and dies, and to prevent the clippings from interfering with the operation of the machine" (lines 26-29).
Date:
July 28, 1885
Creator:
Clopton, John Benjamin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seat Lock For Wagons
Patent for a seat lock for wagons. Illustration included.
Date:
August 16, 1904
Creator:
Moore, Leon P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a serrated device that prevents cattle from escaping.
Date:
December 25, 1917
Creator:
Belto, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Remedies for Dropsy.
Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
Date:
November 14, 1876
Creator:
Lawhon, David W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper with rotating blades.
Date:
July 4, 1911
Creator:
Prokschl, Mathias
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of George G. Gray]
Photograph of George G. Gray, a Hereford breeder from Midland. He wears a hat and a coat and looks forward.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Hughes, W. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for a large hopper-based device which generates acetylene gas.
Date:
April 1, 1902
Creator:
Clopton, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.
Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
Date:
November 28, 1871
Creator:
Olmsted, Marcellus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
Date:
April 29, 1890
Creator:
Campbell, Neil Franklin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History