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Bosque County Historical Commission
914
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Texas Historical Commission
693
UNT Libraries Special Collections
74
Rosenberg Library
33
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
29
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
15
The Grace Museum
14
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
8,263
Tocker Foundation Grant
8,259
The Clifton Record
5,921
Meridian Tribune
2,233
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
914
J. William Blewett Collection
689
United States Census Map Collection
385
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367
THC Historic Resources Survey Collection
326
USGS Topographic Map Collection
185
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The Clifton Record
5,919
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2,233
Brazos Heritage Region
693
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693
Valley Mills Progress
101
2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
87
2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
74
1990 Census County Block Map
72
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72
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Bridle.
Patent for a new and improved bridle. This design "consists in a novel manner of constructing driving-bridles, whereby a leverage upon the bit and curb proportionate to the needs of any particular occasion may be drawn up so that it will be impossible to hold the bit out of control of the driver" (lines 7-14).
Date:
August 19, 1884
Creator:
Roeber, Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the chopper-handle, of the notched-roller, the mortised cross-beam, having the pivot across its mortise or hole, and the spring, attached to an upright, and the handle, whereby the chopper may be operated" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Pettitt, Francis Alexander.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Kimball Herald (Kimball, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1860
Quarterly newspaper from Kimball, Texas (now a ghost town) that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Banker's Daily-Balance Index.
Patent for a banker's daily-balance index meant to "promote the speed and accuracy of book-keepers in keeping the personal daily balance ledger in banking and other like business" (lines 9-12). The patent is for a piece of paper divided with ink into strips on the front and back.
Date:
April 30, 1895
Creator:
Thomas, Thomas Parry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Halter and Weaning-Muzzle.
Patent for a combined halter and weaning muzzle, "the halter being adapted for use independently of the muzzle and the latter being detachably connected to the halter" (lines 17-19). The halter is "the combination of a chin-strap and nose-band made in one piece and a weaning nose-band" (lines 18-20).
Date:
July 7, 1896
Creator:
Schow, Ottinus E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bosque County, State of Texas.
Map shows tracts of land with landowners names and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [1:66,667].
Date:
1890
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 154
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate designating the Lake Whitney area as the Getaway Capital of Texas.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unidentified military group]
Large formation of unidentified cadets, wearing dark jackets and white trousers, with seven cadets in front with swords and flags
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unidentified man]
Unidentified black and white portrait of man, broken in two pieces. Man is wearing balck bow tie light shirt, dark suit, and has goatee
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roy Durie
Color oil Portrait of Roy Durie. Mr Durie is wearing gray felt cowboy hat, black tie, white shirt with pearl buttons, black rim glasses, gray cowboy cut suit, leather embossed belt, gold belt buckle, Texas shaped belt clip, and gold watch chain
Date:
July 20, 1964
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
William R Chase
Black and white portrait of William R Chase.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Andrew Jackson Lewis
Black and white portrait of Andrew Jackson Lewis.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parade Float: Oscar J. Rea & Co.
Oscar J. Rea & Co. parade float on Avenue D in Clifton, Texas. Dittrich Brothers store in background.
Date:
[1900..1910]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parade Float: John E. Swenson, Dry Goods
John E. Swenson, Dry Goods parade float on Avenue D in Clifton, Texas. Dittrich Brothers store in background.
Date:
[1900..1910]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1957 General Highway Map of Bosque County, Texas
Official 1957 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.
Date:
1957
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1936 General Highway Map of Bosque County, Texas
Official 1936 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.
Date:
1936
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assebly
Large group of members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly in Marshall Town, Iowa, posing in front of church. The back says Sister G A Robinson
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Unidentified group]
Large group men, women and children posing in front of building, some wearing badges
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Birthday Party for Mrs R V Ferguson
Large group of people atteding a birtday party honoring Mrs R V Ferguson, given by John Sleeper at the Boating and Fishing Club in Waco on December 15, 1938. They are dressed formally, some are seated in chairs in front row and some are standing in back. Those attending: Mrs Allen D Sanford, Mr John Sleeper, Mrs R V Ferguson, Mr Allen D Sanford, Miss Minnie Killough, Judge P S Hale, Mrs R L Baldridge, Mr H J Cureton, Mrs A J Hall, Mr Tom M Sleeper, Mrs Jennie Crow, Judge W M Sleeper, Mrs P S Hale, Mr R L Baldridge, Mrs W M Sleeper, Mr R V Ferguson, Mrs John Sleeper, Dr A J Hall, Mrs Ida E Lumpkin, Mr R M Killough, Mrs Tom M Sleeper, Mr Frank Woodruff, Miss Mary Pearl Hale, Mrs Hattie Bush, Mrs Craig Logan, Miss Marjorie Hale, Mr Craig Logan, Mrs H J Cureton, Miss Susie Sleeper
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clifton school photograph]
Large group of students, all ages, and members of faculty in center, posing for picture in front of school
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1962 General Highway Map of Bosque County, Texas
Official 1962 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.
Date:
1962
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Meridian College Campus
Meridian College Campus, five large buildings, one in center is Higgins Hall, boys dormitory
Date:
1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Meridian College group]
Large group of students from Meridian College posing in front of school, dated March, 1920
Date:
1920
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1941 General Highway Map of Bosque County, Texas
Official 1941 general highway map of Bosque County, Texas showing major state and county roads, streams and rivers, towns, and other landmarks.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History