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Petroleum-Engineering Study of Sheridan Field, Colorado County, Texas
Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum-engineering studies conducted at the Sheridan oil field. The methods used for the study are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, illustrations, and photographs.
Date:
March 1949
Creator:
Hill, Harry Blackburn & Vogel, Felix A., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 10 PM sports]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
July 27, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
Date:
August 18, 1908
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Wrench
Patent for an automatic wrench. The wrench possesses a locking movable jaw. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Clay, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Trains
Patent for an automatic stopping mechanism for trains. Illustration included.
Date:
October 25, 1910
Creator:
Mingo, William, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Truck
Patent for a cotton picker's truck. This invention is to provide a device for supporting the sacks of cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 5, 1904
Creator:
Franek, Jakob
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate
Patent for a crate designed for more convenience in shipping. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 16, 1907
Creator:
McLeod, Norman J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Indicator
Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
Date:
October 23, 1906
Creator:
Coffin, Edward F.; Shaw, Carey & Green, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brooder
Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
Date:
November 5, 1912
Creator:
Becker, August B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio - San Felipe Road
Map of the San Antonio Road, a main route which passed through San Felipe, Texas, showing towns, rivers, creeks, and blocks of land. Map includes a compass rose and scale bar in the lower-left corner. Scale [ca. 1:887,040] (14 miles to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado Co.
Blue line print of survey map of Colorado County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red ink to denote the addition of roads and crossings. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date:
1920
Creator:
McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Caldwell and Surrounding Counties: Texas]
Road map of portions of Blanco, Hays, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Fayette, Washington, Colorado, Lavaca, and Gonzales Counties, showing towns, roads, railroads, mountains, post offices, rivers, creek, and springs. No scale information given.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Luer, A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Colorado County.
Survey map of Colorado County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale information given.
Date:
1841
Creator:
Upshur, H. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Map of the Old San Antonio Road]
Map of the San Antonio Road, a main route which passed through San Felipe, Texas, showing towns, rivers, creeks, and blocks of land. Map includes a compass rose and scale bar in the lower-left corner. Scale [ca. 1:887,040] (14 miles to the inch).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Matilda Bulls Monke]
Portrait of Matilda Bulls Monke with short hair and dark clothing. She is shown from the chest and up.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jacobson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young priest or an altar server (acolyte)]
Photograph of a young priest or an altar server (acolyte). He has dark rimmed glasses and is dressed in a dark robe with the white full sleeved over jacket. He is holding a book and is standing in front of a dark painted door. Back of photo reads: F. Hamilton ? , Eagle Lake 8/15/27.
Date:
August 15, 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alleyton, Texas: Back Door to the Confederacy
This book contains the history of Alleyton, Texas, which is located in Colorado County. The book includes information about the Alley family, the founding of Alleyton, reminiscences and recollections, as well as the establishment of railroads, local businesses, schools, and churches.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Harrison, William H.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition For Staining Wood.
Patent for a “paint or stain, which, when applied, will harden on the common woods of commerce, render them durable and smooth, and give them the exact appearance of black walnut” (lines 15-18).
Date:
May 16, 1882
Creator:
Gloger, Anton F., Jr. & Gloger, Joseph P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for a new and improved clevis. This design "is to provide a clevis with a series of attaching-loops whereby the line of draft may be changed as circumstances may require, to bring the line of draft to either side of the plow-beam, or above or below the same, and to provide a clevis with a centrally-located attaching-loop, to be used where a direct or central draft is needed" (lines 11-18).
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Dunn, Henry Frankling
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 15, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 15, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 29, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 29, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 12, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 19, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 19, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 3, 1857
Creator:
J.D. Baker & Bros.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History