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Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
Date:
December 17, 1872
Creator:
Alexander, Oscar W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Railroad-Beds.
Patent for a railroad-bed design that is used to support railroad tracks.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Alley, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger.
Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient device, the levers of which can be readily separated, so that either of them can be used as a spade or shovel to fill in the earth around the post after it is placed in the hole" (lines 14-19).
Date:
November 21, 1882
Creator:
Armstrong, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn and Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-seed to be forced through it" (lines 84-94).
Date:
December 28, 1886
Creator:
Armstrong, John J. & Lowrey, Andrew S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the hopper and the seed-slide therein having one end projecting from one end of the hopper, of the reciprocating yoke having its rear portion angular in cross-section and its front portion cylindrical in cross-section and having an arm at one end to engage the opening in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the angular and cylindrical bearings for the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the latter may be unshipped from or attached to the seed-slide, and the mechanism to reciprocate the yoke" (lines 71-83).
Date:
April 23, 1889
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua & Lowrey, Andrew Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Hoe
Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
Date:
July 27, 1915
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Plow.
Patent for improvements to the turning-plow, with convertible attachments for other forms of plow.
Date:
December 11, 1900
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Hole Digger.
Patent for a new post hole digger that both facilitates the creation of straight sides to the hole and a mechanism to allow for easy removal of the dirt.
Date:
August 17, 1916
Creator:
Armstrong, John Joshua, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen. (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 8, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 8, 1857
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen. (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 16, 1858
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 16, 1858
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen. (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1859
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 15, 1859
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen. (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 1, 1860
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1860
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen. (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 23, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 25, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 15, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 15, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 29, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 29, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 6, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 6, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 20, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 20, 1861
Creator:
Baker, James D.; Baker, Ben M. & Baker, A. Hicks
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, July 17, 1869
Weekly newspaper from Columbus, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1869
Creator:
Barnard, F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adkins House, (East facade)]
Photograph of the Adkins House (located at 1136 Prairie) in Columbus, Texas.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Beasley, Ellen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arthur Fehrenkamp House, (East facade)]
Photograph of the Arthur Fehrenkamp House (located at 1104 Praire) in Columbus, Texas.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Beasley, Ellen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ben Marshall Baker House, (South facade)]
Photograph of the Ben Marshall Baker House (located at 722 Jackson) in Columbus, Texas.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Beasley, Ellen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[C.R. Grobe House, (West facade)]
Photograph of the C.R. Grobe House (located at 539 Milam) in Columbus, Texas.
Date:
August 7, 1979
Creator:
Beasley, Ellen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History