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Compressed-Air Water Elevator. (open access)

Compressed-Air Water Elevator.

Patent for a new improvements to compressed-air water-elevators, including illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1897
Creator: Bechtol, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Machine.

Patent for improvements to cotton picking machines "of that class in which the cotton-boll is caught on the end of a revolving picker" (lines 11-12). Improvements include a combination of a revolving drum with hollow tubular arms attached to the drum, as well as revolving pickers attached to those arms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 27, 1897
Creator: Haring, Peter Paul.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goliad County

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1896
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 11, 1893 (open access)

The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 11, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 11, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. [42], Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1894 (open access)

The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. [42], Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1894 (open access)

The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1894
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1895 (open access)

The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 16, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1899 (open access)

The Goliad Guard. (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 18, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 18, 1899
Creator: Appleby, A. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goliad 1894 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Goliad in Goliad County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1894
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
Date: April 14, 1891
Creator: Angerstein, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers (open access)

O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrated images and decorative text with business name and text reading: "Steer Cattle a Specialty" in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains names D. M. O'Connor; T. M. O'Connor.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History