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Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher designed "to provide simple and efficient means for twisting the terminals of a broken fence-wire together for connecting them, and also to enable a wire to be readily severed when desired." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Morrow, William I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Pneumatic Toy. (open access)

Rotary Pneumatic Toy.

Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1986
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to B. C. Wallace as the receiver of the estate and guardian of Campbell minors, cause no. 532, 1896-1904 (open access)

Documents pertaining to B. C. Wallace as the receiver of the estate and guardian of Campbell minors, cause no. 532, 1896-1904

Documents from the Henderson County Court dating from 1896 to 1904 relating to the appointment of B. C. Wallace as receiver of the estate and guardian for orphan minors W. E. Campbell, May A. Campbell, and Tommie H. Campbell. Included are application, appointment of receiver, oaths and bonds, decree appointing guardian, public notices, inventory, annual reports, orders and reports related to sale and disposition of certain properties, final account, and decree approving final account and closing guardianship.
Date: 1896-11-13/1904-12-08
Creator: Warren, B. F. & Carroll, W. L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Athens 1896 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Athens in Henderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: September 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Athens 1896 Sheet 2

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Athens in Henderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: September 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History