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Map of Asylum Lands
Survey map of land grants for "blind and lunatic asylums" in Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, and Calhoun Counties, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1857
Creator:
Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Haskell County, Young Land District
Cadastral map of Haskell County and the Young surveying district, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date:
July 20, 1859
Creator:
Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones County
Map of Jones County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 5, 1859
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Group of Hunters Wait in Camp]
Stereographic photographs of a camp of buffalo hunters in Jones County. There is a tent held up by a log, with a covered wagon in the background.
Date:
[1872..1880]
Creator:
Oliphant, W. J.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones County
Blueline format of survey map of Jones County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. A diagram and scale information of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil about field notes pertaining to labeling and drawing plots of land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1874
Creator:
Gast, August
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jones County, Texas.
Map shows land tract boundaries and block and tract numbers, land ownership, land district boundary line, roads and trails; portions of adajcent counties where property lines extend beyond county limits. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:133,334].
Date:
1879
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jones County, Texas.
Map shows land tract boundaries and block and tract numbers, land ownership, land district boundary line, roads and trails; portions of adajcent counties where property lines extend beyond county limits. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:133,334].
Date:
1879
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones County
Cadastral map of Jones County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some properties are outlined in color and marked, including the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the Orphan Asylum, and the Blind Asylum lands. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones County
Map of Jones County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Orphan Asylum and Blind Asylum Lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 8, 1879
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones County
Map of Jones County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Orphan Asylum and Blind Asylum lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bud Coleman to William John Bryan, September 26. 1885]
Letter from Bud Coleman to William John Bryan discussing how the rumors of Coleman making threats and harsh statements against Bryan are untrue.
Date:
September 26, 1885
Creator:
Coleman, Bud
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "the sill-beams, grooved . . . the trip-bars secured in said grooves and pivotally supported at one end, and connections between the opposite ends of the trip-bars and the gate" (lines 83-87).
Date:
September 14, 1886
Creator:
Tipton, Phylander S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Hinge.
Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists of "the post or base section, having a perforated plate, the edges of which are bent up and formed with flanges and notches, and provided with the plate connected with the body of plate and separated . . . from the portions thereof, the gate-section having a depending arm, fitted to enter the perforation in the base, and having a second arm fitted for connection with the gate, and the roller, journaled on second said arm" (lines 90-99).
Date:
December 7, 1886
Creator:
Olinger, David J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Franco-Texan Land Co.
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "The Company Has a large amount of lands for sale or lease in Parker, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Shackelford, Callahan, Jones, Taylor, Nolan, Fisher and Mitchell counties"; "Lands Will be sold in Tracts to suit purchasers, and either for cash or long credit. The Company has no Local Agents. Apply direct to this office." Letterhead includes the names A. J. Hood, Pres.; J. Pit, Sec'y and Treas.
Date:
1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester
Patent for improvements in construction and arrangement of machines that harvest cotton.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Cunningham, James Franklin, Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy Slide of a Photograph of Town Square - Anson, Texas]
Copy slide of a photograph of town square in Anson, Texas in the 1890s. Horses and buggies and wagons line the square and a number of buildings are visible in the background with signs on some of them.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Report of Henry Sayles. Franco Lands.
Financial report on the purchase of land from Franco Land Co. over the course of several years.
Date:
1890-05-02/1898-05-02
Creator:
Sayles, Henry
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anson Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1891
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame.
Patent for an improvement in quilting-frames by making one roller adjustable in which it can be turned in either direction from the opposite side of the device. Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Martin, Enoch
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to J. F. Newman, December 29, 1891]
Letter from Henry Sayles to J. F. Newman stating that he has enclosed a check to cover taxes owed for the year of 1891 and discussing the raise in land taxes in Jones county.
Date:
December 29, 1891
Creator:
Sayles, Henry
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to Tax Collector in Roby, Fisher County, January 11, 1892]
Letter from Henry Sayles to a tax collector in Roby, Texas inquiring about purchasing land that may partially be located in Fisher county, expressing the desire to purchase the land and pay any taxes necessary on the Fisher county section. On the back of the letter is a stationary header from Buie and Hanna's Land Agency, upon which several section and certification numbers for different pieces of land have been written in pencil along with a calculated price.
Date:
January 11, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Harvester.
Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 1, 1891
Creator:
Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anson Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roby Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1893
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History