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Lands in Texas (open access)

Lands in Texas

Description of lands for sale in Texas, focusing on Lawrence in Kaufman County.
Date: 1878
Creator: Cropsey & Goddard
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kaufman County

Map of Kaufman County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Dashers. (open access)

Improvement in Churn-Dashers.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of a churn-dasher..." ( lines 13-14) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1875
Creator: Bright, John, D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills. (open access)

Improvement in Windmills.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Windmills" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1875
Creator: Stephens, Lawrence E. & Shay, Samuel F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Elmo Beacon. (Elmo, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 31, 1878 (open access)

The Elmo Beacon. (Elmo, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 31, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Elmo, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 31, 1878
Creator: Ryan, T. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Wind-Wheels. (open access)

Improvements in Wind-Wheels.

Patent for an "invention [consisting] in the construction and arrangement of a dome which surrounds a wind-wheel" (line 14-16) including instruction and illustrations. Constitutes an improvement to then existing windmills.
Date: January 11, 1876
Creator: Stephens, Lawrence E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
Date: December 22, 1874
Creator: Canty, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bridle Attachments. (open access)

Improvement in Bridle Attachments.

Patent for "a bridle of novel construction for training and taming horses; and it consists in the combination of brace and guide-reins, neck and crupper straps, sureingle, and collar." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 10, 1877
Creator: Cummings, Seton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History