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Map of Kendall County [Texas]

Map shows property ownership, boundaries, and acreage of land plats in Kendall County, Texas and portions of Gillespie, Blanco, Comal, Bexar, Bandera, and Kerr Counties. Cadastral map. Scale [1:133,334].
Date: 1879
Creator: Walsh, W. C. (William C.), 1836-1924
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kendall County

Map of Kendall County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The boundary line between Bexar and Travis Land Districts is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1879
Creator: Von Rosenberg, E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hair-Triggers for Fire-Arms. (open access)

Improvement in Hair-Triggers for Fire-Arms.

Patent for "an improved trigger for fire-arms which shall be provided with a hair-trigger in such a way that the hair-trigger may be used or not, as may be desired, which shall be complete in itself, so that it may be applied to any kind of fire-arm without change in its construction" (lines 17-23), includes illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1879
Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History