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Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times
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257
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40
2010 Census County Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
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Lipscomb Lime Light (Lipscomb, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 1912
Weekly newspaper from Lipscomb, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 21, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Replanting Attachment for Cultivators.
Patent for a replanting attachment for cultivators, which can be used to plant seed in thin spots in already growing field of crops.
Date:
June 14, 1910
Creator:
Faust, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
View of Higgins, Texas in 1905
Black and white photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In foreground is a railroad yard with boxcar and two human figures. Behind them is the town with several buildings including homes, businesses, and a church.
Date:
1905
Creator:
Julian Born
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
View of Higgins, Texas in 1905
Photograph of street scene in Higgins, Texas in 1905. Depicted are several buildings lining a wide dirt road. In-between are many horse-drawn wagons and some people, including a man on a ladder in the foreground.
Date:
1905
Creator:
Julian Born
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
View of Higgins, Texas in 1905
Photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In the foreground are two railroad tracks. Behind them is a view of Higgins depicting streets and several buildings. Behind that is open plains. Written on bottom of print is, "Higgins, TEXAS 1905".
Date:
1905
Creator:
Julian Born
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
View of Higgins, Texas in 1905
Photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In foreground is a railroad yard with boxcar. Behind that is the town with several buildings including homes, businesses, and a church. Written at the bottom of the print is, "Higgins.TEX 1905"
Date:
1905
Creator:
Julian Born
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denison Family with Covered Wagon
Photograph taken in 1900 of the Denison family next to a covered wagon hitched to a team of mules. Five people and one dog sitting on a chair.
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lipscomb County: Texas
Blue line print of survey map of Lipscomb County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, railroads, and drilling location for oil and gas wells. A legend indicating locations of wells, rigs ups, drilling, producing wells, gas wells, dry holes, abandoned wells, and abandoned locations is included in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1900
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson House
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name with text reading: "I. Gigger, Proprietor"; "Comfortable Rooms, Sample Rooms, Ladies' Parlor, Near Depot on Main Street. Station for all Stage & Mail Lines"; "Largest & Best Furnished House in the City."
Date:
1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
H. J. Holm, Dealer in Lumber and Implements
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes stylized text reading: "All Kinds of Building Material, Lime, Cement, Paints, Oils, Etc."
Date:
1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
W. M. Locke, District and County Surveyor of Bexar District
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative images, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Bexar District Comprises the Following Counties: Bexar, Crockett, Edwards, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Gray," in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names Will H. Bonnell, L. L. Lacy, Deputies.
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harlan & Gholston
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes a large illustration of billiard room, decorative designs, and text reading: "Dealers in Fine Liquors, Wines, Domestic and Foreign Cigars. Billiard and Pool Room Near Depot." Letterhead contains the names Lee Harlan; B. F. Gholston.
Date:
1893
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safe.
Patent for "safes which are made burglar and if desired, fire proof without increasing weight and cost ofthe same, reliance for security being placed upon the release or discharge of condensed gases, liquefied or not, and contained within the walls of the safe in such manner as that any attempt to force the safe will break the walls of the containing-chamber and release the fluid, said fluid or gases being of a deadly character, whereby persons or animals are compelled to flee from the vicinity of the safe as soon as the gas permeates the atmosphere, and, if desired, also having the property of extinguishing fires or preventing combustion" (lines 11-25).
Date:
January 6, 1891
Creator:
Payne, John J. E. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bank of Lipscomb
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and the name of W. H. Parker, Cashier.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Cylinder for Elevating Heavy Ordnance
Patent for "improved means for effecting the desired movements of the gun, to elevate the latter for discharge, and retract it for loading and concealment" (lines 19-24).
Date:
September 30, 1890
Creator:
Payne, John J. E. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Reversible Steam-Engine
Patent for a rotary reversible steam-engine which is "not easy to get out of order, and the parts of which can be readily removed and replaced when worn or broken" (p. 1).
Date:
January 28, 1890
Creator:
Payne, John J. E. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lipscomb County
Map of Lipscomb County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1889
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
First Courthouse in Lipscomb
Photograph of the first courthouse in Lipscomb, Texas. In the foreground is a field with tall grass and brush. The courthouse has a wooden fence around it and part of it is brick. On either side of the courthouse are two nearby houses and trees. Behind it is a windmill. Written on the photograph at the bottom is, "CourtHouse Lipscomb County 1887".
Date:
1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lipscomb County
Map of Lipscomb County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1878
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History