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Apparatus for Baling Cotton.
Patent for a cotton baling machine in which, it would provide a mechanism for baling the fiber in packages, for the ease of transporting and handling; and to prevent the loss of cotton or fiber in transporting from the gin to the baling-press. Illustration is included.
Date:
February 24, 1891
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]
Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date:
April 1, 1895
Creator:
Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a car coupling that improves their construction by "providing a link which may be readily directed to the draw-head of a car to be coupled without necessitating going between cars" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 10, 1893
Creator:
McDade, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 4, 1899
Creator:
Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Trusteeship for C. C. Cox, September 12, 1895]
A "form P" document of Montgomery County, Texas, certifying C. C. Cox as school trustee for "the Cox community" (Cox's Switch, later changed to Splendora).
Date:
September 12, 1895
Creator:
Powell, B. H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1895
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 15, 1895
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1896
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 22, 1897
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 22, 1897
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 18, 1898
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1898
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 18, 1898
Creator:
Jones, H. P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 9, 1898
Creator:
Frazer, Lee H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1892
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1892
Creator:
Mayfield, Fred F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1893
Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1893
Creator:
Mayfield, Fred F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a cotton cleaner that provides "certain improvements in machines for cleaning lint cotton, and especially to provide a machine of this character which is intended to be arranged in the common lint flue, so as to occupy a position between the ordinary condenser in the lint room, and the nearest gin thereto" (lines 9-16). The cotton is thoroughly cleaned after leaving the gin, so that motes, stems, sticks, dry leaves, sand, &c. will be separated from the cotton.
Date:
October 3, 1893
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for a cotton-cleaner that has the flue leading from the gin to the condenser. It is an improvement previously granted to the inventor (No. 506,134), where "dust-laden air will be effectually prevented from passing through the cleaning drum of the cleaner and mingling again with the cleaned cotton which is fed to the condenser" (lines 16-20).
Date:
December 4, 1894
Creator:
Rembert, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by C. C. Cox to Evan Thomas, 1898]
Copy of a deed for land sold by C. C. Cox and his wife to Evan Thomas on February 9th, 1898 in Splendora, Texas.
Date:
February 9, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by W. and M. C. Patton to R. L. Wooten, 1899]
A handwritten deed for land in Montgomery County, Texas, sold from William Patton and his wife to R. L. Wooten.
Date:
April 12, 1899
Creator:
Patton, William & Patton, M. C.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to C. C. Cox, September 1, 1896]
An envelope from an unknown sender in Cleveland, Texas, addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked September 1,1896.
Date:
September 1, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from A. H. Traylor to C. C. Cox, April 16, 1897]
An envelope from A. H. Traylor addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked April 16, 1897.
Date:
April 16, 1897
Creator:
Traylor, A. H.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from R. W. Finley to C. C. Cox, November 18, 1894]
A torn and waterdamaged envelope from R. W. Finley addressed to C. C. Cox, postmarked November 18, 1894. Both sides are covered by handwritten arithmetic from Cox.
Date:
November 18, 1894
Creator:
Finley, R. W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from the U. S. House of Representatives to M. S. King, March 30, 1897]
An envelope from the US House of Representatives addressed to M. S. King, postmaster of Splendora, Texas, with several postmarks on it.
Date:
March 30, 1897
Creator:
United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flood-Gate.
Patent for a flood-gate meant for use in mill-dams, races, and levees. Its intended use is to allow water to come to a certain height, and automatically release water once it gets past that point. When the water returns to a reasonable height, the gate automatically closes.
Date:
December 26, 1893
Creator:
Dean, Asa
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch.
Patent for a new and useful gate latch, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 16, 1899
Creator:
Perkins, Oscar P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History