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80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 2054, Chapter 1349
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the powers and duties of the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County; providing authority to issue bonds.
Date:
June 15, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1855, Chapter 455
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the creation of the Rockwall County Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 17, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1881, Chapter 902
Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the validation, annexation, powers, and duties of the Parker Creek Municipal Utility District of Rockwall County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Date:
June 17, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Farm-Fences.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1873
Creator:
McKenzie, Winfield S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for an improvement on sulky-plows which allows it to be adjusted for different uses.
Date:
August 28, 1877
Creator:
Renfro, Roberson A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Construction of Jails.
Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
Date:
October 19, 1875
Creator:
Seeber, John A. & Croxton, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bolt and Nut-Lock.
Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1896
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antirefilling Bottle.
Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Hargrove, Byron Lafayette
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Making Tablets
Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
Date:
February 25, 1896
Creator:
Loving, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Fastener.
Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
Brownwell, John A. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Ketchum, Joel Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus.
Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
Date:
March 27, 1894
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill.
Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
Date:
June 26, 1888
Creator:
Godwin, John Calhoon.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ejector-Pump.
Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
Date:
January 23, 1894
Creator:
Nevill, William Birt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Traction-Engines.
Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1879
Creator:
McGregor, Montague M. & Croxton, James C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General highway map Dallas County, Rockwall County, Texas
Map shows city streets, county roads, state and federal highways, railroads, and city boundaries. Includes legend. Insets: "Key to counties," and "For detail of cultural features see supplementary sheets." Scale not given.
Date:
1972
Creator:
Texas. Highway Department.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rockwall County [Texas].
Map shows landowners, land patents, railroad lines, and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property lines extend beyond Rockwall County limits. Scale [1:66,600].
Date:
1941
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map showing proposed system of levees for the protection of overflowed lands accompanying engineers report of 1912 : East Fork Trinity River, Rockwall, Collin and Dallas counties, Rockwall sheet.
Map shows buildings, structures, roads, and railroads along the watershed of the Trinity River through portions of Dallas, Collin, and Rockwall Counties; existing and proposed levees, flood lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:24,000].
Date:
1912
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map showing proposed system of levees for the protection of overflowed lands accompanying engineers report of 1912 : East Fork Trinity River, Dallas, Rockwall, and Kaufman counties, Barnes Bridge sheet.
Map shows buildings, structures, roads, railroads, and springs along the watershed of the Trinity River through portions of Dallas, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties; existing and proposed levees, flood lines. Includes legend. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [1:24,000].
Date:
1912
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Methods of County Financing in Relation to County Government in Texas
This study aims to show the relation of the methods of county financing in Texas to the present form of county government. It argues that the present form of county government in Texas is antiquated and inadequate to meet the requirements of efficient administration of county financing.
Date:
1939
Creator:
Yoakum, Gladys A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Vegetation and Habitat Factors of Rockwall County, Texas
This paper consists of a study of the soils and vegetation found in Rockwall County, Texas. This county is located in the northeastern part of the state. Rockwall County lies in the northeastern part of the Black Waxy Belt of the Coastal Plains province.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Smith, W. Desby
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Rockwall Quadrangle
Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date:
2010
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History