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View in San Benito, TX

Black-and-white image postcard of a sidewalk lined with small palm trees and the text "View in San Benito, Texas." The back of the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Mara Ferguson, Watonga, OK.
Date: August 9, 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Garbage Burning Furnace (open access)

Garbage Burning Furnace

Patent for a new and useful garbage burning furnace that burns garbage efficiently in a combustion chamber. Illustrations are included.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Stokes, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas (open access)

Natural Gas Resources of Parts of North Texas

Article about Natural Gas Reserves production and Consumption in Dallas, Fort Worth in Texas
Date: February 1916
Creator: Shaw, E. W. (Eugene Wesley) & Matson, George Charlton
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Addington Sheet

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 1:125000
Date: 1916
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture (open access)

Common Birds of Southeastern United States in Relation to Agriculture

This report discusses birds commonly found in the southeastern United States with special regard to their diets and the impact these birds have on agriculture and insects in this region.
Date: 1916
Creator: Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles), 1840-1916; McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962 & Kalmbach, E. R. (Edwin Richard), 1884-1972
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It (open access)

The False Chinch Bug and Measures for Controlling It

This report discusses the false chinch bug, which is common to the plateau region east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States (especially in Kansas and Colorado), and methods for controlling it.
Date: 1916
Creator: Milliken, F. B.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area (open access)

Growing Fruit for Home Use in the Great Plains Area

This report gives recommendations to farmers in the Great Plains of the United States who would like to grow fruit in this region in which fruit is not commonly cultivated. Topics discussed include climate and soil requirements, pruning, irrigation, orchard pests, injury from hail, and suggested fruit varieties.
Date: 1916
Creator: Gould, H. P. & Grace, Oliver J.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Mud-Laden Fluid in Oil and Gas Wells (open access)

The Use of Mud-Laden Fluid in Oil and Gas Wells

From Introduction: "Technical Paper 66 deals with the mud-laden fluid process in general and No. 68 with its application in Oklahoma. Rather than reprint these publications, it has been considered advisable to replace them with the present report, which includes the results of more recent investigations. The methods of using mud-laden fluid are an outgrowth of the rotary drilling system, which was developed in Texas and later employed in Louisiana and California."
Date: 1916
Creator: Lewis, James O. & McMurray, William F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library