Combined Rail Joint and Chair (open access)

Combined Rail Joint and Chair

Patent for a combined rail joint and rail chair. Illustrations included.
Date: October 22, 1912
Creator: Newman, Harry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rake and Stacker. (open access)

Combined Rake and Stacker.

Patent for an improved combined rake and stacker. The improvement includes an added horse-rake for hay, which can be used to load hay into a wagon or place in a stack.
Date: December 24, 1901
Creator: Jahns, R. H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Cropping Tool. (open access)

Corn-Cropping Tool.

Patent for a manual corn harvesting tool in which a curved cutting knife is secured to a metal plate which fits into the hand(s) of the operator and is secured to the hand(s) by a strap and buckle. Use of this apparatus would replace the two separate actions of grasping the corn with one hand and cutting it with the other.
Date: July 17, 1906
Creator: Gordon, Frederick William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County, Texas.

Blue line print of survey map of Roberts County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and drilling locations. A legend is included in the upper-right corner of the map, indicating drilling locations of oil and gas wells, dry holes, and abandoned wells. A handwritten note has been made at the top of the map: "Roberts Co." Scale [ca. 1:168,962] (2 miles to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: [1890..1925]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Ranches Panhandle Section

Survey map of large ranches in the Texas Panhandle region, including the name and/or the owner(s) of each ranch. Map also includes labeled counties, towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made to the map in pencil to denote the approximate acreage of a number of ranches.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, J. W. & Neal, A. D., Sr.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roberts County

Survey map of Roberts County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes river, creeks, towns, and roads. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: August 1889
Creator: Hausmann, E. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Fire in Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Fire in Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: March 9, 1970, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

2000 Census County Block Map: Roberts County, Block 1

Parent map for Roberts County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Lipscomb County, Index

Index map for Lipscomb County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hutchinson County, Block 16

Parent map for Hutchinson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Roberts County, Block 4

Parent map for Roberts County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hansford County, Index

Index map for Hansford County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Roberts County, Block 5

Parent map for Roberts County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Carson County, Block 4

Parent map for Carson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hemphill County, Block 7

Parent map for Hemphill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hutchinson County, Block 12

Parent map for Hutchinson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Ochiltree County, Block 9

Parent map for Ochiltree County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Roberts County, Index

Index map for Roberts County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:78,668.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Carson County, Index

Index map for Carson County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:76,483.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hutchinson County, Block 8

Parent map for Hutchinson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Roberts County, Block 3

Parent map for Roberts County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Gray County, Index

Index map for Gray County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:76,483.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Carson County, Index

Index map for Carson County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:76,483.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Roberts County, Block 6

Parent map for Roberts County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 1990
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History