Wagon Train Rest

Wagon train taking a noontime rest enrout to Indianola on the San Antonio - Goliad Road.
Date: 1870
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilson County

Map of Wilson County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The center of Wilson County is indicated on map. The location of E. Seguin's house is marked by the San Antonio River in the heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha Survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1872
Creator: Klappenbach, L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilson County

Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some notes and borders have been added in different colors of ink. Several features are marked, including the new center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1871
Creator: Klappenbach, Louis & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Wilson County

Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Several features are marked on the map including the center of the county and E. Seguin's house, located by the San Antonio River in the "Heirs of Simon and Juan de Arocha" survey. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1879
Creator: Groos, Otto
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dish Cleaners and Drainers. (open access)

Improvement in Dish Cleaners and Drainers.

Patent for a convenient and cheap article of household ware for washing dishes, glassware, and similar articles of household use.
Date: April 18, 1876
Creator: Harper, Elijah S., Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for the improvement of the structure of washing machines. The illustration and description show that an improved washing machine, formed by the combination of the open or ribbed roller F F and handles G g1 g2 with the box A B and perforated false bottom E.
Date: September 27, 1870
Creator: Harper, Elijah S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History