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Llano County
Map of Llano County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The roads to Mason and Burnet, Texas, and the location of the county seat are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1859
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad near Llano]
Photograph of a crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages gathered around an A&N Locomotive No. 1 train on a railroad in a forest. A note on back reads "Mr. Will Todman from England, Time Keeper for Quarries at Llano, Texas. Quarrying granite for consturction of the State Capitol at Austin. 50,000 tones narrow gauge R.R. A. & N.W. Near Llano -- before R.R. was finished to an Austin Band was was hired to play -- Group Moore F. [illegible], (Major Ramsdell)." The Austin and Northwestern Railroad was used to transport all the granite that built the state capitol in Austin.
Date:
[1864..1881]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Llano County
Map of Llano County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1871~
Creator:
Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Llano County
Map of Llano County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 1877
Creator:
Von Rosenberg, E.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad near Kingsland]
Photograph of a train on the Austin and Northwest Railroad line on a hillside, taken from a treeline above. People are visible at the front, back, and windows of the train, and two buildings are in the distance below. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Near Granite Mountain [illegible] Burnet and Marble Falls, about 1882 near Kingsland. A&NW RR."
Date:
1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lappe House Photograph #1]
Photograph of the Lappe House, in Llano, Texas.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed-planter, the combination of the seed wheel or disk having a series of seed cups or recesses in its periphery with a band or tire fitting upon the periphery of the disk having slots registering with the recesses and provided at one end of each slot with an inwardly-bent tongue forming an adjustable wall for each recess" (lines 32-39).
Date:
May 19, 1885
Creator:
Scott, Arthur Eugene
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate Latch.
Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design consists "[i]n a gate-catch, the combination, with the gate and post of a cylinder having perforated lugs and removable heads, a locking-bolt, working in the cylinder and projecting above the plane of the gate, the said rod having a reduced portion or shoulder, a squared portion, and a right-angled locking foot, a spring arranged in the cylinder and secured at one end to the locking-bolt, and a horizontal catch-plate having beveled side edges and perforated lugs for securing the plate to the post" (lines 63-73).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Mathews, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat and Towel Holder.
Patent for a new and improved hat and towel holder. This design is "compris[ed of] a base-piece . . . having arms and a cylinder cast in one piece therewith, the arms and cylinder being arranged in a horizontal position near each end of the base-plate, and connected together at their outer ends by the vertical arm, and a plunger provided with the finger-piece having a coiled spring arranged in said cylinder, and adapted to bear against the base-plate to provide a support for the coat or towel" (lines 7-17).
Date:
November 24, 1885
Creator:
Mathews, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nail Receptacle.
Patent for a new and improved nail receptacle. This design consists in "a carrying-frame having a cross-beam provided with a rack, in combination with a swinging receptacle journaled in the frame and having enlarged rear end normally resting against the beam to elevate the discharge end thereof, and a detaining bar or rod pivoted to the under side of and carried by the swinging receptacle, and having a projecting lip adapted to engage the rack and retain the receptacle in its adjusted position" (lines 38-48).
Date:
November 23, 1886
Creator:
Mathews, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burnet 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:
1887
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Llano 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:
1887
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire Shrinker.
Patent for a new and improved tire-shrinker. This design "consist[s] of the block having the perforations . . . mortise-hole, and mortised sockets, [and] curved bar secured to the circular edge of said block" (lines 97-100). Further, it "ha[s] on the outer edge the teeth, the U-shaped clamping-blocks, their bent ends fitting in the mortised sockets and under the curved bar, their mortised ends extending up either side of said bar and beyond its outer edge, keys fitting in the mortise-holes of said U-shaped blocks, [and] kinker-head having the arm extending through the mortise-hole in said bar" (lines 1-10).
Date:
January 4, 1887
Creator:
Templeton, David Scrivner & Templeton, John Daley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Splicer.
Patent for a new and improved wire-splicer. This design "consist[s] of a handle having an integral lateral offset at one end, provided with a transverse perforation formed substantially in line with the handle, a groove being formed in the angle formed by the lateral offset and the handle, and an enlarged recess being formed in the side of the handle and top of the offset concentrically with the groove" (lines 53-61).
Date:
December 13, 1887
Creator:
Batters, William Francis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame, the seed-tube secured therein, the box secured around the upper end of the seed-tube and having the upper beveled edge, the hopper having its lower end resting on the said beveled edge, and the straps secured to the hopper and the box" (lines 52-58).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Womack, George Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dumping-Car.
Patent for a dumping car in "which contents of the car may be readily discharged" (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
December 3, 1889
Creator:
Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. T. Simpson, P. M., Dealer in General Merchandise
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes large illustration of store interior and business name in lithographic print by Morrill Bros. Printers Fulton, N. Y.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Llano County
Blue line print of survey map of Llano County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, mountain peaks, cities, and towns. A handwritten note has been added to the published map in blue ink and reads, "Across the Llano." Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1890
Creator:
Beaumont, G. N. & Davis, G. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Llano County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1890
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the central mineral region : chiefly from actual surveys made under the direction of Theo B. Comstock, geologist for central Texas.
Map shows geological composition of surface strata, towns, creeks, crossings, railroads, and names of mountain peaks for Mason, Llano, McCulloch, Gillespie, Blanco, San Saba, Kimble, and Burnet counties, and portions of Hays and Travis counties. Includes notes and key to colors used to represent strata types. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:247,300].
Date:
1890
Creator:
Nagle, J. C. (James C.),1865-1927
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Trestle.
Patent for an improvement to extensible trestles for masonry and carpentryscaffolding and other uses, including both instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Bogusch, Robert J.; Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flue-Cutter
Patent for a flue cutter with a pair of pivoted arms, which can be detached, and a cutter-head.
Date:
January 14, 1890
Creator:
Bogusch, Robert J.; Zincke, August & Bogusch, Gustav
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knight Stith, Attorney at Law
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name with text reading: "Real Estate"; "Llano Iron Lands, Llano Mineral Lands" in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Reverse of letter contains large map.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for an improvement in milk-coolers “in which water is drawn by capillary attraction from a receptacle placed above the milk-receptacle onto a cloth wrapped around the latter, thus cooling the milk by evaporation.” (Lines 8-12) Illustration is included.
Date:
April 7, 1891
Creator:
Banks, John F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History