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[Mobeetie Post Office]
Photograph of the Mobeetie post office, the first post office in the Panhandle.
Date:
1878
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeler County
Cadastral map of Wheeler County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some boundaries are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 1878
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Head of the Last Buffalo Killed on the Site of Mobeetie, Texas
Photograph of the head of the last buffalo killed on the site of Mobeetie, Texas in 1884.
Date:
1884
Creator:
E.B. Snell and Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sash Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved sash fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the casing having apertured ears and a front plate, of the rack-bolt having a head beveled on its rear face to fit a corresponding beveled opening in the front plate, the pinion, and the spindle, the beveled head being adapted to enter the beveled opening of the front plate and lie flush with the outer surface of said front plate" (lines 77-85).
Date:
March 30, 1886
Creator:
Gibbon, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeler [County]
Cadastral map of Wheeler County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some boundaries are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
September 20, 1887
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly Trap.
Patent for a new and improved fly-trap. This design "is to produce a fly-trap the bait-pan of which will be operated by certain mechanism to bring it under the trap, and in such a manner that the flies will be compelled to fly into the trap, and thus be captured. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective fly-trap" (lines 13-19).
Date:
May 7, 1889
Creator:
Russell, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Henry Hamburg, Cattle Raiser
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration, decorative designs, business name in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved road scraper. Prior to this design, "difficulty has been experienced in . . . discharging the dirt from the pan or bowl . . . It is the object of [the] present invention to . . . obviate the difficulty mentioned, and to construct a scraper which will be practically self-dumping . . . the invention consists . . . in a scraper in which the bowl is divided with the rear section hinged at the back in such manner as that when allowed to drop it will dump the contained dirt, and, if desired, arrest the motion of the lower portion of the bowl and cause the same to tilt sufficiently" (lines 16-40).
Date:
February 11, 1890
Creator:
Rath, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher for stretching wire to build fences.
Date:
December 30, 1890
Creator:
Burdick, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas] Typical Curves of Precipitation
Series of three graphs demarcating the average rainfall per month for specific Texas cities across different regions of the state. Some lines are marked in red to distinguish individual points.
Date:
1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blotter Holder.
Patent for a new and improved blotter-holder. This design "relates to improvements in devices for attaching to the top of a desk the sheet of blotting-paper usually employed as a surface upon which to write; and it consists in certain appliances by which the blotter will be held tightly and securely to the desk-top and which will present no obtruding edges" (lines 11-18).
Date:
May 3, 1892
Creator:
Welch, James S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Scraper
Patent for an improvement to scrapers so that "the handling of the scraper-bowl to load, convey, and discharge the dirt may be accomplished with little or no labor on the part of the operator" (lines 14-19).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Rath, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
R. B. Masterson, Cattle Grower and Dealer
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes cattle illustration and business name with location of range.
Date:
1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wheeler County
Blue line print of survey map of Wheeler County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date:
1899
Creator:
Hedick, Jno. D.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Wheeler 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:
1899
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lid or Plate LIfter
Patent for a device that removes lids from vessels, or moves the vessels themselves.
Date:
October 27, 1900
Creator:
Maddux, Charles D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeler County Texan. (Story, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Story, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeler County Texan. (Story, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1904
Weekly newspaper from Story, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle
Patent for a bottle. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 6, 1909
Creator:
Sanders, Richard L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Water-Heater.
Patent for a small, portable water heater.
Date:
June 28, 1910
Creator:
Churchill, Oscar P. & Risk, Maurice E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Display Rack
Patent for a rack for displaying doors. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 19, 1910
Creator:
Forgy, Herbert Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Merchandise-Cabinet
Patent for a cabinet made up of concave bins to hold merchandise such as nails. The cabinet also has a removable chute for filling the bins with merchandise.
Date:
June 13, 1911
Creator:
Montgomery, Franklin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup.
Patent for a safety stirrup that will reliably open when pressure is applied to the sides.
Date:
October 31, 1911
Creator:
Sipes, Alfred M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Braly, Hugh L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History