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Railroad-Tie.
Patent for a "simple and effective railroad tie for supporting the rails and rigidly holding them in the position of use" (lines 19-21).
Date:
January 30, 1894
Creator:
Lee, John Chester
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Joe Ortiz - 1953-01-08]
Copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President to Joe Ortiz of Fort Worth, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera offers to travel to Fort Worth, Dallas and Wichita Falls to help organize LULAC councils for these areas.
Date:
January 8, 1953
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]
Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Date:
January 8, 1953
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Jacob I. Rodriguez - 1953-01-08]
Onionskin carbon copy of a letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Jacob I. Rodriguez, Editor of the LULAC News, dated January 8, 1953. Requests a speedy printing of the next LULAC News newsletter. Herrera discusses upcoming LULAC events in Victoria, Texas, and travel plans for Carlsbad, New Mexico and San Angelo, Texas. Herrera also mentions writing to Ivey Gonzalez of Wichita Falls, Texas and Joe Ortiz of Fort Worth about organizing councils in these cities.
Date:
January 8, 1953
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-564
Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Crawford Martin, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether misdemeanor driver's license cases arising under Article 6687b, V. C. S., and arising within the geographical limits of Wichita Falls, Texas, must be tried in the Municipal Courts of Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date:
January 26, 1970
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0237.0645]
Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "TOP LIAR of 1959 , as far as the Burlington Liars Club is concerned, is W. C. Cook, Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date:
January 4, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Clay County, Block 12
Parent map for Clay County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Clay County, Block 4
Parent map for Clay County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Clay County, Block 8
Parent map for Clay County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Clay County, Index
Index map for Clay 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 1:121,797.
Date:
January 12, 2011
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Concordia Lutheran College Bank Statement and Checks]
Documents including checks and a bank statement from Concordia Lutheran College of Austin, Texas, showing deposits and bank balances.
Date:
January 31, 1949
Creator:
Wichita National Bank
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0298B.0561]
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Banjo," an original painting by M. C. Hullender, won first prize at a Wichita Falls exhibit."
Date:
January 19, 1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stopper.
Patent for improvement in stoppers by “combining a stopper and funnel adapted to be used for pouring liquids from one vessel to another without wasting, provision being made for pouring the liquid into a large vessel or into a small vessel, and when the stopper is not in use it may be closed for the purpose of preventing leakage and evaporation.” (Lines 12-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 1, 1901
Creator:
Hyer, William D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gang-Plow.
Patent for a gang plow for “the use of a greater or lesser number of plow units in the gang or series and, to provide as a rear support for the plow a rear furrow-wheel associated with adjusting means for raising or lowering the rear end of the plow to regulate the depth of cut and; with additional adjusting means arranged to shift the crank-axle of said wheel to properly resist the side draft of the plow and, to aid in directing the latter in four-side plowing in order that comparatively sharp corners may be turned.” (Lines 17-28) Illustration is included.
Date:
January 3, 1905
Creator:
Luecke, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1337.0082]
Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "When an dentire family of five can't be found and evidence indicates all have been murdered, there's little sleep for law enforcement officers."
Date:
January 5, 1951
Creator:
Peterson, Dick
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B1337.0084]
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Hammett "Ham" Vance is the Sheriff of Wichita Falls, Texas."
Date:
January 9, 1951
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Four Construction Workmen]
Photograph of four men working on a highway construction project.
Date:
January 16, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Work Continues on Highway Project]
Photograph of two tractors leveling the ground to build a highway.
Date:
January 16, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
TV Microscope at M.U.
Photograph of two Midwestern University faculty members operating a TV microscope. One member is looking directly into the microscope, while the other is observing the screen display.
Date:
January 20, 1969
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man on the Super Slide]
Photograph of a man sliding down a super slide happily with his hands up in the air.
Date:
January 18, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Dr. Don Waldrip on Phone Behind Desk]
Photograph of Dr. Don Waldrip, Wichita Falls ISD Superintendent and a Midwestern State University graduate, seated behind his desk, speaking on the telephone.
Date:
January 16, 1969
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Super Slide
Photograph of children sliding down a super slide.
Date:
January 13, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Highway Progress
Photograph of steel material used in the construction of a highway. Downtown Wichita Falls can be seen in the distance.
Date:
January 16, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expressway- Jacksboro
Photograph of the construction of the Jacksboro Highway expressway.
Date:
January 16, 1968
Creator:
Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History