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Wire Tightener. (open access)

Wire Tightener.

Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design is especially "for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened. The invention consists, broadly, in a wire-tightener having a frame provided with guides for the wire and with a threaded bearing, a screw turning in said bearing, and a hook on said screw to engage the wire" (lines 8-20).
Date: February 12, 1889
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a cultivator implement "that is adapted in the event of meeting any impassable obstruction in the soil to turn backward at its lower end and permit the cultivator implement to ride through the action of the draft-power and, with the assistance of the attendant, so as to pass over such immovable obstruction and thereafter perform its intended cultivating function." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 21, 1891
Creator: Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Feeding Apparatus (open access)

Stock Feeding Apparatus

Patent for clock controlled aparatus for feeding domestic livestock.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Bass, Fredie E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Drug Raids] (open access)

[News Script: Drug Raids]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a series of drug raids which resulted in the arrest of 15 persons and confiscation of a quantity of marijuana and heroin.
Date: February 8, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Narco Busts] (open access)

[News Script: Narco Busts]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of 15 persons who were arrested in Titus and Camp counties during the night in a series of drug raids.
Date: February 8, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lake Bob Sandlin State Park

This is an illustrated map of Lake Bob Sandlin State Park near the town of Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas. The map covers the access routes, camp sites, trails, and a legend shows the location of the parks amenities. Included is a picture profile of fish species in the lake and the imposed limits for fishing.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake Bob Sandlin State Park

Map of Lake Bob Sandlin State Park near Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas. The map shows the roads, camp sites, lake access points, hiking trails, and park amenities. There a bubble map in the lower left of the map showing the location of the park in relation to the various lakes of area.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 63 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 63

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating John Cortelyou on his retirement as Camp County constable.
Date: February 20, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History