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Hill County
Map of Hill County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
February 1886
Creator:
Craig, A. M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for "a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators... to be applied to the ordinary sulky-cultivator frame... and when so applied to constitute and efficient machine for chopping and thinning cotton." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1891
Creator:
Cansler, Hurnon K. & Cansler, Thomas G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a harrow that is constructed without frames, so it is lighter and easier to use. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 27, 1891
Creator:
Grisham, James Madison
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for wire-stretching levers, with instructions and levers.
Date:
October 20, 1891
Creator:
Richardson, Jerome Shipley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box.
Patent for a match-box that prevents "the wholesale removal therefrom of large numbers of matches by users and borrowers and their consequent wasteful expenditure, which, when this happens, as it commonly does in hotels and stores, makes the cost of matches an item of considerable expense to the proprietor" (lines 14-20).
Date:
February 5, 1895
Creator:
Holm, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Support.
Patent for an antirattling attachment for thill-couplings or thill-irons. It can attach to any axle and any thill, and causes the device to put constant pressure on the eye of the thill-iron. This prevents rattling where the iron is connected with the axel-clip and puts tension on the front of the thill-iron in a rearward direction. This tension balances the shafts and thills when the horse is attached to the thill. When the horse is unattached, the thill is held in an upright position by the attachment.
Date:
February 18, 1896
Creator:
Price, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Reservoir For Stoves.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in water reservoirs for stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 13, 1900
Creator:
Horsley, Robert Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin acetylene gas generators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 20, 1900
Creator:
Pitts, William Wirt
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock
Patent for "a simple and inexpensive article which will securely hold a nut in place upon a bolt and form a yielding support beneath the same" (lines 13-16).
Date:
February 18, 1902
Creator:
Price, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 3, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 10, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 17, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1905
Weekly newspaper from Hubbard City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 24, 1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cow, Calf and Colt Weaner.
Patent for a weaner to be worn by cows, calves and colts "reducing inconvenience by the animal" (line 12) and allowing for the administration of medicine or antiseptic.
Date:
February 13, 1906
Creator:
Horn, William Thornbrough
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor Car Wheel
Patent for a more durable and reliable wheel for automobiles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 21, 1907
Creator:
Lane, Luther L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines
Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Broadway, Fred V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Feed-Water Steam-Generator
Patent for a steam generator for hydrocarbon burners. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1913
Creator:
Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Turning Mechanism
Patent for head lamps that the drivers can turn while driving to light the road.
Date:
February 17, 1914
Creator:
Maxfield, Nelson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement for Cotton Chopper
Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
Date:
February 2, 1915
Creator:
Finch, Arthur M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Making Ballast.
Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1919
Creator:
Butler, Henry G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocker
Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Fowler, Alonzo. J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-387
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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: May lateral road construction in Hill County be superintended by a non-graduate engineer?
Date:
February 25, 1939
Creator:
Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Motel for Boats at Lake Whitney]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a new boat motel, owned by Fred Waggoner, at Lake Whitney. The motel features twenty stalls to accommodate boats up to 18-and-a-half feet long.
Date:
February 8, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lake Whitney Views (Whitney, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1960
Monthly newspaper from Whitney, Texas that includes news and information about Lake Whitney along with advertising.
Date:
February 1, 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History