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Improvement in Running-Gears. (open access)

Improvement in Running-Gears.

Patent for running-gear on carriages that "consists mainly in improvements in the connections of the axles with the springs, perch, and other parts" (para. 5), with illustrations.
Date: February 1, 1876
Creator: Gilmore, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive. (open access)

Locomotive.

Patent for a new and improved locomotive. This design "relates to a locomotive running-gear and motive-power connection; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts" (lines 15-18).
Date: February 7, 1882
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for improvements to washing machines that allow the water to be heated to any temperature. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1891
Creator: Eddleman, Dudley E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for improvements in washing machines, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1891
Creator: Turpen, George Sidney
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Coup (open access)

Folding Coup

Patent for "a folding coop or crate, which may be readily folded into a compact form for transportation or storage when empty, and which may be conveniently adjusted to open position for use and secured in such position when so desired" (lines 7-12).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: Tate, William Elbert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1906 (open access)

The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1906

Semi-weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 1906
Creator: Martin, Victor E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906 (open access)

The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906

Semi-weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 1906
Creator: Martin, Victor E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1906 (open access)

The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1906

Semi-weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 20, 1906
Creator: Martin, Victor E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Parker County News. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1888 (open access)

The Parker County News. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 24, 1888
Creator: Shirley, J. K. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 11, 1892
Creator: Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 18, 1892
Creator: Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 25, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 25, 1892
Creator: Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1892 (open access)

The Weatherford Enquirer. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 4, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 4, 1892
Creator: Vincent, Jas. U.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1899 (open access)

The Weekly Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 16, 1899
Creator: Richards, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1899 (open access)

The Weekly Republic (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1899

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 23, 1899
Creator: Richards, W. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Glenn G. Morgan, February 17, 2005

Interview with Glenn G. Morgan of Weatherford, Texas, who is a veteran of the United States Navy. In the interview, Mr. Morgan talks about his time before the war as well as his military training, travels, life on and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and his survival at sea.
Date: February 17, 2005
Creator: Morris, Cork & Morgan, Glenn G.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, February 18, 2010

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Interview with Billie Joyce Towles, longtime resident of Weatherford, Texas, as part of the Weatherford Oral History Project. The interview includes Towles' personal experiences of childhood and education in Weatherford, Depression-era struggles, and living in Weatherford during World War II. Towles also discusses her father's work with the Works Progress Administration, marriage to Norman Towles, her family's switch from Democratic loyalty to Republican, her personal evolution on race issues, and religious devotion.
Date: February 18, 2010
Creator: Liles, Debbie & Towles, Billie Joyce
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Circuit-Closer. (open access)

Circuit-Closer.

Patent for a circuit closer for ignition systems "in which both of the terminals are not only isolated from each other, but are also insulated from the engine frame" (lines 10-12).
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Hubbard, Wilson E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree. This invention is "contemplated to construct doubletrees or swingletrees of peculiar form and provided with peculiar connecting parts to secure the same together" (line 13-16). Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Burton, Robert Redmon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wireworking-Tool. (open access)

Wireworking-Tool.

Patent for improvements to wireworking tools which are "especially designed for twisting the opposite ends of a tie-wire to a runner-wire of a fence and also for twisting the intermediate portion of the tie-wire, so as to tighten the embrace of the latter upon the fence-post. It is furthermore designed to provide means for supporting or bracing the tool upon the post during the twisting operation thereof, and, finally, to arrange the handle of the tool so as to provide a convenient and effective wire-cutter." (Lines 10-21) Illustrations are included.
Date: February 12, 1901
Creator: Tate, Newton J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Wright sees start of Weatherford Lake] (open access)

[News Script: Wright sees start of Weatherford Lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a groundbreaking ceremony for a new lake in Weatherford.
Date: February 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1902 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 13, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 13, 1902
Creator: Railey, J. E. H.; Switzer, John J. & Cannon, B. B., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 28, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 1901
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1904 (open access)

The Weekly Herald. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Weatherford, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 1904
Creator: Railey, J. E. H.; Switzer, John J. & Cannon, B. B., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History