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Blanco County
Map of Blanco County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The center of Blanco County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Starr County
Cadastral map of Starr County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some boundaries and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1880
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Throckmorton County
Cadastral map of Throckmorton County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some boundaries and notes are marked in color with colored shading delineating properties. Various features are noted, including the center of the county. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1880
Creator:
Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Colorado County
Map of Colorado County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Colorado County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Waller County
Cadastral map of Waller County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes were added in various colors.
Date:
March 1880
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 5, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 12, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, March 26, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 26, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
Patent for a new and improved ice maker. This design calls for "two or more sheets of galvanized iron or other metal set in a tank of fresh water, one on either side of the evaporation-pipes, and held in a position parallel to each other by anchors or yokes that connect them" (lines 15-20). This eliminates the need for strong (ammoniacal) brine and is a faster, more reliable, and less leaky ice-making process than previous ones that used said brine.
Date:
March 2, 1880
Creator:
Zilker, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede.
Patent for a device related to "velocipedes or wagons propelled by hand-power" (lines 20-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Overstreet, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Extinguisher.
Patent for a spark extinguisher "to prevent the burning of buildings and other combustible matter by steam engines" (lines 15-17).
Date:
March 9, 1880
Creator:
Blewett, George L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spur.
Patent for a spur that can be attached and removed easily from boot heels, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Tytler, Alexander D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner.
Patent for a device for "Turning Leaves of Sheet-Musics, Music-Books and, other Books" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Becker, Francis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harvester-Reel.
Patent for the placement of a "covering of canvas, cloth, or other suitable material" (lines 16-17) around a harvester-reel for various improvements, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Moore, Joseph Martial
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelope.
Patent for a new and improved envelope. This design calls for "a projecting flap, to which the postage stamp or stamps may be attached in such a manner that the said stamp or stamps may be canceled by perforation (or by means of a punch or otherwise) without danger of injuring the contents of the envelope" (lines 14-19).
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Terry, James Doss
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Motor.
Patent for a butter churn with a "vertical rotary dasher" (line 19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1880
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Elevating Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a pulley system for elevating wagons off the ground and "keeping them suspended under the roof of a barn or other roofed structure while not in use" (lines 19-21), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock.
Patent for a new and improved lock for forte-piano tuning-pins. This design consists "of an elongated or oblong metal plate provided with a slot in a part of its length and having one of its faces roughened into serrations . . . which, together with . . . correspondingly-toothed hooks bolted to said plate, form a clamp to bind two or more tuning-pins of a piano together, to prevent them from turning as a set or independently" (lines 16-25).
Date:
March 2, 1880
Creator:
Norcross, Levi W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.
Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Rossetti, John Theodore
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus.
Patent for a game device, designed for any number of players and in a bowling alley setting or similar. Included are illustrations of the device and instructions for building the device and how to play the game.
Date:
March 30, 1880
Creator:
Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement.
Patent for a device related to plows, with a corn-planter and a cotton-planter attachments, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1880
Creator:
Chapman, William Arnol
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Triplicate Warrant, March 22, 1880]
A triplicate warrant for Levi Perryman, in the amount of $521.97, is dated March 22, 1880.
Date:
March 22, 1880
Creator:
Dardeux, Stephen
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Triplicate Warrant, March 31, 1880]
A triplicate warrant for Levi Perryman, in the amount $468.16, is dated March 31, 1880.
Date:
March 31, 1880
Creator:
Dardeux, Stephen
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Triplicate Warrant, April 26, 1880]
A triplicate warrant for Levi Perryman, in the amount $798.00, is dated April 26, 1880.
Date:
March 26, 1880
Creator:
Dardeux, Stephen
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library