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Mosquito Netting Frame. (open access)

Mosquito Netting Frame.

Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting frame. This design "consists of a mosquito-netting frame formed of two longitudinal rods removably fastened to uprights attached to the bedposts, and held by cords or wires passing from the outer ends of each of said longitudinal rods to the top of each upright. A transverse rod or bar is removably attached to the outer ends of said longitudinal bars or rods. . . . [The design] is simple in construction, light, durable, and convenient" (lines 9-18).
Date: March 8, 1881
Creator: Bailey, Alfred H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddle Mail Bag. (open access)

Saddle Mail Bag.

Patent for new and improved saddle bags. This design calls for a saddle with two metal boxes with hinged doors at the bottom, through which metal pouches, to contain the mail, are inserted. The air left between the top of the pouch and the inside of the box prevents water from seeping into the box and ruining the contents, even when fully submerged.
Date: March 29, 1881
Creator: Beazley, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grimes County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Grimes County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1881
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1881
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1881
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1881
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1881 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 1881
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1881 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 1881
Creator: Boudinot, Elias C., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Letter from J. B. Bovelly to J. B. LaCoste, March 2, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from J. B. Bovelly to J. B. LaCoste, March 2, 1881]

Letter from J. B. Bovelly to J. B. LaCoste regarding lands owned by Albert Huth. [Ferdinand] Louis Huth was paying taxes on the land but letters to him have gone unanswered. The family would like to know whose name the properties are listed under, whether taxes have been paid, whether the land can be sold and what might its value be. Signed J. B. Bovelly on March 2, 1881 in Galveston.
Date: March 2, 1881
Creator: Bovelly, J. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1881 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 30, 1881
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Child's Crib. (open access)

Child's Crib.

Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1881 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1881

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 3, 1881
Creator: Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1881 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1881

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 10, 1881
Creator: Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1881 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1881

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 17, 1881
Creator: Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1881 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1881

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 24, 1881
Creator: Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1881 (open access)

The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 31, 1881

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 31, 1881
Creator: Bryan, Lewis R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock. (open access)

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design calls for a grooved nut and bolt to hold a pin between the two while the bolt is screwed onto the nut. Depending on whether or not the pin is in said grooves, the nut may or may not be removed from the bolt, which increases the worker's control over the nut and bolt and prevents unintended loosening.
Date: March 1, 1881
Creator: Bunker, John Williamson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 9, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 2, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 2, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 9, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881 (open access)

Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 16, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: March 16, 1881
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History