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Bastrop County

Map of Bastrop County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1872
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[County Tax Receipt for C. B. Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872] (open access)

[County Tax Receipt for C. B. Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872]

County tax receipt for C. B. Moore from G. R. Yautis, Sheriff and tax collector for Collin County, Texas. The amount of $8.20 was paid for public school taxes in Collin County.
Date: April 20, 1872
Creator: Yautis, G. R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[County Tax Receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872] (open access)

[County Tax Receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872]

County tax receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, Sheriff and tax collector for Collin County, Texas. The amount of $5.75 was paid for public school taxes in Collin County.
Date: April 20, 1872
Creator: Yautis, G. R.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Daily Ranchero and Republican (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 1872 (open access)

The Daily Ranchero and Republican (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 24, 1872

Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1872

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 6, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1872

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 13, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1872

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1872

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1872 (open access)

Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1872
Creator: Josselyn, Robert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1872 (open access)

The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1872
Creator: Chew, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1872 (open access)

The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1872
Creator: Chew, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1872 (open access)

The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 1872
Creator: Chew, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1872 (open access)

The Houston Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1872
Creator: Chew, J. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs. (open access)

Improvement in Chairs.

Patent for improvements in chairs: "the back, seat, foot rest, and head rest are all self adjusting, and operated by the natural movements of the occupant" (lines 11-13).
Date: April 16, 1872
Creator: Haupt, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators

Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.
Date: April 16, 1872
Creator: Harcrow, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improvement in horse-drawn cultivators.
Date: April 23, 1872
Creator: Jordan, Hugh Paxton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Distilling Turpentine. (open access)

Improvement in Distilling Turpentine.

Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for distilling turpentine to permit continuous distillation.
Date: April 15, 1872
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines. (open access)

Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines.

Patent for "a new practical application of electro-magnetism to machinery for the purpose of moving the same and keeping it in motion, and developing a degree of force which is only limited by the reduced proportion of power applied. The invention consists principally in the transmission of electro-magnetic power through compressed air for motor purposes, and the mechanism and combination of machinery necessary for that purpose." (Lines 12-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1872
Creator: Thornton, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Glass Globes or Reservoirs for Lamps. (open access)

Improvement in Glass Globes or Reservoirs for Lamps.

Patent for an "invention to prevent the breaking of glass globes used in kerosene lamps as reservoirs for the burning fluid; and this invention consists in the application around the reservoir of a rubber ring let into a groove, but projecting sufficiently to receive the concussion in case the lamp is overthrown." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 16, 1872
Creator: Otto, Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for a method of preserving meat, vegetables, and other foods in an air-tight container using hydrogen gas and displaced water.
Date: April 2, 1872
Creator: Gillespie, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Reversible Axle-Skeins. (open access)

Improvement in Reversible Axle-Skeins.

Patent for improvements in reversible axle skeins: "My invention consists of cast mental axle skeins fitted on the axles, whether of wood or iron, so that they can be turned from time to time, as they wear away, to remove the worn place from the wearing position and bring a part not worn thereto." (lines 5-10).
Date: April 16, 1872
Creator: Smith, Andrew F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History