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Map of Runnels County

Cadastral "tracing" map of Runnels County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some borders and features are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 282, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 10, 1887 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 282, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 10, 1887

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 299, Ed. 1, Sunday, May 10, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 299, Ed. 1, Sunday, May 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 284, Ed. 1, Monday, May 10, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 284, Ed. 1, Monday, May 10, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 127, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 127, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 272, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 272, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1888

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 159, Ed. 1, Sunday, May 10, 1885 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 159, Ed. 1, Sunday, May 10, 1885

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 10, 1889 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, May 10, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 123, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1883 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 123, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1883

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 123, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 10, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 123, Ed. 1, Wednesday, May 10, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 162, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 10, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 162, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 10, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 100, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 100, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 358, Ed. 1, Friday, May 10, 1889 (open access)

Waco Daily News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 358, Ed. 1, Friday, May 10, 1889

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 10, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 143, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 10, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 95, Ed. 1, Monday, May 10, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 95, Ed. 1, Monday, May 10, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 113, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 113, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 10, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1883 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 10, 1883

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 10, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot. (open access)

Coffee Pot.

Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "the cover, the jointed parts by means of which the cover is connected to the pot, and the guide through which the part has a sliding movement" (lines 79-83). This novel construction "is to produce a coffee pot in which the cover is made adjustable, so as to be adapted to close over the top of the pot, or to be dropped back out of the way when the condenser is used" (lines 17-21).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Cummings, James K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Log-Turner (open access)

Log-Turner

Patent for "that class of log-turners which is operated by power, and has for its object to provide a device that will be quick and positive in its operation" (lines 39-42).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Ferris, Henry Murry & Gallon, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders. (open access)

Governor for Cotton Gins and Cotton Gin Feeders.

Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design "consists, first, in the combination of an oscillating or movable roll-breast with a regulating attachment, whereby the size of the roll or the pressure of the cotton in the roll-box is made to regulate the feed to the gin to any desired degree; second, in forming a series of slots through the outer side of the roll-breast, so that the cotton seed may be discharged through the outer side of the breast, as well as in addition to the usual slot which is made through the bottom of the roll-box" (lines 15-25).
Date: May 10, 1881
Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing. (open access)

Swing.

Patent for a new and improved swing. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the two folding frames, provided with jointed braces, of the horizontal cross-bars secured to said frames, the swinging arms pivoted to said bars and also to the car, cross-bars secured to these arms, [and] the curved levers" (lines 95-100). Said curved levers are hinged to "the cross-bars, [and] the crossed ropes or chains [are] connecting the short arms of said levers to the cross-bars, and the pull-cords [are] attached to the long arms of said levers and [are] extended to the seats of the said car" (lines 1-5).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Rigby, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straw Cutter. (open access)

Straw Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved straw cutter. This design "relates to certain improvements in straw-cutters; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-15). The novel construction and arrangement of parts means that "[t]he machine is simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, will not readily get out of repair, and will perform the necessary work in an efficient manner" (lines 1-4).
Date: May 10, 1881
Creator: Cornish, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the hopper having a notch or opening in its rear edge, the seed-spout extending vertically along the rear side of the hopper and communicating therewith through said notch, the reciprocating rod having a jointed upper end provided with a seed-cup, the rock-shaft having crank-arm, and an arm connected with said reciprocating-rod, the crank-shaft, pitman, driving-wheel, and the sprocket-gears and chain connecting the crank-shaft and wheel-axle" (lines 84-96).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Clark, Council H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Street Car Motor. (open access)

Street Car Motor.

Patent for a new and improved street-car motor. This design consists in "the shaft geared to an axle of the car, the friction-wheels free to slide on the said shaft and having the annular collars, the rods . . . connected to the said annular collars, and the lever connected to the said rods to move the friction-wheels toward or from each other" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 10, 1887
Creator: Sparks, John Parks
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History