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Nueces County

Map of Nueces County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Caster Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Caster Attachment for Plows.

Patent for "a simple and practical attachment for a sulky or other plow which will enable the operator to readily turn the plow at any point where this may be desired while the plow is in service, and furthermore, to furnish a device of the above-indicated character which will be especially well adapted to facilitate the turning movement of a disk plow and dispense with the use of a tongue to guide the plow." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 26, 1896
Creator: Waters, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Bias-Cutters. (open access)

Gage for Bias-Cutters.

Patent for a gauge for bias-cutters that produces "a pair of shears or scissors and provide the same with such additions as will adapt them to accurately cut to a predetermined width bias strips of any fabric" (lines 10-14).
Date: May 8, 1894
Creator: Steen, Nevada
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents for County Court Case 2534] (open access)

[Documents for County Court Case 2534]

Text relating to case number 2534 in the Nueces, Texas County Court: John H. Houghton vs. Felipe Ramirez.
Date: May 22, 1896
Creator: Nueces County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History