Patent for a new and improved nut-lock. This design consists in "[a] nut-lock key having a body or wedge portion and a head, and having such head provided at its inner edge with flanges or extensions, the inner edges of the flanges or extensions being separated from the body" (lines 70-74).

These letters are from the Charles B. Moore Collection. They are written by J. Sabina Rucker to her brother, Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Sabina updates Charles on the Rucker family and details the country around her. She notes that while in the country she saw cowboys herding fifteen hundred cattle to New Mexico. The topic of this first letter moves to correspondences she had begun writing to Henry or Solomon. She discusses their travel and lodging plans and then closes the letter. Her brief, second letter was written on June 16, 1888. She discusses a house the family is looking at and notes that they saw a pack of dogs as they were coming into town. She details some news about a family friends and closes the letter because of the misting rain. The envelope is included with the letters.

Patent for improvements in “a compound for the removal and prevention of dandruff;” (lines 7-8) formula of the compound is listed and instructions on how to mix the compound are included. No illustration.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in implements for stretching wire-fence strands.

Patent for tool "which may be used for various purposes in connnection with wire fences" (lines 16-17) including an illustration.

Patent for a damper regulator for stoves. Illustration included.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Patent for "beam adjustment for cultivators" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Baird in Callahan County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Photograph of several men and women standing outside of a house. A handwritten note on the photo says "June 8-'40, went to Baird. Sgt. Baker- Camp Barkley."

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about thunderstorms which are still rumbling across sections of West Texas after a turbulent night in some portions of the state.

Photograph of the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.

Photograph of the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.

Photograph of the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.

Photograph of the Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas.