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Johnson County

Map of Johnson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Johnson County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1859
Creator: Grothaus, Fredrick
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson County

Map of Johnson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1874
Creator: Thielepape, George J. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Brakes.

Patent for "car-brakes that work automatically and without manual intervention as soon as the locomotive is stopped." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1875
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Brakes.

Patent for "a means for the automatic application of brakes to the cars of a railway-train; and it consists in a loosely-moving draw-bar attached to the car by means of bolts passing through a central longitudinal slot, and having its sides wrought into two rack-bars, which mesh with pinions upon two windlass-shafts; which arrangement, when the locomotive is "slowed," causes the impact of the cars to drive up the draw-bars and wind up cords upon the windlass-shafts, which communicated with and apply the brakes to the wheels." (Lines 11-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1875
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn. The patent is for a "means for adjustably securing a series of vertically-arranged breakers in a churn-body of any size, operating with a revolving dasher" (lines 8-11).
Date: June 16, 1896
Creator: Haley, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plowshare, of cutting-knives secured to the rear end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom in an upward direction, and a bar connecting the mold-board and landside and arranged below the cutting knives" (lines 68-73).
Date: June 23, 1885
Creator: Adair, Richard Harding
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shovel Plow. (open access)

Shovel Plow.

Patent for a new and improved shovel plow. This design "provide[s] a shovel . . . having extensible wings pivoted to its rear surface, and combined with suitable mechanism by which they may be extended and forced inward . . . second, [it] provide[s] novel means of adjusting the angularity of the shovel and its standard with reference to the beam of the plow; third, [it] provide[s] novel means for adjusting the positions of the outer ends of the handles" (lines 16-26).
Date: June 21, 1881
Creator: Conner, Laurance H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanding Device for Locomotives. (open access)

Sanding Device for Locomotives.

Patent for a device that keeps sand from being lost during delivery and "whereby the emitting nozzle is kept clear and prevented from clogging up or freezing" (lines 15-17). It is an improvement on sanding devices.
Date: June 26, 1894
Creator: Chase, Floyd T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design is "first, to provide for use in such implements a sectional axle which shall be capable of being so manipulated as to cause the wheels to be placed at a greater or less distance from each other; second, to provide the necessary mechanism and suitable combinations thereof for moving the parts of the axle and the wheels into their desired positions" (lines 20-27). This enables the cultivator to adapt to different spacings of crops, marking an improvement over previous cultivators.
Date: June 21, 1881
Creator: Connor, Laurance H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine (open access)

Compound Engine

Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricating Apparatus (open access)

Lubricating Apparatus

Patent for "lubricating the bearings of locomotives while moving or standing still." (lines 8-10)
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Dangler, Hank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Apparatus. (open access)

Pumping Apparatus.

Patent for a "pumping, or water-elevating apparatus," (line 9) including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1902
Creator: Simmons, Jesse W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for improvement in plows by first connecting a furrow-shoe to the moldboard, and second, by provide means for operating the plow-point to make a deep or shallow furrow and for raising and lowering covering-plows simultaneously when the plow is in operation. (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Morrison, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor. (open access)

Governor.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in governors, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 20, 1899
Creator: Hunter, Victor Emmet
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bailing Press (open access)

Bailing Press

Patent for a baling press. This invention combines a truck and horse that facilitates the pressing of hay.
Date: June 30, 1903
Creator: Moore, James Solomon; Adams, Barnett V.; Roy, Ransom J. & Jack, I. Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Switch (open access)

Railway Switch

Patent for railway switch. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Reynolds, John I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Heel (open access)

Spring-Heel

Patent for a spring heel made to absorb shocks from walking and to provide overall support for the heel. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Luzzi, August F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Embroidery Attachment for Sewing-Machines (open access)

Embroidery Attachment for Sewing-Machines

Patent for pressing device of sewing machine that will be in operative engagement with the needle to enable efficient stitching and embroidery work.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Moore, Franklin O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Planter (open access)

Cotton-Planter

Patent for "a planter-carriage frame adapted to carry a cotton-seed hopper having novel and peculiar means for feeding the cotton-seed in planting the same, so that the same frams may be employed for both hopper without alteration of either hopper or frame" (lines 11-17).
Date: June 25, 1901
Creator: Morrison, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Johnson County Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 (open access)

Johnson County Review. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and news along with advertising.
Date: June 7, 1907
Creator: Thrash, D. M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Cleburne, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1907 (open access)

The Daily Enterprise (Cleburne, Tex.), Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1907

Daily newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 1, 1907
Creator: Ransone, J. R., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Miss Navy] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Navy]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a military-sponsored "Miss Navy" beauty contest in Lake Whitney.
Date: June 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992]

Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House, as well as his following success as an owner in the restaurant industry, starting the Lone Star Drive In Restaurant chain in Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually becoming a millionaire.
Date: June 10, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History