Patent for combination latch-locks, "in such manner as that the knob-latch, while performing its special function, will also serve as the lock upon any combination to which it may be adjusted, and the said latch can be operated from either the outside or inside of the door as a latch simply, or as a combination lock, which latter is further secured from the inside by the employment of a safety pin, rendering the bolt in its locked position perfectly secure, while by its partial withdrawal it prevents the possible change of the combination from the outside, and admits of the free use of the latch independent of such combination." (Lines 29-42) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "devices for feeding seed-cotton to cotton-gins, and also, for cleaning the same preparatory to ginning; and it consists of a hopper having wires extending from side to side over a revolving toothed cylinder and a concave thrasher, and being made to reciprocate on a track by pinions on the ends of the thrasher-cylinder, working in double rack-bars, one in each side of the hopper, so contrived that the pinions run them over one way and under the other, making a simple and cheap mode of obtaining the motion." (Lines 6-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a new and improved ring for games. This design is "part of a game apparatus, a ring of wood of a form adapted to be rolled over a flat surface, having a ring of metal cast in a groove cut in its inner surface" (lines 57-60).

Patent for a simple and inexpensive fence-stay that "may be readily applied in a secure manner to horizontal fence-wires" (lines 12-13). The posts are sheets of metal, and metal T-shaped tongues hold the wires in place.

Patent for improvement to a ginning point that provides support and holds points in position for cotton gin cylinder section.

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.

Patent for cotton press. This invention "is the production of a press adapted for baling cotton and other materials in cylindrical bales in which the material forming the bales is compactly arranged under heavy pressure in superimposed spiral layers or laps" (line 10-15). Illustrations inlcuded.

Patent for a wire clamp.

Patent for railroad joint designed to reduce the shifting of the rails while being easy to construct.

Weekly newspaper from Calvert, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Calvert, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Photograph of Robertson County Courthouse in Franklin, TX. Telephone poles sit on a stretch of green grass next to a section of paved ground that two cars sit on as they parallel park next to the courthouse's sidewalk. Grass fills the space between the sidewalk and the courthouse and contains multiple large green trees whose foliage almost entirely covers the walls of the courthouse. The building has orange brick walls with a row of circular windows near the edge of its dark gray roofline. Each side of the courthouse has a square section that sticks out from the center of the building. The roof on these sections has stones in the shape of flat-topped cones on each corner. In the center section of the roof sits a clock tower which has one tall window in each side of its orange brick base. The clockfaces sit on the sides of the tower's brown, sloping roof which has a small platform at its top with a column-supported roof. Upon that pointed roof is a weathervane.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about with July 4th which is just a few days away.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about governor Dolph Briscoe who authorized the use of Texas national guard to help control an outbreak of highly contagious Anthrax disease found in eight North Central Texas counties.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas animal health commission which announced that the entire supply of Anthrax vaccine is being funneled into central Texas cattle country.

Photograph of the Collat House (located at 401 Gregg St) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Collat House (located at 401 Gregg St) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Commercial District (located at 606-608 Main) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of the Fanny R Jones House (located at 409 Gregg St) in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 407-411 Main in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 410 Main in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 410 Main in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 501-505 Main in Calvert, Texas.

Photograph of a historic property located at 514-516 Main in Calvert, Texas.