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Mitchell County
Map of Mitchell County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Mitchell County and the Texas Pacific 16 Mile Reservation are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1880
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Orange County
Map of Orange County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 3, 1880
Creator:
Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shelby County
Cadastral map of Shelby County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Several features are marked including the center of the county; some borders are shaded in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1880
Creator:
Thielepape, George J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Zapata County
Cadastral map of Zapata County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Some borders are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1880
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 24, 1880
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 24, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 31, 1880
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 31, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 17, 1880
Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 17, 1880
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 27, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 1, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 1, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 8, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 8, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 15, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 15, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 22, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 22, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 29, 1880
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 29, 1880
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BIRD-CAGE
Patent for a new and improved combined Bird-Cages and Fly-Traps. The improvements include the use of netting or wire gauze, making holes at the bottom of the cage to insert feed-cups or let flies in when the cage is used to catch flies, and placing a ring over the seed-cups in order to prevent insects or flies from getting into the cage when it is used as a bird-cage.
Date:
July 6, 1880
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BOOK-RACK
Patent for a book rack that can be used as book-rest.
Date:
July 6, 1880
Creator:
Murphy, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BED-BOTTOM
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in bed bottoms". The bed bottom fits any bedstead and it is cheap, portable, and durable.
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Pafford, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ICE.
Patent for "a new and improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice" (lines 3-4)
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Zilker, Andrew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
CAR-BRAKE
Patent for new and useful improvements for Caboose Cars' brakes. The brakes can be applied from within the car, and no strain is applied to the car frame or body.
Date:
July 20, 1880
Creator:
Dwyer, Denis R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
BUCKLE
Patent for "a new and improved buckle" (lines4-5)
Date:
July 20, 1880
Creator:
Bardwell, Henery G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Obtaining a Vacuum.
Patent for a new and improved vacuum. This design utilizes a liquid pump, plates, tubes and valves to make "about as perfect a vacuum . . . as can be obtained by an ordinary pump" (lines 53-55).
Date:
July 27, 1880
Creator:
Ward, Lyman Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses.
Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale presses or compressors; and it has for its object to provide a means whereby the bale, after being properly compressed, will be automatically ejected from the press, as more fully hereinafter specified.
Date:
December 7, 1880
Creator:
Riesel, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve-Gear for Engines.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Steam-Engine Valve-Gears." The invention consists in "combining with a crank-shaft and a valve-shaft a lever, shaft, and two friction-wheels" (lines 4-9)
Date:
July 6, 1880
Creator:
Josserand, Peter
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sulky-Plow
Patent for a new and useful improvement in Sulky-Plows. The invention utilizes "a novel construction-levers, and arrangement of hangers, braces, and levers, whereby provision is made for the attachment of plow-beams of different sizes, and for adjusting the parts" (lines 7-11)
Date:
July 20, 1880
Creator:
Powell, Louis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Toller.
Patent for a new and improved grain toller. This design "consists in a novel construction of a revolving cylinder provided with cavities representing certain measures . . . separating a certain portion [of grain] to be retained as toll, and whereby, also, provision is made for varying the size of the toll-measure, so as to enable it to separate different proportions from the main body of the grain, according to the amount of toll to be taken" (lines 7-19).
Date:
July 20, 1880
Creator:
Wilson, William John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Wagons
Patent for a new and improved wagon coupling. The invention is related to "king-bolts and coupling devices that connect the forward axle of wagons, carriages, and other vehicles." (lines 8-9)
Date:
July 13, 1880
Creator:
Fowler, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History