Soil survey of Bastrop County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Bastrop County, Texas

Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Bastrop County, Texas.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: Winston, R. A. (Robert Alonzo); Meeker, F. N.; Eckman, O. L.; Lyman, W. S.; Schroeder, Frank C.; Rice, Thomas D. (Thomas Donnelly) et al.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Bastrop County sheet

Map displays soil types along with topography, creeks, rivers, springs, swamps, farms, towns, stores, parks, roads, and railroads. Legend includes soil profiles.
Date: August 12, 1908
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bastrop State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Bastrop State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Bastrop State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Capital Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Capital Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Capital Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, August, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, August, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Steam Engine (open access)

Improvements in Steam Engine

Patent for improvements in steam-engines. The goal of this invention to provide a simple construction that can be equally adapted for locomotives and high speed engines.
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Dickson, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-File. (open access)

Paper-File.

Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.
Date: August 18, 1891
Creator: Clopton, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos. (open access)

Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos.

Patent for a new and improved lamp shelf for pianos. This design "consists in an arm pivoted to the back of a music-rack and carrying a lamp-shelf, the arm being arranged to swing outward into a horizontal position, and the shelf being connected with the end of the arm by a pivotal connection, which permits of turning it outward and downward into a horizontal position in front of the plane of the music-rack" (lines 22-30).
Date: August 31, 1886
Creator: Prause, Reinhard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seat Lock For Wagons (open access)

Seat Lock For Wagons

Patent for a seat lock for wagons. Illustration included.
Date: August 16, 1904
Creator: Moore, Leon P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1870
Creator: Knowles, William Wadsworth
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows.
Date: August 8, 1899
Creator: Muehr, Frank & Frerich, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History