Buggy-Shackle (open access)

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1204 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1204

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether an uncompensated commissioner of a county housing authority may receive mileage credits attributable to authority travel (RQ-1979)
Date: August 8, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2012 (open access)

University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2012

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Brownsville outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation for fiscal year 2012.
Date: August 25, 2011
Creator: University of Texas at Brownsville
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Water Conservation Grant Final Report (open access)

Agricultural Water Conservation Grant Final Report

Report on the Harlingen Irrigation District's improvements to the Texas Water Development Board's Agricultural Water Conservation program. The report includes project's location, a detailed project description, and several photographs of the project site.
Date: August 26, 2016
Creator: McLemore, Tom; Arendt, Johanna; Ford, Karen & Khan, Tabish
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Brownsville Area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Brownsville Area, Texas.
Date: August 22, 1908
Creator: Mangum, A. W. & Lee, Ora
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Brownsville sheet

Map displays soil types along with canals, lakes, rivers, swamps, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: August 22, 1908
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flood Protection Plan: Phase 2 (open access)

Flood Protection Plan: Phase 2

Report on a flood planning study for the City of Brownsville, expanding on a previous study done in 2006. The study examined new watersheds in the city and presented recommendations for infrastructure improvement to mitigate flood risks.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Ambiotec Civil Engineering Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2013 (open access)

University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2013

This document provides data about the appropriations and expenditures of the University of Texas at Brownsville for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2013.
Date: August 23, 2012
Creator: University of Texas at Brownsville
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2014 (open access)

University of Texas at Brownsville Operating Budget: 2014

Proposed budget for University of Texas at Brownsville outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: August 21, 2013
Creator: University of Texas at Brownsville
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Technical College Harlingen Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2012 and 2013 (open access)

Texas State Technical College Harlingen Requests for Legislative Appropriations: 2012 and 2013

Report submitted by Texas State Technical College Harlingen to the Texas 82nd regular legislature requesting appropriations to fund programming and activities. It includes an overview of the institution's goals, summaries of appropriations requests for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and supporting documentation.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Texas State Technical College Harlingen
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Tractors. (open access)

Attachment for Tractors.

Patent for attachments in tractors. "This invention relates to tractors and has for its object the provision of means where by when the front axle and wheels of the tractor rise caused by rearing of the tractor, the clutch will be automatically disconnected and remain so until the front wheels of the tractor descend again into engagement with the ground. An important and more specific object is the provision in a tractor of a front axle formed n sections pivotally connected, one section being connected by suitable means with the clutch mechanism and the wheels serving as weights whereby when the tractor rears back and the front wheels leave the ground the axle sections will move relatively and exert a pull upon the means connected with the clutch whereby the clutch will be thrown out."
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Cholick, Joseph John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handle-Securing Device. (open access)

Handle-Securing Device.

Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1916
Creator: Harvey, Harry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History