Pole or shaft. (open access)

Pole or shaft.

Patent for poles and shafts for vehicles with the objective of providing "simple and inexpensive means for dispensing with the singletree ordinarily employed with a pair of shafts or thills in a one-horse vehicle or the usual doubletree in a two-horse vehicle." (Lines 10-15)
Date: October 22, 1901
Creator: Sharp, Marvin A. & Sharp, Bird H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Appliance. (open access)

Draft-Appliance.

Patent for a draft appliance (animal-driven vehicle) with the purpose of changing and equalizing the draft between draft-animals and making the draft line easily adjustable.
Date: October 7, 1902
Creator: Arnold, Cyrus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1904 (open access)

The Fact. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, October 7, 1904

Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deutsche Zeitung für Texas. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1907 (open access)

Deutsche Zeitung für Texas. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 31, 1907

Weekly German-language newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 31, 1907
Creator: Ernst, Albert
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History