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Map of Victoria County

Cadastral map of Victoria County in the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1873~
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Victoria County

Cadastral map of Victoria County, Texas including the Gulf Coast region. There are notes in blue and red ink that have been added to sections of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1873~
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.

Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 30, 1873
Creator: Hurd, Charles T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History