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Plow (open access)

Plow

Patent for "a plow of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being readily and easily changed from an ordinary plow to a ditching-plow, and vice versa" (lines 10-14).
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Lesueur, Sam C. & Holsey, Theodric M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 19, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 19, 1890

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 19, 1890
Creator: Shropshire, H. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paint Compound (open access)

Paint Compound

Patent for "a fire and water proof compound for roofs and the like, possessing great elasticity and capable of contracting and expanding under cold and heat without cracking and peeling off [while also forming] a body equal to cement for covering the nail-heads of roofs and the like" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 15, 1890
Creator: Jackson, Abner A. & Neal, Columbus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, July 14, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Daily Courier (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 11, Ed. 1 Monday, July 14, 1890

Daily newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 14, 1890
Creator: Shropshire, H. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence. (open access)

Fence.

Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "compris[es] the main end and intermediate posts anchored in the ground, the longitudinal wires connected to said main end posts and let into said intermediate posts, said end posts being suitably braced and said longitudinal wires being connected together by tie-wires, and the supplemental posts, to which are also bound or secured said longitudinal wires, having the horizontal feet of approximate figure-8 shape resting squarely on the ground or surface" (lines 69-79).
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Kerr, James, Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuse for Shells. (open access)

Fuse for Shells.

Patent for a new and improved shell fuse. This design "relates to that type of percussion-fuses wherein a fuse-tube is secured in the point or end of a shell and contains a plunged connected with a friction-wire embedded in the fulminate in such manner that when the flight of the shell is suddenly arrested the friction-wire is drawn forward by the plunger, thereby igniting the fulminate and setting fire to the powder-charge for bursting the shell. The objects of [the] invention are to . . . provide novel means which not only insure bursting of the shell, but avoid premature bursting at the muzzle of the gun" (lines 8-48).
Date: April 22, 1890
Creator: Phillips, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, March 28, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 28, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, March 21, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 14, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 21, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 14, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 7, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, January 31, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 31, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 24, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 17, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 10, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1890 (open access)

Corsicana Observer. (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, January 3, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Corsicana, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1890
Creator: Miller, G. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Navarr[o] County, State of Texas.

Map shows property tracts, landowners, land patents, railroads, and towns; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Includes recorded volume and date for some properties. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History