Resource Type

Month

Cleburne Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1908
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper. (open access)

Road-Scraper.

Patent for a road scraper for excavating, which "automatically returns to an upright position after having been dumped" (lines 12-14).
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Heyer, Friedrich
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History