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Wilson County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1921
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilson County

Blue line print of survey map of Wilson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Gonzales Road, the LaBahla Road, and Seguin Ranch Trace. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: Matzow, Fr & Giles, J. Bascom
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher

The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Crossing Signal. (open access)

Railroad Crossing Signal.

Patent for a railroad crossing signal. The device is created so that the highway signal can be automatically raised or lowered at the crossing by a passing train.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Ridout, Horace J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for improvements in liquid fuel burners that can handle intense heat and can be mass-produced.
Date: September 27, 1921
Creator: Hosek, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History