Photograph of a telephone crew putting up a telephone pole on Pecan and First Street in Hico, Texas.

Patent for a new ironing table that folds into a compact form. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a combined cotton, corn, and sugar-cane planter attachment for plows, which is intended "to provide a simple, cheap, and automatically operating planting attachment for plows which may be used for the planting of seeds of various kinds, as cotton, corn, sugar-cane, and the like, and which may be readily attached to and detached from a plow."

Photograph of three young boys standing in a front yard. A baby sits in a chair between two older boys, both of whom wear flat caps, dark shorts, and button-up shirts. The boy on the left looks to the side. The other boy squints into the camera. A staircase can be seen to the far left.

Patent for wire stretcher which draw fence-wire and hold the stack. This device is used mainly while working with fence-wires and supplemental tie-wires.

Patent for purifying oil by removing all impurities. It is meant to prepare the oil for fuel burning purposes.

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

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

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

Patent for a machine that destroys cotton boll weevils. Illustration included.

Patent for cotton cleaner and gin feeder. Illustration included.

Patent for a cotton attachment for cultivators. This invention allows for the attachment to any normal cultivator of cotton attachment to cultivate cotton. Illustration included.

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

Patent for a cattle guard. This invention is for use with railways to prevent passage of stock over the tracks. Illustration included.

Proposal for a new railroad from Comanche, Texas to Temple, Texas. The documents included contain information on the cost of construction, route, possibilities for extensions, projected revenue, and Texas laws pertaining to railroads.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.