Patent for a harrow designed to cultivate only one row of crops at a time. Illustrations included.

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

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

Patent for a bin measuring apparatus for weighing dry products for sale quickly and accurately.

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

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

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 cotton cleaner and gin feeder. Illustration included.

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.

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.

Patent for a traction gang plow. This invention uses multiple disks for furrowing. Illustration included.

Letter from J. W. Johnson to Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Sayles discussing a proposed route for a railroad to Gatesville, Texas. Johnson states a second route is better due to fewer stream and river crossing than the currently proposed route.

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

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

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."

Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.

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.

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.