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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Brooks, John Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier
Patent for trace carrier for a plow "especially designed to support the trace adjustably in a vertical direction, so as to vary the line of the draft upon the plow and also provide a guide and support for the reins" (lines 9-13), including illustrations.
Date:
September 25, 1900
Creator:
Smith, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1901 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1901 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1901 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Plow.
Patent for improvements in cultivator-plow through the positioning and connection of parts. Adjustable plow for different cultivating functions and different crops, especially for cotton. Illustration and materials recommendations included.
Date:
March 18, 1902
Creator:
Sheffield, James A. D. & Sheffield, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Check-Line Buckle.
Patent for "...a novel means for connecting a check-line to the main line..." (lines 11-12) including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1902
Creator:
Snell, David C. F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Check
Patent for a door check that holds a door open in a secured position. This particular door securer has a manual operation lock independent of the knob-spindle.
Date:
February 24, 1903
Creator:
Skidmore, John C. & Tyer, Author
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saddle
Patent for a saddle. Illustration included.
Date:
November 17, 1903
Creator:
Moore, Sidney S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup.
Patent for improvements in safety-stirrups by providing a device to release the rider’s foot safely if the rider accidentally fall from a horse; and means to retain the movable member of the stirrup in its closed or open position. (Lines 10-17) Illustration is included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Parrish, Ezekiel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stove
Patent for a stove. This invention has a fire box and directed combustion. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 31, 1904
Creator:
Moore, Sidney S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Valle, Fernando del & Oca, Pedro Mones De
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Valle, Fernando del
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]
Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Valle, Fernando del
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Texas, Houston County sheet
Map displays soil types as well as creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date:
1906
Creator:
United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Houston County, Texas
Text describes the history, climate, physiography and geology, soils, and agricultural conditions of Houston County, Texas.
Date:
1906
Creator:
Carter, William T. (William Thomas) & Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Tool.
Patent for a combination tool that provides "a novel form of tool-head arranged to interchangeably carry a plurality of tools of different characters, whereby the single tool-head may be employed in various capacities" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date:
January 30, 1906
Creator:
Spicer, John R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Rake and Cultivator.
Patent for a garden rake and cultivator that can be adjust in various positions to do the gardening works for the growing plants.
Date:
February 20, 1906
Creator:
Guice, Benjamin J. H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Apparatus.
Patent for a ventilating apparatus for railway cars for the purpose of supplying air to railway car interiors without needing to open a window (which tends to also let in smoke and dust), including illustrations.
Date:
March 6, 1906
Creator:
Parrish, Ezekiel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter
Patent for a machine that can cut potatoes and other vegetables into small cooking sized pieces. It has removable blades that allow for different sized pieces to be cut based on the needs of the user.
Date:
May 29, 1906
Creator:
Lansford, Isaac B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for rail car coupling. Illustration included.
Date:
August 21, 1906
Creator:
Burran, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1907 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1907 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crockett 1907 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Crockett in Houston County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History