Kerrville 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: 1904
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fredericksburg 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: 1906
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Regulator (open access)

Windmill-Regulator

Patent for "improvements in windmill-regulators of that class distinguished by the provision of a movable bucket connected to the regulating-cable of a windmill and communicating with the tank or reservoir supplied by the mill to cause the depression of the bucket for the purpose of throwing the mill out of gear or out of the wind. . .when the level of water in the tank has reached a predetermined point" (lines 8-18).
Date: March 5, 1901
Creator: Stein, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Lubricator (open access)

Windmill Lubricator

Patent for a windmill lubricator. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Tatsch, Hubert H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for "a mill equipped with an automatic governor for regulating the speed of the windmill and for preventing injury to the apparatus by throwing the blades of the wheel into or out of the wind in a manner to secure the most effective operation of the device at all times" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 14, 1901
Creator: Stein, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Tank. (open access)

Water-Tank.

Patent for improved water-tank of which will provide a construction to prevent leakage, bruising, and warping of the wood and in which water will be kept cool and clean.
Date: July 30, 1901
Creator: Evans, Edwin Fousiiee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire Bolt Wrench (open access)

Tire Bolt Wrench

Patent for a tire bolt wrench. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Moore, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stone-Drilling Machine. (open access)

Stone-Drilling Machine.

Patent for a stone drilling tool, which has water automatically flowing through it.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Weiss, Adolf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shaft and Pulley Collar. (open access)

Shaft and Pulley Collar.

Patent for a collar for pulleys and shafts with set-screws that protects the set-screws from damage or harming people working with the systems.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Beal, Ephaphras Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Operating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Operating Mechanism.

Patent for a pump operating mechanism, which is run by horses going in a circle around the device to power the pump.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Siggel, Willie F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History