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Triple Valve (open access)

Triple Valve

Patent for a triple valve for air brakes on trains that gives the engineer more control over the brakes.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Low-Water Alarm For Boilers (open access)

Low-Water Alarm For Boilers

Patent for "improvements in low water alarms for steam boilers and more particularly to those which are operated by the heat from the steam in the boiler, after the water therein has fallen below a predetermined danger point" (lines 15-20).
Date: January 5, 1915
Creator: Anderson, Williamson D. & Shearer, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, May 10, 1911 (open access)

Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, May 10, 1911

Certificate of inspection of a herd of cattle driven by James H. Parramore. The document shows the number of cattle and the brands used on the herd.
Date: May 10, 1911
Creator: Live Stock Sanitary Board of Arizona
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, April 19, 1911 (open access)

Certificate of Inspection of Cattle Shipped or Driven, April 19, 1911

Certificate of inspection of a herd of cattle driven by James H. Parramore. The document shows the number of heads of cattle and the brands used on the herd.
Date: April 19, 1911
Creator: Live Stock Sanitary Board of Arizona
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Jordon to D. D. Parramore, December 21, 1919] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Jordon to D. D. Parramore, December 21, 1919]

Letter from J. D. Jordon to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing an anecdote about a payment receipt that he has also sent.
Date: December 21, 1919
Creator: Jordon, J. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916]

Letter from J. J. Wheeler to James Harrison Parramore discussing signed contracts to begin work on repairing the Cienega ditch, how the cattle and mares are doing, water tanks and the lack of rain, and a bad season of the Spanish flu.
Date: January 13, 1916
Creator: Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H. Parramore, February 4, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H. Parramore, February 4, 1914]

Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H. Parramore discussing the death of a mare belonging to E. K. Capeton that was said to have been killed by one of Parramore's bulls in Tom Barker's pasture. Wheeler states that Capeton had the mare in the pasture without Barker's consent and that the death occurred at night with no witnesses, thus claiming the company should not have to reimburse Capeton for his loss.
Date: February 4, 1914
Creator: Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Appointment of Agents] (open access)

[Certificate of Appointment of Agents]

Notarized document certifying that the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company appointed J. J. Wheeler as its agent int he state of Arizona and J. D. Jordon as its agent in New Mexico. The document is signed by president of the company, J. H. Parramore.
Date: October 28, 1912
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between San Simon Cattle Company and Dr. E. W. Johnson, February 23, 1918] (open access)

[Correspondence Between San Simon Cattle Company and Dr. E. W. Johnson, February 23, 1918]

Correspondence between San Simon Cattle Co. and Dr. E. W. Johnson discussing making a payment of ten dollars to the order of J. D. Jordan. The correspondence is written on the back of a torn-open envelope that was once addressed to Mr. J. D. Jordan from attorneys Wilson and Walton.
Date: February 24, 1918
Creator: San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore, Ferbuary 8, 1914] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore, Ferbuary 8, 1914]

Letter from J. D. Jordon to J. H. Parramore discussing water producing holes that have been drilled on the Cienega lands and their conditions.
Date: February 8, 1914
Creator: Jordon, J. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bonnie Bird the Horse]

Photograph of two horses (one named Bonnie Bird) in stock pens with a farm house and telephone poles in the background.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History