Cotton Feeder and Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton Feeder and Cleaner.

Patent for feeders and cleaners for cotton gins: "provide a combined feeder and cleaner for cotton gins which is not only thoroughly and effectually cleans cotton before it passes to the gin, but at the same time it regularly and positively feeds the cotton to the gin in such cleaned condition" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 25, 1893
Creator: Oliphint, Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Henderson sheet

Map displays soil types along with bayous, creeks, ponds, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of the Henderson area, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of the Henderson area in Texas.
Date: October 25, 1907
Creator: Ely, Charles W. & Kocher, A. E. (Arthur E.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Puller. (open access)

Automobile-Puller.

Patent for "the provision of a device adapted to be secured on the hub of the wheel for pulling the automobile out of mud or sand where the wheel would ordinarily spin without propelling the vehicle" (lines 11-16). It also includes an illustration.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Wright, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History