Denton Independent School District Annual Financial Report: 2020 (open access)

Denton Independent School District Annual Financial Report: 2020

Annual financial report of Denton Independent School District documenting financial statement and providing a narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the District for the year ended June 30, 2020.
Date: June 30, 2020
Creator: Denton Independent School District
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight for Vehicles. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight for Vehicles.

Patent for dirigible headlight for vehicles where the headlights are adapted to turn with the steering of the vehicle, or may be manually deflected independently of the vehicle steering.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Poindexter, Franklin E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Justin Community Park, Denton County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey Within the Proposed Justin Community Park, Denton County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of Justin Community Park in Justin, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: December 30, 2008
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Clip (open access)

Wire-Fence Clip

Patent for a clip for wire fences. Illustration included.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Howard, Mentor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7373 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7373

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can Denton County legally purchase gasoline from a son of the Sheriff of said County and legally pay for same?
Date: October 30, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Elevator and Distributer. (open access)

Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for a cotton elevator and distributor meant to "provide certain improvements in apparatus of this character whereby cotton may be conveniently and readily elevated from the store house or wagon, and evenly distributed to any number of gins which may be arranged successively in the same row" (lines 11-16).
Date: October 30, 1894
Creator: Moffitt, William E. & Williams, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a revolving hopper, comprising circular heads connected by cross-bars having recesses, circular strips inclosing the cross-bars and leaving a space between their inner ends, flanges secured between and projecting through the circular strips and leaving a space between them, a slotted plate located on one of the bars of the frame and having its end located between the flanges, and a set-screw for clamping the plate in place" (lines 92-103).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Holland, Willis Asa
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History