Boll-Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll-Weevil Catcher

Patent for a machine for removing boll-weevils from growing cotton
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hitt, Reed R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake for Automobiles (open access)

Air-Brake for Automobiles

Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: Daniel, Wiley Eugene
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Catcher (open access)

Boll-Weevil Catcher

Patent for a Boll-Weevil Catcher. This inventions allows for an attachment to cultivators to catch weevils existing on growing cotton plants. The weevils are extracted, captured in a pan, and can be disposed of. This is an important tool that catches and destroys insects without damaging the plants.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Hitt, Reed R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester. (open access)

Peanut-Harvester.

Patent for improvements in peanut harvester machines with illustrations. The improvement is specific to "improved organiz[ation]" (line 10) and to "simplify and improve the construction" (line 18) of the harvester.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Beard, Willie Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas

Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts (open access)

Buggy-Shafts

Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: McMillan, Newton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Planter (open access)

Two-Row Planter

Patent for a two-row planter, which includes two planting mechanisms. The planters are adjustable, "so that the distance between rows for seed planted can be regulated."
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Payne, Bishop M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector (open access)

Knee-Protector

Patent for a knee protector "adapted to be worn by cotton pickers, miners, and other workmen who are required to walk or labor while resting on the knees. The present invention contemplates the provision of a knee protector of unique construction...the present device while applied to the knee, permitting the wearer to walk conveniently either while standing or kneeling."
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Bassett, Rufus C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine that combines parts, such as washing rollers, toothed wheels and segments, in an effective manner.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Queen, Ernest N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winch Attachment for Automobiles. (open access)

Winch Attachment for Automobiles.

Patent for new winch attachment for automobiles "that may be quickly mounted upon ore or both of the rear wheels of an automobile, for the purpose of pulling the vehicle out of a mud hole or ditch." (lines 12-15)
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Pittman, Carl L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Crate. (open access)

Folding Crate.

Patent for a crate that may be sealed both when erected and when folded by a common fastening member.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Janes, Robert T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for Trap
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Smith, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Plow-Foot. (open access)

Automatic Plow-Foot.

Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Dugger, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies

Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Northwest Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Northwest Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Northwest Texas, December 2008

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Northwest Texas area.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder. (open access)

Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.

Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hitt, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Cover. (open access)

Churn-Cover.

Patent for an improvement in churn covers "which will embody a closed dead-air space above the body of the churn, a guide-tube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body" (lines 10-15).
Date: May 27, 1902
Creator: Van Hoozer, Thomas H. B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement. (open access)

Compound Implement.

Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Haynes, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper And Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and a cultivator.This invention allows for the raising and lowering the cultivator teeth. Illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Robertson, Newton K. & Jones, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History