Cotton-Bur Separator. (open access)

Cotton-Bur Separator.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating burs from cotton lint despite severe weather conditions, illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Samuel D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator. (open access)

Axle Lubricator.

Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Bass, Thomas G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Vaporizing Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for a vaporizing attachment for internal combustion engines which provides means for vaporizing and introducing liquid fuel into the cylinders while the motor is in motion.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug

Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Energized Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for a vacuum-energized make-and-break spark plug that "relates to new and useful improvements in ignition apparatus for internal combustion engines" (lines 16-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug. (open access)

Vacuum-Operated Make-and-Break Spark-Plug.

Patent for simple and efficient improvements to vacuum-operated make-and-break spark plugs, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1919
Creator: Irwin, Herbert Glen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs. (open access)

Device For Cleaning Electrodes Of Make-And-Break Spark-Plugs.

Patent for improvements in cleaning the electrodes of make and break spark plugs, with an illustration and explanation.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Irwin, H. G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for an attachment for the cutting of weeds and soil moving. It is designed to be attached to any cultivator or plow beam either singly or duplicated.
Date: February 1, 1921
Creator: Turner, Edwin E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Device (open access)

Cotton-Picking Device

Patent for cotton-picking device. The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device for picking cotton by hand. Patent is for the protection of the digits.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Vincent, George Hilliard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 3 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 3

Third volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the middle third of the study area. It includes tabular data and mapped information.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy R.; Nordstrom, Philip L. & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1

First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tank-Bottom Holder. (open access)

Tank-Bottom Holder.

Patent for a tank bottom holder that allows a tank bottom to be "securely and accurately maintained in proper cooperative relation to the edge turning tool and readily manipulated in the required manner" (lines 13-17). That tank bottom holder can be adjusted to fit a variety of tank bottom sizes, and the patent includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Smith, Walter O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region O (Llano Estacado), 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region O (Llano Estacado), 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region O (Llano Estacado) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies for suppliers, drought response plans, financing of the plan, and the process of creating the plan. Includes a dedication to Delaine Baucom (1952-2014).
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Llano Estacado Regional Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Deep Boring at Spur (open access)

The Deep Boring at Spur

Report concerning drill boring exploring the geological features underneath Spur, Texas,
Date: 1914
Creator: Udden, Johan August, 1859-1932
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the High Plains Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 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: High Plains, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
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: High Plains, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
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: High Plains, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carpet Stretcher (open access)

Carpet Stretcher

Patent for carpet stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: October 17, 1905
Creator: Williams, Robbert D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher (open access)

Wire-Stretcher

Patent for improvements to wire-stretchers, "particularly to those arranged for disposal upon wagons, and has for its object to provide a wire-stretcher with which a plurality of wires may be stretched simultaneously and which will be arranged to hold the spools containing the wire which is to be strung." (lines 12-18), including illustrations.
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Manning, Butler S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dickens South Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1970
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rustler Camp Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1971
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pitchfork Ranch Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Croton Camp Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History