Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins (open access)

Air Blast Apparatus for Cotton Gins

Patent for an air blast apparatus used for cleaning cotton gins. Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: McDonald, Osmon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher (open access)

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.
Date: April 4, 1905
Creator: Simons, Silas C.; Clark, Samuel H. & Clark, Louther M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device (open access)

Cooling Device

Patent for a cooling device for milk. Illustrations included.
Date: June 6, 1911
Creator: Cooper, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Carriage Seat and Couch (open access)

Combined Carriage Seat and Couch

Patent for a carriage seat and couch. Illustrations included.
Date: May 2, 1905
Creator: Angel, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Glove. (open access)

Cotton-Picking Glove.

Patent for a cotton picking glove, which allows full movement of the fingers and has easily replaceable tips.
Date: May 18, 1909
Creator: Baggett, Neil J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Reel Support (open access)

Detachable Reel Support

Patent for detachable reel support. "Invention aims to provide a new and novel form of support to be hereinafter more specifically referred to and which can be readily secured to and removed from a vehicle-wheel" (lines 10-15). Illustration included.
Date: August 2, 1904
Creator: Baker, Albert S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Harrow. (open access)

Cultivator and Harrow.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cultivator and harrow. The cultivator beam has a v-shaped tooth, arms extending forward.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: White, William C. & Stevens, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs. (open access)

Attachment for Pianos or Organs.

Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
Date: October 31, 1893
Creator: Carter, James William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Bedder and Planter. (open access)

Cotton Bedder and Planter.

Patent for improvements in cotton bedders and planters in which when the machine “is used for planting, the seeding mechanism will be in place and the plow-beams are placed near together. The plow upon beam A will open a drill to receive the seed from the spout which extends downwardly in rear of the plow.” (Lines 114-121) “When the machine is used for bedding, the plow-beams are opened, and the seed-planting mechanism may be removed or simply thrown out of gear.” (Lines 109-113) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Parris, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacking Brush. (open access)

Blacking Brush.

Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder. (open access)

Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.

Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date: April 3, 1883
Creator: Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1586, Chapter 1366 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1586, Chapter 1366

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the transaction of business by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Court of Appeals District.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-268 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JC-268

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, John Cornyn, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether Ranger Hospital District is authorized to donate tobacco settlement funds to the City Ranger for the purchase of an ambulance without the City assuming any District liabilities, and related questions.
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2981 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-2981

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Application of Article 326q, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, establishing office of Criminal District Attorney, to Eastland County; and related questions.
Date: April 7, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6374 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6374

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: Under the given facts should Earl Conner Jr. of Eastland County be Commissioned as "County Attorney", "District Attorney", "County and District Attorney," or a "Criminal District Attorney"?
Date: February 16, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7258 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7258

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: Whether teachers employed in public schools of Eastland County may accept part-time employment as teachers in the Eastland County Vocational Schools for G.I.'s.
Date: October 18, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Eastland County, Inset G01

Inset map for Eastland County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:3,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Stephens County, Block 16

Parent map for Stephens County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comanche County, Block 3

Parent map for Comanche County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Comanche County, Block 4

Parent map for Comanche County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Stephens County, Block 13

Parent map for Stephens County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Eastland County, Block 2

Parent map for Eastland County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Eastland County, Inset F01

Inset map for Eastland County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:3,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Eastland County, Block 16

Parent map for Eastland County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History