Fireproof Flue. (open access)

Fireproof Flue.

Patent for a fireproof flue that prevents the roof from being burned, where the stovepipe goes through the roof.
Date: April 25, 1911
Creator: Davis, George W. & Shipman, Abraham T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and useful plow, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1898
Creator: Ward, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a turning plow with "a wheel for operating in the bottom of the furrow in rear of the lower end of the standard, which...serves the purposes of an ordinary land side-plate..."(lines 10-13).
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Ausburn, John H. & Ausburn, Vivian
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for the improvement of railroad constructions by means of using a fishplate that provides an effective connection between two rail bars and secures the accuracy in lining the bars up.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Starkey, Ollie B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe. (open access)

Match-Safe.

Patent for a simple and efficient match safe device to "deliver the matches singly to suitable aperture through which they may be withdrawn and ignited during the withdrawal" (line 10 -13).
Date: May 3, 1898
Creator: Villard, John & Henderson, James Potts
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jeweler's Stone-Setting Instrument. (open access)

Jeweler's Stone-Setting Instrument.

Patent for new and useful improvements in Jeweler's Stone Setting instruments.
Date: April 26, 1898
Creator: Owens, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Roller (open access)

Curtain Roller

Patent for a curtain roller. The invention is designed to slow the curtains movement so that the curtain can be adjusted. Illustration included.
Date: October 12, 1909
Creator: Tripp, Hamilton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for an improvements in cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 22, 1898
Creator: Stevenson, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Set. (open access)

Saw-Set.

Patent for an improved saw set with improved jaw design to improve locking of saw. This saw set makes up part of a saw filing machine.
Date: September 11, 1902
Creator: Smith, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scaffold-Bracket (open access)

Scaffold-Bracket

Patent for a support for scaffolds or ladders on shingled roofs. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Wilkerson, Thurston A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Step for Freight Cars (open access)

Safety Step for Freight Cars

Patent for a safety step for freight rail cars. Illustration included.
Date: January 10, 1911
Creator: Neale, Ancel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim (open access)

Demountable Rim

Patent for a demountable rim. This invention is used for automobile wheels for readily mounting and remounting. Illustration included.
Date: January 28, 1913
Creator: Cox, Eli R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Dulaney, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Luttrell, William Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for a cultivator attachment. Illustration included.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Luttrell, William Jackson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a new cotton chopper with improvements that have the ability to raise or lower the height of the blades and keep them nearly horizontal to the ground, including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1900
Creator: Smith, Gilbert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

McKinney

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 1:100000
Date: 1985
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Leonard 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: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wolfe City 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: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Durant 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 1:62500
Date: 1982
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Direct 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 1:62500
Date: 1949
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Yuba 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

Whitewright 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: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lake Bonham 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: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History