Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for "a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack to stack of hay. . .wherein the hay may be expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 11, 1888
Creator: Freytag, Anton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn Dasher. (open access)

Churn Dasher.

Patent for a new and improved churn-dasher for butter churns. This design calls for two weights on opposite ends of the bottom of the churn-dasher so that the dasher will "revolve with greater force and to balance it more easily upon its pivot" (lines 17-18). This lessens the wear on the bottom of the churn, which increases the longevity of the dasher.
Date: April 11, 1882
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuff Button and Holder. (open access)

Cuff Button and Holder.

Patent for a new and improved cuff button and holder. This design consists in "[a] cuff button and holder having in combination a shank-plate, two buttons, one attached at each end of the shank-plate, and a clamp-bar, one end of which is for attachment to the shirt-sleeve, and the other end having a device to couple with said shank-plate" (lines 1-6).
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: Stuart, John A. & Woodmansee, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer. (open access)

Car-Replacer.

Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Ragan, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Sprinklers

Patent for Improvements to cotton-sprinklers that provides "effective distribution of poisonous liquids upon cotton-plants, for the purpose of destroying the cotton-worm or other destructive insects." (lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: November 11, 1879
Creator: Schier, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fumigating Apparatus for Exterminating Insects. (open access)

Fumigating Apparatus for Exterminating Insects.

Patent for ant extermination device. Injects gas into the entrance of (primarily) ant or insect nests.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Mueller, Onno
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6001 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6001

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 facts stated did the County Board of School Trustees of Fayette County have the legal right to group the common school districts in question, into a high school district without the consent of the trustees of the common school districts?
Date: May 11, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Washington County, Index

Index map for Washington County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:98,256.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Washington County, Block 30

Parent map for Washington County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Washington County, Block 29

Parent map for Washington County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Washington County, Block 22

Parent map for Washington County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Washington County, Block 21

Parent map for Washington County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,000.
Date: December 11, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Kruse, William & Vanderwerth, Theodor M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Air-Brake. (open access)

Vehicle Air-Brake.

Patent for an air braking system that can be used on bicycles, tricycles or other vehicles. Illustration included.
Date: September 11, 1900
Creator: Donaldson, William John, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace. (open access)

Portable Furnace.

Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Ruhmann, Gustav E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork. (open access)

Saddletree-Bar and Steel Fork.

Patent for a saddle-tree and steel fork, which allow the rider to have a firmer grip and allows air flow under saddle seat.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Wroe, James P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin (open access)

Cotton Gin

Patent for a cotton gin. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1904
Creator: Bodungen, Clemens G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014 (open access)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stovepipe-Cap. (open access)

Stovepipe-Cap.

Patent for a stove pipe cap that attaches to the top of a chimney and prevents "birds from building their nests in the smoke stack or pipe, which causes chimney fires" (lines 21-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Fojtik, Peter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History