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2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
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1990 Census County Block Map
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2000 Census County Block Map
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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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2010 Census County Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
56
Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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News Drop
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Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.
Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
Date:
May 10, 1898
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin-Holder
Patent for " a new coin holder that holds coins of different denominations in given amounts for circulating purposes," (lines 8-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 17, 1900
Creator:
Sledge, Clarence Linden
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Planter.
Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined plow and planter which "can be readily adapted for planting different kinds of seed, such as corn, cotton, cane, and the like" (line 21 - 23).
Date:
March 8, 1898
Creator:
Franklin, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for a new and useful churn, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 27, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch for Cultivators
Patent for an adjustable arch for cultivators.
Date:
October 27, 1903
Creator:
Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement
Patent for an agricultural implement. This invention allows for the interchangeability of different blades. Illustration included.
Date:
October 2, 1906
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a durable cultivator. Illustration included.
Date:
March 22, 1904
Creator:
Porter, Harrison B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Distributer.
Patent for "a new and improved cotton-distributer to provide a means for equalizing the distribution of cotton to a series of connected receptacles and for retaining the cotton in the receptacles until it is desirable to deliver it to the hoppers or feed devices for cotton-gins." (lines 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 10, 1900
Creator:
Parker, Joseph Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for new bailing press that that improves "hay-presses of the full circle or continuous type for baling hay, straw, and the like." (lines 8-10) Illustrations included.
Date:
May 1, 1900
Creator:
Leineweber, Francis & Welge, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Audit Report on Financial and Operational Processes at Texas State University-San Marcos
Report of the Texas State Auditor's Office related to Texas State University-San Marcos' controls over its financial and operational processes, and to opportunities for improvement in areas such as financial reporting, capital and controlled asset processes, contract management, procurement card purchases, and information technology.
Date:
July 2013
Creator:
Texas. Office of the State Auditor.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kyle Direct Water Reuse Feasibility Study: Final Report
"The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of developing reclaimed water for various public and private sector use within the city and its utility service area during a twenty year planning period." (p. 1).
Date:
2012
Creator:
RPS Espey
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Loading and Weighing Device.
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient cotton loading and weighing device for wagons. It can be easily put onto or removed from any wagon. This invention has a unique way of "clamping-loop or wire support by means of which the main inclined beam or support of the device is firmly and securely upheld and braced with relation to the tail-gate of a wagon with which said clamping frame or loop is adapted to engage" (lines 25-31).
Date:
January 7, 1896
Creator:
Paolucci, Henry Emanuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker's Wagon.
Patent for a new and improved wagon for cotton pickers. This design "consists in a suitable frame-work supported on wheels and covered on top by canvas or other suitable material to protect the pickers from the rays of the sun or from the rain, and on one or both sides of the frame, preferably both, is a trough for receiving the picked cotton" (lines 10-16).
Date:
February 21, 1882
Creator:
Collins, Charles P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Pianos or Organs
Patent for "an attachment that can be used on pianos or organs, whereby the manipulation of the keys is greatly facilitated and playing upon the instrument greatly simplified, and the attachment is especially designed for those who do not to any great extent understand music or beginners who find it difficult to make the several chords in any particular key, the device being capable of ready attachment to the keyboard of any piano or organ and removed when not required for use" (lines 27-37).
Date:
August 9, 1892
Creator:
Stukes, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Basket.
Patent for a metallic produce basket. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 16, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for an automatic churn, which churns up and down and rotationally. To operate, turn a crank and a gear inside the churn moves the blades.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Rogers, James P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace with Right-Angled V-Guide Frame.
Patent for a bit-brace with right-angled V-guide frame, with description and illustrations.
Date:
June 8, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bit-Brace.
Patent for "an improved form of brace having a V-guide which is substantially right-angled and mechanism mounted therein for driving a bit so arranged that the crank-arm of the handle may turn in a corner without striking the wall or without striking the wall or without striking a plane support should the guide rest thereon when boring a hole." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1897
Creator:
McClellan, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fumigator.
Patent for "constructing a fumigator that the fire in the combustion-chamber may be caused to burn more rapidly in one part than in another, whereby the proportions of vapors and fumes may be governed at will." (Lines 45-50) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 20, 1897
Creator:
Cock, Lewis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a simple and efficient baling-press that has an improved press-box and plunger-operating power. The connections between the power and the plunger will be lighter and the feed-opening of the press-box will be closed automatically. The machine has a continuously-rotating operating wheel that allows for an easier way to engage and disengage the pitman.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Franks, Lewis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Drop-Lid for Bins or Boxes.
Patent for "boxes or bins for store counters and shelves; and it has for its object to provide certain improvements in the lid devices for boxes or bins, so as to avoid the many objections to hinged lids, which interfere with free access to the interior of the box or bin when the same is used under the counter or on shelves" (lines 8-15).
Date:
August 1, 1893
Creator:
Dailey, Basil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "form[s] the central opening of the draw-bar with a tup-bar having rearwardly a spiral spring. The forward end of this tup-bar is inclined forwardly somewhat at an angle at the top, so that when the said bar is pushed forward by the spiral spring at its rear end, the coupling-pin will rest upon this forwardly-projecting end of the bar, while the link will rest beneath, so that in dropping the pin will rest within the link, and not on the outer side, which would be the case if this bar were square" (lines 15-26).
Date:
December 15, 1885
Creator:
McAllister, Sanders F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he bar having the nut-wrench and the hammer-head formed at one end, the pipe-wrench formed at the opposite end, and the slot made in one side, the spring located in the bottom of the slot or opening, and the blade pivoted in one end of the slot or opening and bearing on the free end of the spring, the said blade forming a screw-driver" (lines 52-59).
Date:
May 4, 1886
Creator:
Wright, Augustus Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Sweep.
Patent for a new and improved cotton-sweep. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame, having the longitudinal beams and with the detachable shanks of the blades or points each composed of the outer long arm and the inner short arm, making the front angle of about forty-five degrees with each other, and having their lower front edges sharpened" (lines 83-90).
Date:
May 8, 1888
Creator:
Knight, Thaddeus Warsaw
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History