Improvement in Wagon-Brakes. (open access)

Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.

Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 4, 1877
Creator: Hart, Alfred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

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
Fumigator. (open access)

Fumigator.

Patent for an improved fumigator that's primary purpose is to kill insects within corn storage units without damaging either the corn or the building. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Bozarth, Stephen P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, December 2010/January 2011 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, December 2010/January 2011

Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "CAPCOG Awarded HUD Sustainable Communities Grant for Capital Area Consortium," "CAPCOG Tests 9-1-1 Equipment," "CAPCOG Honors Our Nation's Family Caregivers," and "Region Conducts Annual CBRNE Exercise."
Date: December 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Blanco County, Block 11

Parent map for Blanco County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 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): Caldwell County, Block 1

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 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): Blanco County, Block 17

Parent map for Blanco County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 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): Blanco County, Block 14

Parent map for Blanco County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 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): Guadalupe County, Block 1

Parent map for Guadalupe County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 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): Caldwell County, Block 7

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 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): Caldwell County, Block 3

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 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): Guadalupe County, Index

Index map for Guadalupe 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 1:104,397.
Date: December 14, 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): Blanco County, Index

Index map for Blanco 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 1:92,115.
Date: December 13, 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): Caldwell County, Block 4

Parent map for Caldwell County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: December 9, 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): Blanco County, Block 7

Parent map for Blanco County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 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): Gonzales County, Index

Index map for Gonzales 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 1:122,820.
Date: December 14, 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): Caldwell County, Index

Index map for Caldwell 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 1:92,115.
Date: December 9, 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): Blanco County, Block 8

Parent map for Blanco County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 13, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for an improved plow, which can support a rudder-blade adapted for use with a middle-breaker moldboard.
Date: December 31, 1901
Creator: Richmond, T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Central Texas area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, December, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, December, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region L (South Central Texas) describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, recommended water management strategies for the suppliers and counties, drought management, funding plans, and information on the creation of the plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region L (South Central Texas), 2016, Volume 2. Water Management Strategies

Volume 2 of the water plan for Region L (South Central Texas) describing water management strategies for different suppliers in the region.
Date: December 2015
Creator: South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History