Box. (open access)

Box.

Patent for a metal, rural, mail carrier supply box with various compartments for different supplies.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Dullye, August V. & Woodrome, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Coupling. (open access)

Automatic Car-Coupling.

Patent for improvements in car-couplers "wherein the link is automatically engaged with the draw-head of a second car and the link can be quickly disengaged when it needed uncoupling." (Lines 10-11) Illustration is included.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Ponton, Henry H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton - Chopper. (open access)

Cotton - Chopper.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton choppers machine as the attachment to cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 16, 1897
Creator: Richter, Frank L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker. (open access)

Corn-Husker.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in corn huskers, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 29, 1899
Creator: Stahl, Adolf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grubber (open access)

Grubber

Patent for a grubber. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: House, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Separator (open access)

Cotton Seed Separator

Patent for a cotton seed separator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 13, 1904
Creator: Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle (open access)

Buckle

Patent for "a fastening device for securely holding the meeting ends of straps together, and is particularly applicable to stirrup-straps, in which, because of the strain thereon, the ordinary fastener is quickly broken or the strap is torn from the same" (lines 9-15).
Date: May 7, 1901
Creator: Stulting, John C. & Wiseman, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace. (open access)

Bed-Brace.

Patent for a new and useful bed brace, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 16, 1898
Creator: Stoermer, Alexander Sr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barber's Paper Clip. (open access)

Barber's Paper Clip.

Patent for a new and improved barber's paper clip. This design calls for "a clip formed by doubling upon itself a [flat] strip of metal," which will hold sheets of paper on which barbers can sharpen their razors. A hook exists on the opposite side, by which the paper clip can hang from the hot towel on the customer's face.
Date: January 17, 1882
Creator: Cohen, Moses
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a new and improved fan. This design "consists mainly, first, in the combination with a swinging bar of metal or wood, or both, carrying the fans, of a balance-weight located at an angle to the line of the bar for the purpose of retarding its backward movement; and, second, in the combination, with a shaft and a hinge-connection uniting the fan-holder clamp to the shaft, of a removable pin by means of which the fan may be caused to move positively with the shaft or swing independently of it, as may be desired" (lines 12-22).
Date: June 20, 1882
Creator: Cohen, Moses.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway. (open access)

Electric Railway.

Patent for an electric railway that has the electric conductor on or under the ground, in a tube. The tube gets electricity to the trains via contact-pieces embedded in the tube, and it collapses whenever the train wheels go over it. The tube and conductor are kept safe in a u-shaped hanger underground.
Date: January 12, 1897
Creator: Lomb, George W. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Artificial-Stone Composition (open access)

Artificial-Stone Composition

Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Blackmon, Albert M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date: December 30, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Jordan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bee-Hive (open access)

Bee-Hive

Patent for an improved hive, in which bees are fed and watered more efficiently and honey can be removed without the loss of bees. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date: December 13, 1882
Creator: Meyer, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment. (open access)

Fan Attachment.

Patent for a new and improved fan attachment. This design "consists of an attachment for rocking-chairs, cradles, &c., and having an oscillatory arm adapted to hold a fan" (lines 9-11).
Date: January 2, 1883
Creator: Cohen, Moses
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Buckle. (open access)

Harness Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved harness buckle. This design calls for a central cross-bar, upon which the frame rests, with fold-able arms that form a loop beneath the side-bars with the assistance of metal pins (lines 57-62). This design eliminates the need for stitching the strap being buckled.
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: Garrett, Charles William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design utilizes two separate tongues that run freely along a middle bar, which lengthens the life of the strap by distributing pressure and allowing for broken out, frayed, or otherwise worn holes to be circumvented for new ones.
Date: May 3, 1881
Creator: Burket, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4029, Chapter 951 (open access)

80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4029, Chapter 951

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax.
Date: June 15, 2007
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-331 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-331

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The authority of the Comptroller of Public Accounts to direct the Tax Collector of Lavaca County to pay a portion of the State's General Revenue taxes to the Lavaca County Flood Control District in accordance with H.B. 361, 47th Legislature.
Date: August 8, 1947
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: DeWitt County, Block 1

Parent map for DeWitt County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Lavaca County, Inset B01

Inset map for Lavaca County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Lavaca County, Block 9

Parent map for Lavaca County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Wharton County, Block 13

Parent map for Wharton 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: Jackson County, Block 4

Parent map for Jackson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History