Bale Tile (open access)

Bale Tile

Patent for a bale tie for cotton bales.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for clothes pins made from non-oxidizable wire, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Buckley, John Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle. (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle.

Patent for a new bale tie buckle made of wire material "in which the buckle is closed by the strain or stress on the bale tie" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a bale tie that can withstand strain on the side of the band. The text describes the different parts of the bale tie and how it differs from ones currently used.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Franz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant (open access)

Hydrant

Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Duey, Otus E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for an agricultural appliance that incorporates spring teeth allowing for the easy removal of small vegetable growths by cutting close to and below the surface of the soil.
Date: August 20, 1913
Creator: Owens, James Powell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 2. Appendices A-P (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 2. Appendices A-P

Appendices to the water plan for Region C including a bibliography, water supply charts and reports, water management strategies, and related reports.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Region C describing the areas water resources and suppliers, usage statistics and forecasts, threats and water needs, methodology for making the plan, water conservation methods and plans, and recommendations on water management for different water suppliers and counties.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region C, 2016, Volume 3. Appendices Q-Z

Appendices Q-Z for the Water plan for Region C including cost estimates, newsletters, comments on the plan and actions taken to answer them, and reports related to different aspects of the water plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: Penitentiary Hollow] (open access)

[Trading Card: Penitentiary Hollow]

Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Lake Mineral Wells State Park, depicting a natural path in between two sandstone walls, in a forest. The back of the card contains information about the forest and the trees of the area.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas (open access)

The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Legislature of Texas

This report is a response increased citizens concerns for environmental impacts from development and expansion operations. The John Graves Scenic Riverway and other pilot programs were developed to to address water quality from rock, sand, and gravel mining.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas. Commission on Envirornmental Quality. Office of Compliance and Enforcement.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Weatherford 12-Inch Sewer Pipeline Route, Parker County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Weatherford 12-Inch Sewer Pipeline Route, Parker County, Texas

Results of field and archaeological investigations along with recommendations concerning proposed sewer pipeline.
Date: 2008
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Metroplex Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed White Settlement Expansion Pipeline Route, Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the White Settlement expansion pipeline route in Parker and Tarrant Counties, Texas, performed to determine whether any historic resources were located on the proposed construction sites.
Date: August 1, 2005
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultural Resources Survey for Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company's Coalson #3H-5H Well Pad Sites and Associated Pipeline Route Park County, Texas (open access)

Cultural Resources Survey for Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company's Coalson #3H-5H Well Pad Sites and Associated Pipeline Route Park County, Texas

Archaeological survey results of proposed pad well sites, access roads, and pipeline routes in Parker County, Texas.
Date: 2007
Creator: AR Consultants
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey within the City of Azle's Central Park (open access)

Archaeological Survey within the City of Azle's Central Park

An archaeological survey within the central park of the City of Azle for the proposed construction of two soccer fields, two basketball courts, a parking lot, and a narrow trail.
Date: June 7, 2007
Creator: Todd, Jesse
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Mineral Wells State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Lake Mineral Wells State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Lake Mineral Wells State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0335 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Open Records Letter Ruling: OR2000-0335

Document issued by the Open Records Division at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an informal interpretation of Texas law related to whether the Weatherford Independent School District must release information about applicants for the head football coach/athletic director position.
Date: February 1, 2000
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (open access)

The John Graves Scenic Riverway: A Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature

The fourth biennial report on the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the pilot program to enhance water quality protection, focusing on the implementation of regulations adopted under Senate Bill 1354 and the effects of these rules on regulated quarry activities in the John Graves Scenic Riverway.
Date: December 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, December 2011 (open access)

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

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Making Machine (open access)

Buckle-Making Machine

Patent for a buckle making machine for forming wires into tie buckles for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: July 30, 1912
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Buckle (open access)

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for a bale tie buckle made up of hooks that will not come apart under pressure.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Eddleman, Dudley E. & McFarland, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer (open access)

Combined Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer

Allows for planting and fertilizing fields at same time whether it is "for strewing or for check-row planting with or without wire" (lines12-13).
Date: September 1, 1903
Creator: McDaniel, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History