Boll-Weevil Destroyer. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Patent for a boll weevil or insect exterminating device on wheels for use outdoors, including illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Graves, James Newell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of San Saba County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of San Saba County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of San Saba County Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Veatch, J. O. (Jethro Otto); Rogers, R. F.; Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, San Saba County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, tanks, towns, schools, churches, fairgrounds, ranches, crossings, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lampasas Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Saba Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1917
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Torch or Burner (open access)

Torch or Burner

Patent for a torch or burner used towards growths on plants and weeds around plants.
Date: March 12, 1917
Creator: Taylor, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements upon Farm-Gates, through an object that will help in, "the simple and efficient means for either opening or closing the gate upon the pulling of an operating cable."(line 12- 14)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Skaggs, Silas R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Headlight-Steering Mechanism (open access)

Headlight-Steering Mechanism

Patent for an automobile steering mechanism that turns the headlights to match the path of the car as it is steered.
Date: August 2, 1917
Creator: Shannon, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History