Complying with the Edwards Aquifier Rules: Administrative Guidance (open access)

Complying with the Edwards Aquifier Rules: Administrative Guidance

A guide to how to comply with the Edwards Aquifer rules for landowners in Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties, Texas.
Date: June 1999
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Field Operations Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garner State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

Garner State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising Garner State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: July 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Health Service Region 8 Annual Report: 2013 (open access)

Texas Health Service Region 8 Annual Report: 2013

Annual report of the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Health Service Region 8 describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 2013.
Date: 2013
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services. Health Service Region 8.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Garner State Park: Hiking Trail Map

Map of the Garner State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Colonia Self-Help Program (open access)

Colonia Self-Help Program

Information sheet describing the Colonia self-help grant program for use in providing water and wastewater services in economically distressed areas near the border with Mexico.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Uvalde Alternate Groundwater Supply Infrastructure Planning Report (Final) (open access)

Uvalde Alternate Groundwater Supply Infrastructure Planning Report (Final)

City of Uvalde report on alternative water sources to groundwater.
Date: July 21, 2014
Creator: CDSmuery Engineers & Surveyors
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas (open access)

Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas

Travel guide for the various cultural and historical sites along the Texas Hill Country Trail in Central Texas.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Resources Plan DRAFT (open access)

Regional Water Resources Plan DRAFT

This plan put forth by the Joint Committee on Water Resources deals with water resources in the region consisting of Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal and Hays Counties, presents a policy framework for water resources planning between 1990-2040, and lays out the next steps for implementation.
Date: July 1988
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.). City Council.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Public Officials in the Edwards Aquifer District (open access)

Letter to Public Officials in the Edwards Aquifer District

Letter to public officials announcing public hearings and solicitation for feedback within the Edwards Underground Water District.
Date: July 14, 1988
Creator: Edwards Underground Water District (Tex.)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper South Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper South Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper South Texas area.
Date: June 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: Upper South Texas, December 2011 (open access)

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

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

Wrench.

Patent for a "powerful wrench of simple construction, wherein the movement for the operation of the jaws is of slight degree, partially automatic, and easily affected" (lines 41-45).
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Tiner, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench where the movement of the jaws is partially automated.
Date: March 6, 1906
Creator: Tiner, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant (open access)

Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant

Patent for a method of extracting wax from a candelilla plant using gasoline and benzine or naphtha in order to extract a light yellow wax, rather than the dark green wax currently extracted.
Date: October 30, 1911
Creator: Sharp, Benjamin Young
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Press for Attaching Comb Foundations to Honey-Frames for Beehives (open access)

Press for Attaching Comb Foundations to Honey-Frames for Beehives

Patent for a press for attaching comb foundations to honey frames for beehives. Illustrations included.
Date: February 28, 1911
Creator: Ward, Jefferson W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Latch. (open access)

Gate-Latch.

Patent for improvement in gate-latches by using a single piece of wire bent and coiled to form a u-shaped latch. Illustration and description of how the latch worked are included.
Date: October 23, 1900
Creator: Smyth, Lewis Miller
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate. (open access)

Farm-Gate.

Patent for improvements in farm gates in which the gate “is mounted in a simple manner that is capable of being strained up, so that it will always swing through one quadrant and being able to operate from a distance.” (Lines 40-44) Illustration is included.
Date: April 8, 1902
Creator: Clark, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Latch. (open access)

Spring-Latch.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in spring latches, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1899
Creator: Dockery, Allen B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Gate (open access)

Farm Gate

Patent for a farm gate to open without dismounting. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1903
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pouncing-Machine. (open access)

Pouncing-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pouncing machines.
Date: April 26, 1898
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Clamp. (open access)

Rail-Clamp.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in rail clamps or braces, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 27, 1898
Creator: Henigan, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pouncing-Machine. (open access)

Pouncing-Machine.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in pouncing-machines.
Date: April 26, 1898
Creator: Clarke, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

Pipe-Wrench

Patent for a pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: September 20, 1910
Creator: Tiner, John Francis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sham-Bolster Frame. (open access)

Sham-Bolster Frame.

Patent for "sham-bolster frames, and more particularly to that class that are lengthwise adjustable to admit of their being used with beds of any width" (lines 8-12) including illustrations.
Date: January 14, 1902
Creator: Gully, Leontina
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History