Well Screen (open access)

Well Screen

Patent for well screen to prevent entrance. Illustrations included.
Date: October 18, 1904
Creator: Stancliff, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine. (open access)

Grading-Machine.

Patent for a grading machine for use in building dikes and levees, which can run over obstacles without harming the machine's work.
Date: October 29, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side-Delivery Excavator (open access)

Side-Delivery Excavator

Patent for a side delivery excavator designed for moving dirt away from the plows. Illustrations inicluded.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: Barnett, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural Mail Box. (open access)

Rural Mail Box.

Patent for improvements to rural mail boxes with divided interior compartments for incoming and outgoing mail. Mail box design includes flag to signal to recipients and postman of incoming and outgoing items. Additionally the design features interior and exterior doors that can be secured with a padlock to prevent mail from being stolen or tampered with, and to shield from various weather conditions.
Date: October 24, 1922
Creator: Dooley, Will Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wharton Independent School District, October 2006 (open access)

Wharton Independent School District, October 2006

Report reviewing the management and performance of the Wharton Independent School District's (WISD's) educational, financial, and operational functions.
Date: October 16, 2006
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History