Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for an invention relates to improvements in gates, and it is adapted especially for use in connection with the fences of farms, yards, or other enclosed spaces where such devices are applicable.
Date: October 13, 1914
Creator: Eckerd, Samuel K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for a cultivator "particularly adapted for cutting stalks in rows" (lines 110-111) and is designed to travel in a straight line with less side movement.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Mills, Samuel E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarida Ranch Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1921
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarida Ranch Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1921
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Sal Vieja Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1922
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Sal Vieja Quadrangle

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 1:62500
Date: 1922
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combes Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1929
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paso Real Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1929
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Rosa Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1929
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Willacy County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with arroyos, ranches, towns, schools, roads, and railroads. Shows alkali concentrations. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1929
Creator: United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Willacy County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Willacy County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, soils, and alkali of Willacy County, Texas.
Date: 1929
Creator: Hawker, H. W. (Herman William) & Simmons, C. S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Leona Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1930
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combes Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1932
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paso Real Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1933
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Rosa Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1933
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Rosa Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1933
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Leona Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1936
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Leona Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1936
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3027 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3027

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Exemption from taxation of land owned by Willacy County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 for reservoir site not yet constructed.
Date: February 12, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5242 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5242

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Does the Commissioners Court of Willacy County have the authority to use a portion of the refund money referred to herein for the extension of the topping of the Red Fish Bay Road?
Date: 1943
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combes Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

La Leona Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paso Real Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Rosa Quadrangle

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 1:31680
Date: 1945
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History