[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, June 9, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)-Texas regarding Dyess AFB and other Texas bases.
Date: June 9, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, June 21, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, June 21, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with congressional delegations from Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma regarding the Red River Army Depot, TX.
Date: June 21, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Day & Zimmermann Corp. Group, June 8, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Day & Zimmermann Corp. Group, June 8, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with Day & Zimmermann Corp. Group regarding the Government-Owned Contractor-Operated (GOCO) facilities that it operates.
Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, July 28, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, July 28, 2005]

Memorandum of meeting with congressional and community representatives regarding updated information for the Red River Army Depot, TX.
Date: July 28, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, August 5, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Red River Army Depot, Texas, August 5, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with community representatives regarding the recommended closure of Red River Army Depot, Texas.
Date: June 16, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collapsible Barrel. (open access)

Collapsible Barrel.

Patent for a collapsible barrel for use in shipping.
Date: October 13, 1908
Creator: Lemly, Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computing Machine (open access)

Computing Machine

Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Joshua Terry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bow Facing Oar (open access)

Bow Facing Oar

Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Case, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat (open access)

Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat

Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Gains, Edward P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket (open access)

Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket

Patent for a combined rein holder and whip socket in the dashboard of vehicles.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Bean, Jesse Alfonso
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters (open access)

Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters

Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1903
Creator: Agee, George S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker (open access)

Cotton-Picker

Patent for a cotton picker that can be used on several rows of cotton at a time. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Meier, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Tie. (open access)

Cross-Tie.

Patent for a railroad cross tie made of concrete and metal, which can be attached without spikes or bolts.
Date: October 24, 1911
Creator: Whaley, Albert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles (open access)

Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles

Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Logan, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Preserving Wooden Poles (open access)

Apparatus for Preserving Wooden Poles

Patent for an apparatus for preserving treated wooden poles. Illustrations included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Logan, John T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Crouch, Jim L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Tedder, Morgan C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Electric Alarm. (open access)

Automatic Electric Alarm.

Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Williams, George Bayley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chopping-Ax. (open access)

Chopping-Ax.

Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Crabtree, James G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Seed Linter (open access)

Cotton-Seed Linter

Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: O'Brien, Edward J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Trunk. (open access)

Convertible Trunk.

Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1892
Creator: Dwyer, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Dasher. (open access)

Churn-Dasher.

Patent for "reciprocating churn-dashers with rotary heads." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1891
Creator: Sterling, Isaac F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Bowie County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Bowie County, Texas

Text includes description of climate, agriculture, and soils.
Date: 1921
Creator: Schoenmann, L. R. (Lee Roy Adolph), b. 1889
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1068 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1068

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, Price Daniel, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The legality of appointing a special head of the automobile division in the office of the Tax Collector of Bowie County.
Date: June 8, 1950
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History