Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination, with a draw-bar, a sliding box, a movable eccentric secured therein, a coupling-rod, and a pivoted locking-jaw, of a locking-plate secured to said box and adapted to lock the jaw against movement" (lines 84-89).
Date: March 8, 1887
Creator: Zedler, Fridrick
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas (open access)

Development and Production History on the Salt Flat and Other Fault Fields of East Central Texas

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the Salt Flat fields in East Central Texas. As stated in the introduction, "this report deals with the development and production history of the Salt Flat field and gives comparative data on five outstanding fault fields. Two of these fields are producing from limestone and three from sandstone reservoirs" (p. 2-3). This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: March 1931
Creator: Hill, Harry Blackburn; Bauserman, E. V. H. & Carpenter, C. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a hoe on one side and a cultivator on the other.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Dittrich, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which cuts faster and more accurately than other models and sends the waste cotton and weeds to one side.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Winkler, Christoph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Developing Photographic Plates (open access)

Machine For Developing Photographic Plates

Patent for a machine for developing photographic plates. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Brown, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller (open access)

Stalk Puller

Patent for a stalk puller. This invention is designed to pull cotton stalks from the ground. Illustration included.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Smith, Cullen Rogers
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade (open access)

Sunshade

Patent for a sunshade to shield field workers from the sun. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Ridout, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag (open access)

Tag

Patent for a tag. This tag is intended for use with dry goods, material bolts, and like items. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Sampson H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton Distributer and Feeder. (open access)

Seed-Cotton Distributer and Feeder.

Patent for a new and useful seed cotton distributer and feeder.
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Simington, Charley M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Stalks (open access)

Machine for Cutting Stalks

Patent for machines that cuts rows of stalks, severing them into smaller pieces that will fall to the ground.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Smith, Cullen R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archeological Investigations at the Santa Maria Creek Site (41CW104) Caldwell County, Texas (open access)

Archeological Investigations at the Santa Maria Creek Site (41CW104) Caldwell County, Texas

Report on the excavations at the Santa Maria creek site in Caldwell County, Texas during 2006 and 2007. The report includes a discussion of research methods, analysis of the findings, and history of the area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Rogers, Robert; Ellis, Linda W.; Harris, Brandy; Wallace, Candace; Rush, Haley; Shipp, Julie et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caldwell County, March 1935

Cadastral map of Caldwell County showing natural features, plats, and property ownership. Scale ca. 1:66,666.
Date: March 1935
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar. (open access)

Collar.

Patent for "improvements in turned down collars, the object of the invention being to effect an improvement in the construction of a turned down collar so that the collar is prevented from getting over the vest, and to also improve the fit of a vest and coat in the back." (lines 8-14)
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Rogers, Richard T. & Rogers, R. T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
News Drop, March 2023 (open access)

News Drop, March 2023

Quarterly newsletter of the Edwards Aquifer Authority discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to programs, projects, and topics related to water management and conservation.
Date: March 2023
Creator: Edwards Aquifer Authority (Tex.). Communications and Development Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History