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2000 Census County Subdivision Block Map
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2010 Census P.L. 94-171 County Block Map
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7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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Digital US Topo Maps: 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic)
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Gate Latch
Patent for a gate latch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 29, 1903
Creator:
Abernathy, James Rubin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas
Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date:
January 1990
Creator:
Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Sheller.
Patent for improvement in corn-shellers; in which “it consists in a perforated casting provided with radial teeth or projections which extend toward its center and which is to be secured to a support having an opening through it, combined with a double-ended handle which has an opening through its center and teeth projecting from the opening.” (Lines 13-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
September 22, 1891
Creator:
Bander, Charles Bornet
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling.
Patent for a car-coupling that has a "hollow draw-head provided with a horizontal chamber, a vertical pin-hole near the forward end of said chamber, and a slot in the lower part of said draw-head opening into said chamber, of a sliding latch mounted in said chamber and provided with a lip projecting beyond the outer end of said latch and curved downward as shown, and with a groove on the lower side of said latch, of a pivoted arm engaging in said groove, and a weight integral with said arm and wholly inclosed within said slot and adapted to move said sliding latch forward beneath the lower end of the pin when the latter is raised" (lines 5-18). A coupling pin is mounted in the pin-hole.
Date:
April 7, 1896
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Station-Indicator.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in station indicators for moving vehicles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1898
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle.
Patent for tool handles relating to "improvements in handles for hoes, rakes, and similar agricultural or mechanical implements; and it consists in the novel devices hereinafter described and claimed (lines 10-15).
Date:
February 7, 1898
Creator:
Barry, Jefferson D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace-Carrier.
Patent for improvements in trace-carriers in which it would “provide each with a buckle or similar means that can be attached to the back-band of a harness for horses. The purpose is to provide means to a trace-chain which may be readily inserted in the carrier to prevent from removal, either accidentally or otherwise, so long as the carrier remains in position for service.” (Lines 12-20) Illustration is included.
Date:
June 23, 1891
Creator:
Barton, Samuel Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Beasley, Henry & Huber, Gauttleb
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Falls County, Texas
Text describes the climate, agriculture, soils, and crops of Falls County, Texas.
Date:
1936
Creator:
Beck, M. W. (Miles Walter) & Carter, William T. (William Thomas)
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient car coupling "which will insure positive automatic coupling when two opposite draw-heads come together" (lines 16-18).
Date:
April 26, 1892
Creator:
Bird, Robert L. & Bird, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whip Handle
Patent for a whip handle. This invention applies to the repair of harness. Illustration included.
Date:
April 25, 1905
Creator:
Boeselt, Reinhold
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut-lock "to be used in connection with a vertical bolt" connecting the axles and wheels of a vehicle or a railroad car with the other parts of the vehicle or railroad car (lines 8-12). It also has "many other purposes" that are not detailed (line 13).
Date:
June 3, 1902
Creator:
Bolen, Brantle W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan
Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies
Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for "an improved stalk cutter and has for its primary object to provide a very simple, durable, and serviceable device of this character which may be advantageously employed for cleaning a field of corn stalks as the same is plowed." (lines 9-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 16, 1915
Creator:
Carnes, Dudley Don
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvement of plows; and it consists of a combination of two plows, which are attached to separate beams of their own, and which run upon opposite side of the growing plants for the purpose of cutting away weeds and dirt from around them, with two culitivators or shovels, which run immediately in the rear of said plows, and which clutivators are attached to beams of their own and serve to throw the dirt back toward the plants, as will be more fully described hereinafter.
Date:
April 4, 1881
Creator:
Carter, Charles Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide
Patent for an insecticide specifically for insects that burrow into the shucks of corn. "The general object of my invention is to provide a compound capable, when affected by moisture incidental to the sweating of the corn in the crib, of generating a poisonous gas which will permeate the shucks and reach and destroy the insect within the shucks, where it cannot be destroyed by simply sprinkling the corn with a poisonous powder or solution" (lines 17-25).
Date:
September 13, 1892
Creator:
Carter, Joseph John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board
Patent for a folding ironing board that has an attached clothes rack.
Date:
April 30, 1912
Creator:
Cottle, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Hulling Machine.
Patent for improvements in grain-hulling machines for further effectiveness and convenience at a lesser cost.
Date:
August 26, 1916
Creator:
Couch, Albert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument.
Patent for a medical instrument used to perform circumcisions "without pain and bloodlessly" (lines 10-11) and illustration.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
Couch, Albert B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler.
Patent for a milk cooler, which has a water tank above the jugs of milk that slowly drips cold water onto porous cloths covering the milk jugs.
Date:
August 10, 1909
Creator:
Dickson, Tomas Edward
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Cutter
Patent for stalk cutters.Invention can be horse drawn to fell stalks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 4, 1906
Creator:
Durham, Thomas L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gins.
Patent for improvements in the manner in which cotton is separated.
Date:
July 16, 1878
Creator:
Etheridge, Daniel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire-stretcher used in the building and repair of wire fences, including illustrations. This wire-stretcher's design has features which improve the efficiency of the construction of wire fences.
Date:
April 17, 1906
Creator:
Feist, Felix L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History