Adjustable Pilot. (open access)

Adjustable Pilot.

Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Sledge, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil Map, Texas, Harrison County Sheet

Map displays soil types along with bayous, creeks, lakes, rivers, fords, ferries, roads, railroads, towns, churches, and schools. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: December 18, 1913
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Harrison County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Harrison County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Harrison County, Texas.
Date: December 18, 1913
Creator: Van Duyune, Cornelius & Byers, W. C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoe. (open access)

Hoe.

Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Picker and Pea Huller. (open access)

Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.

Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.
Date: May 13, 1913
Creator: Berry, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening (open access)

Rail Fastening

Patent for a rail fastening device that does not require spikes. Illustrations included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Hellner, Peter Herm
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel. (open access)

Electric-Heated Steering-Wheel.

Patent for a steering wheel with an electrical heating unit for an automobile.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Smith, Reuben S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History