Liquid-Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Patent for a liquid fuel burner for steam engine boilers.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Willis, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for a washboiler. Illustration included.
Date: October 11, 1910
Creator: Cooper, James O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter, which can be attached to a wagon and cut three rows of stalks at the same time.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Lemons, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener (open access)

Sash-Fastener

Patent for sash fastener designed for windows that will be cheaper and easier to manipulate via a specially designed spring locked upper sash and a lower counter sash.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Yaeger, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teneriffe Disk (open access)

Teneriffe Disk

Patent for a teneriffe disk. This invention provides a "disk or holder by which the crossing threads may be firmly confined in place" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date: January 17, 1905
Creator: Lowe, Luella M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, December 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date: December 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: High Plains, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the High Plains area of Texas.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the High Plains Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices

Appendices for the water plan for Region A (Panhandle) including a bibliography, cost estimates, survey results, and related reports.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 1. Main Report (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region A (Panhandle), 2016, Volume 1. Main Report

Water plan for Panhandle Region describing water supply locations and suppliers by county, the state of the water supply in the area, forecasts for future usage numbers, management and conservation plans for both suppliers and users in each county, drought plans, impacts of implementation of the water plan, and the plan making process.
Date: November 17, 2015
Creator: Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beam-Spring Trip for Cultivators, Plows, &c. (open access)

Beam-Spring Trip for Cultivators, Plows, &c.

Patent for the improvement of "the construction of spring trips, and to provide a simple and inexpensive spring trip, capable of being constructed of sufficient strength to enable it to be employed on stirring and breaking plows as well as cultivators, planters and the lighter class of agricultural implements" (lines 12-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Alsup, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement to Clutch (open access)

Improvement to Clutch

Patent for improvements in clutches used in traction vehicles that will allow the vehicle to go forward or in reverse. Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Holt, Levi J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Filter (open access)

Oil Filter

Patent for Oil Filter
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Armstrong, Frank J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Window Screens. (open access)

Fastener for Window Screens.

Patent for a rolling window screen that coils into a protective box and in which the sash is locked in the frame against the tension of the spring roller. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 22, 1914
Creator: Olson, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleigh-Runner. (open access)

Sleigh-Runner.

Patent for sleigh runner that is easily attached or detached from a vehicle wheel. It is composed of a minimum number of parts and is inexpensive to manufacture. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: McGaughy, George C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 886, Chapter 208 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 886, Chapter 208

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the powers and election dates of the Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District.
Date: May 28, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 4172, Chapter 468

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments.
Date: June 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground-Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 2

Second volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "supporting basic data including records of wells and county maps depicting well locations, elevation of base of aquifer, elevation of water levels in 1980, and saturated thicknesses in 1980" for the northern third of the study area.
Date: August 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1

First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Hemphill County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields (open access)

Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Hemphill County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields

Report on the Ogallala aquifer detailing the effects of historical pumpage and conservation efforts to save groundwater.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Morrison, Shelly & Bell, Ann E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History