Adjustable Window-Shade (open access)

Adjustable Window-Shade

Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger. (open access)

Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.

Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Edens, Myrtle J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Trimming Hooves of Animals. (open access)

Apparatus for Trimming Hooves of Animals.

Patent for a new and improved hoof trimmer. This design "consists in an upright standard or support having a concaved supporting-recess adapted to receive the animal's hoof, with parallel guide-ways arranged in rear thereof, a trimming implement moving in said guides, and so constructed as to operate upon the hoof without injury to the frog, and means for reciprocating the trimming device from either side of the animal" (lines 16-25).
Date: December 11, 1883
Creator: Mullins, Joshua C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for Baling-Press designed particularly as a further improvement of the press and eliminate the long operating lever. (lines 12-14).
Date: December 12, 1905
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton presses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 20, 1898
Creator: Mason, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Tooth Adjuster. (open access)

Cultivator-Tooth Adjuster.

Patent for a cultivator tooth adjuster that can be set to different angles.
Date: December 27, 1910
Creator: Kirk, Carrol D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment For Churn Dashers (open access)

Fan Attachment For Churn Dashers

Patent for a fan attachment for churn dashers. This invention is meant to aid in keeping flies away from the churn hole. Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Moody, Amos Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate Operating Device (open access)

Gate Operating Device

Patent for a gate operating device. Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Pierce, Richard P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay-press that has an easily detachable tie-box and power-head, and the plunger-beam has an improved construction. Loose hay "fed into the feed-box [is] gathered or collected by the plunger through the instrumentality of teeth on a peculiarly-formed power-head engaging teeth on the plunger-beam and then compressed by a finger or arm on the power-head baring against the end of the plunger-beam" (lines 22-28). The press does not need to pinned to the ground.
Date: December 22, 1896
Creator: Jones, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Pouch Catcher (open access)

Mail-Pouch Catcher

Patent for a mail pouch catcher. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Pouch-Transferring Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Pouch-Transferring Apparatus.

Patent for a mail pouch transferring apparatus for use on trains, which consists of a crane that can be used in the same position no matter which direction the train is going past it.
Date: December 7, 1909
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 1

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 2

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Block 3

Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:18,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Limestone County, Index

Index map for Limestone County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:110,538.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Block 11

Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Block 18

Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Block 19

Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Block 25

Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Navarro County, Index

Index map for Navarro County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:121,797.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a plow that has "a mold-board of independently-yielding bars and the upper end thereof mounted upon yielding supports so that better results are attained and the earth broken up as it is thrown up by the point and turned aside and completely over as soon as it comes in contact with the said wires or spring rods" (lines 12-19). The mold board can easily be changed.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Fancher, Alexander R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows. This improvements are to " render the plow right and strong and easy-running, reducing the effort required by the plowman to handle the plow to a minimum, and to render the handles and beam and plow-plate readily adjustable as regards pitch and height (line 10 - 16).
Date: December 28, 1897
Creator: Kirkpatrick, James M. & Files, Jerry B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Central Texas, December 2011

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

Railway Gate.

Patent for improvements to "cattle-guard gate for railroads in particulars of construction (lines 8-10). Includes illustrations.
Date: December 2, 1890
Creator: Grisham, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History