Battery-Connector (open access)

Battery-Connector

Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
Date: October 15, 1912
Creator: Hall, James Monroe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth Measuring Device (open access)

Cloth Measuring Device

Patent for a cloth measuring device. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1905
Creator: Taylor, Wiliam A. & Churchwell, Theodric R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames (open access)

Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames

Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
Date: April 27, 1909
Creator: Buckhannon, Edward M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Soldering Machine (open access)

Can Soldering Machine

Patent for a can soldering machine. This device is designed to solder multiple units of lids to cans. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Irwin, Wiley I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for "a new and useful car-couplers to enhance the operation of coupling." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1900
Creator: Rhodes, Asa Alonzo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet. (open access)

Bonnet.

Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 9, 1900
Creator: Thornton, Frances E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross Arm (open access)

Cross Arm

Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1912
Creator: Crabtree, Lawrence L. & Ripley, T. Charley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an invention that provides "a single structure in which the air-brake pipes will be simultaneously coupled with the coupling of a car" (lines 14-17).
Date: September 6, 1892
Creator: Thomas, James Bryant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Pipe Coupling. (open access)

Air-Pipe Coupling.

Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
Date: May 2, 1893
Creator: Thomas, James Bryant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Top Prop. (open access)

Carriage Top Prop.

Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertable Corn Sheller and Grater. (open access)

Convertable Corn Sheller and Grater.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive convertible corn sheller and grater that, when shelling, can fill a receptacle without spilling or clogging. The sheller also separates dust from the corn. The grater is easily removable for cleaning.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Crockett, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie. (open access)

Bale Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
Date: March 31, 1885
Creator: Tippit, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling. (open access)

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1891
Creator: Taylor, Debos & Taylor, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow. (open access)

Combination-Plow.

Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Dean, John Rowe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 223 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 223

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring the sesquicentennial of Sulphur Springs.
Date: June 18, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6680 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6680

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Liability for city and school taxes of bus and freight lines operating through the city of Sulphur Springs.
Date: September 10, 1945
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7308 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7308

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether City Commission of City of Sulphur Springs legally may sit as a Board of Equalization.
Date: 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7339 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-7339

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The power and authority of the City Commission of Sulphur Springs to grant a motor bus franchise without submission to popular vote.
Date: August 12, 1946
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Franklin County, Index

Index map for Franklin 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 1:70,736.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hunt County, Block 20

Parent map for Hunt County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:15,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hopkins County, Block 3

Parent map for Hopkins County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hopkins County, Inset A01

Inset map for Hopkins County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:3,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hopkins County, Block 9

Parent map for Hopkins County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

2000 Census County Block Map: Hopkins County, Block 13

Parent map for Hopkins County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
Date: 2000
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History