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Crayon Holder
Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).
Date:
December 14, 1897
Creator:
Rugeley, Fannie M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn
Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
Date:
October 2, 1900
Creator:
McCausland, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn.
Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
Date:
July 2, 1901
Creator:
McCausland, Joseph H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.
Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 23, 1900
Creator:
Wright, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bathing-Suit.
Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
Date:
March 29, 1898
Creator:
Davis, Jesse W D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Door Check and Alarm.
Patent for a new and improved door-check and alarm. With this design, "[t]he latch normally stands in the engaging position, and when it aligns with one of the notches it engages the same automatically. One of the notches is so arranged that it is engaged by the latch when the door is closed, and when the knob is turned to open the door the cord, wire, or chain draws the latch out of engagement with the notch. . . . [a] bell on the end of the latch will give warning when the latch is moved, and the door cannot be opened without moving the latch" (lines 63-92).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
King, Charles Rufus
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Support.
Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Barnes, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the beams having the arms provided with the openings, the beams having openings concentric with [the arms'] openings, the standards, the bolts pivoting the latter to the arms and extending through the openings, the plates having their lower ends secured on said pivotal bolts and adapted to engage the rear sides of the standards, the triggers, and the bolts to pivot the said triggers to the beams, said bolts being adapted to pass through either of the [beams'] openings" (lines 3-13).
Date:
August 14, 1888
Creator:
Swearingen, Columbus Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for a baling press that holds the material in the press while it is being formed into a bale. It consists of a frame with notches in the back, a resistance bar that pivots across the back of the frame, a latch that holds the bar in place, and a pin to pin the bar to the latch.
Date:
December 12, 1893
Creator:
Mealer, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press.
Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton press that gets cotton from a gin, forms it into a soft bat, and compresses it into a bale. The operator can tie a band around the bale. It consists of a frame, rollers, and gears.
Date:
February 21, 1893
Creator:
Bessonette, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
Date:
November 1, 1892
Creator:
Jeanes, Elisha A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broadcast Seeder.
Patent for a broadcast seeder designed to "cultivate, plant, and subsequently roll or cover the seed, the elements for accomplishing the same being combined in a single device simply constructed" (lines 10-13).
Date:
June 3, 1890
Creator:
Callaway, Johnathan Asa
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Shears
Patent for an improvement in animal shears to "simplify and improve the construction of animal-shears, and render their operation more positive and reliable" (lines 11-13).
Date:
August 26, 1890
Creator:
Monday, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Shears.
Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design consists in "mechanism for imparting a combined reciprocating and edgewise play to the cutting knife or knives in order to cause the teeth of said knife or knives to follow or describe a curved or oval path, and thus insure greater efficiency of operation; to provide for the proper lateral contact of the knives in order to insure their proper action and to regulate the pressure or force with which one knife bears on the other; [and] to provide a peculiar form of cutter-teeth which shall be automatic or self-cleaning" (lines 19-30).
Date:
February 11, 1890
Creator:
Bechtol, William S. & Bessonette, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper and Scraper.
Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists "[i]n a four-wheeled machine for scraping and chopping cotton, the combination of the two scrapers having their standards connected by a cross-bar at the top to form a foot-rest, and pivoted intermediately to the frame, with the rear rotary choppers connected adjustably with the same shaft, and arranged at an oblique angle thereto" (lines 86-93).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Russell, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Tag.
Patent for a new and improved animal tag. This design "consists in an animal-tag formed of a tube provided with a removable cover and an elongated staple for the strap, by which this tube is held to the animal" (lines 11-14).
Date:
November 21, 1882
Creator:
Queen, Elias G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 158
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate honoring Lampasas County on the occasion of its 150th anniversary.
Date:
June 18, 2005
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 67
Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas Senate and House of Representatives declaring the City of Lampasas The Saratoga of the South.
Date:
May 23, 2007
Creator:
Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Mills County, Index
Index map for Mills 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 1:120,186.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Coryell County, Inset D01
Inset map for Coryell County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:8,500.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Mills County, Block 8
Parent map for Mills County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:27,500.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Coryell County, Block 14
Parent map for Coryell 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: Lampasas County, Inset C04
Inset map for Lampasas County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.
Date:
2000
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
2000 Census County Block Map: Burnet County, Block 1
Parent map for Burnet 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