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

Index map for San Saba 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 1:92,115.
Date: December 14, 2010
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Soil Map, Llano County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, power transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1991
Creator: United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tension For Sewing Machines (open access)

Tension For Sewing Machines

Patent for a tension for sewing machines. Illustration included.
Date: June 6, 1905
Creator: Watson, Joseph B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Wilson, Frank Robertson & Mansell, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn or Cotton Planter. (open access)

Corn or Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame, the seed-tube secured therein, the box secured around the upper end of the seed-tube and having the upper beveled edge, the hopper having its lower end resting on the said beveled edge, and the straps secured to the hopper and the box" (lines 52-58).
Date: October 30, 1888
Creator: Womack, George Edwin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History