Motor (open access)

Motor

Patent for a "new and improved propeller for boats which is simple in construction, prevents a loss of power, and is thus very economical." (lines 8-10). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Lay, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Plow (open access)

Steam Plow

Patent for Steam-Plow. "The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steam-plow, which is simple in construction, has great tractive force, can-not slip, and plows very rapidly and perfectly." (lines 7-10)
Date: August 3, 1886
Creator: Lay, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace. (open access)

Bed-Brace.

Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Lockett, Wyatt W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributor. (open access)

Fertilizer-Distributor.

Patent for a fertilizer distributor, which has a rocking hopper to distribute the fertilizer from.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Pate, Grover C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, December 2011 (open access)

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

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
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: Upper East Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper East Texas area.
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: Upper East Texas, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper East Texas, September 2011

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

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Putman, John Howard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holder. (open access)

Tool-Holder.

Patent for "a holder for any class of tools, but being especially adapted for hatchets, garden-tools, and tools of like character." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Richardson, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Camp, Franklin, Morris, and Titus Counties, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Camp, Franklin, Morris, and Titus Counties, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agricultural history and statistics, soil-survey methods and definitions, soils and crops, land uses and agricultural methods, irrigation, and morphology and genesis of soils of Camp, Franklin, Morris, and Titus Counties, Texas.
Date: 1990
Creator: Roberts, Kirthell; Douglass, James A.; Fox, Richard W.; Galloway, Thomas L. & Thomas, Jesse R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser. (open access)

Cotton Condenser.

Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55).
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Sewell, Franklin Milner
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Support (open access)

Thill-Support

Patent for a thill support designed to support the thill "without having the weight thrown upon the circle or fifth wheel" (lines 14-15), and may be adjusted to a variety of vehicles. Illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1909
Creator: Story, Sam H
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 1992: Upper East Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: Upper East Texas Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Upper East Texas Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: July 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

Daingerfield State Park

Map of the Daingerfield State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Daingerfield State Park

Map of Daingerfield State Park near Daingerfield in Morris County, Texas showing roads, camping sites, hiking trails, and park amenities.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trading Card: Shortleaf Pine Tree] (open access)

[Trading Card: Shortleaf Pine Tree]

Trading card issued as part of the Geocache Challenge program for Daingerfield State Park, depicting trees lining the bank of a lake. Many of the trees are pine trees, interspersed with other trees that have red or orange fall leaves. The back of the card includes information about shortleaf pine trees.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Welcome to Daingerfield State Park (open access)

Welcome to Daingerfield State Park

Pamphlet providing information on Daingerfield State Park including descriptions of facilities, fees, and equipment rentals.
Date: May 2011
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1984
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1984
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tyler

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1984
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Nacogdoches County, Texas

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, bridges, crossings, landings, lumber camps, lumber railroads, towns, churches, schools, stores, roads, and commercial railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1930
Creator: United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Morris County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, churches, schools, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: October 17, 1910
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History