Agricultural Implement   dated September 17, 1918 (open access)

Agricultural Implement dated September 17, 1918

Patent for agricultural implement used for tilling the soil so as to prepare the land for planting. It is used to reduce clods, loosens, and levels the soil.
Date: 191X
Creator: Powell, George D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carton. (open access)

Carton.

Patent for a carton used to carry bottles or other fragile containers in a manner that prevents spillage, breakage, or other type of damage to befall the bottles and their contents, includes illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1919
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism.

Patent for an affordable and easily operable mechanical train stopper designed to be installed directly on a locomotive.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Evans, Alva A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carton (open access)

Carton

Patent for improvements made to a carton such as an inclusion of a wrapper and retaining strip to protect and hold valuable objects such as glass along with various other improvements to the overall construction of the carton.
Date: December 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prescription-Filing Machine. (open access)

Prescription-Filing Machine.

Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks. (open access)

Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.

Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Shipp, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability, and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 2

The second volume of a two part report on the Creataceous aquifers in Texas. This volume contains information on water wells, water levels, and chemical analyses.
Date: July 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Philip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas (open access)

Water Level and Water-Quality Data From Observation Wells in Northeast Texas

This Report presents quantitative and qualitative information concerning ground water of Texas, from observations in wells of 20 county areas in Northeast Texas by Texas Water Development Board and U.S Geological Survey.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Taylor, Howard D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Cretaceous Aquifers of North-Central Texas: Volume 1

Report on the quality and availability of ground water in the cretaceous aquifers of north-central Texas. Includes maps, hydrographs, rainfall data, pumpage, and more.
Date: April 1982
Creator: Nordstrom, Phillip L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Blossom Sand Aquifer (open access)

Occurrence, Availability and Chemical Quality of Ground Water in the Blossom Sand Aquifer

Describes the ground-water resources of the Blossom Sand aquifer of Cretaceous age.
Date: August 1988
Creator: McLaurin, Celeste
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Survey Report]: Sanders, Big Pine and Collier Creeks, Texas (open access)

[Survey Report]: Sanders, Big Pine and Collier Creeks, Texas

Report of the U.S. Army Engineers describing the geography of Sanders, Big Pine and Collier Creeks, Texas including the likelihood of floods and benefits of flood control.
Date: 1963
Creator: United States. Department of the Army. Office, Chief of Engineers.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater (open access)

Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater

Report on a study to identify and designate local brackish groundwater production zones in areas of Texas with brackish groundwater availability which can be used to reduce the use of fresh groundwater.
Date: July 2017
Creator: LBG-Guyton Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater Production Areas - Nacatoch Aquifer (open access)

Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater Production Areas - Nacatoch Aquifer

Provides data on the placement and studies pertaining to aquifers and groundwater production
Date: July 2017
Creator: Laughlin, Kristie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm. (open access)

Burglar-Alarm.

Patent for a portable device that can be hung on a door knob and sound an alarm when the knob is turned, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 18, 1914
Creator: Dick, Archie P., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies. (open access)

Improvement in Collapsible Wagon-Bodies.

Patent for improvements in collapsible wagon-bodies that will require less labor to use.
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Brown, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Rest for School Desks (open access)

Foot Rest for School Desks

Patent for foot rest that will elevate the feet of a studying student while they are at the desk.
Date: February 20, 1917
Creator: Pratt, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement (open access)

Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement

Patent for device that spreads the links that lead from a spring foot cultivators to the tilling shoes.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Grayson, Wilbur D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Chair. (open access)

Rail-Joint Chair.

Patent for a new rail-joint chair used in the connection between rails to prevent rail movement, including illustrations.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Williams, Charles C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carton. (open access)

Carton.

Patent for cartons, specifically cartons belonging to "the class of collapsible safety wrappers for bottles or other fragile articles." (lines 9-10).
Date: August 30, 1916
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold (open access)

Tombstone-Mold

Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Cameron, Neill C.
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
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, 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