Brace for Heel-Sweeps. (open access)

Brace for Heel-Sweeps.

Patent for a simple and durable brace for heel-sweeps. The wings of the sweep will not close, and "that portion of the sweep through which the heel-bolt passes will be materially strengthened" (lines 14-16). It also braces sweeps whatever their size, and all the brace's parts are adjustable.
Date: January 7, 1896
Creator: Ferrell, Augustus C. & Hamrick, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer (open access)

Car-Replacer

Patent for invention for new and useful improvements in Car-Replacer. The invention relates to improvements in car replacers which can easily be applied to a track or rail which will quickly and easily cause the car to enter upon the track and which cannot possibly become displaced by the weight and strain of the car
Date: January 3, 1892
Creator: Moore, Francis A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Brick. (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Brick.

Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Aber, Edgar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars (open access)

Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars

Patent for "a brake of simple and inexpensive construction, that may be readily attached to steam or tramway cars, that is automatic in its working, and to do away with the brake-beams now employed, which through their breaking down are two-thirds of the causes of car derailments" (lines 19-26).
Date: January 27, 1891
Creator: Inglis, Thomas & Schiermann, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-348 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-348

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, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Under Article 5421i, V.C.S., have the primary terms of two leases been suspended in view of the fact that Humble Oil&Refining Company had a lease not only from the State but also from the City of Tyler and Smith County? And related questions.
Date: January 24, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 11

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 19

Parent map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Gregg County, Block 16

Parent map for Gregg County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:9,500.
Date: January 7, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Index map for Cherokee 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 1:128,961.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 9

Parent map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 24

Parent map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 25

Parent map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Henderson County, Block 9

Parent map for Henderson 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Cherokee County, Block 3

Parent map for Cherokee County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:21,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Index map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Henderson County, Block 17

Parent map for Henderson 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Van Zandt County, Block 14

Parent map for Van Zandt 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clock Attachment (open access)

Clock Attachment

Patent for an improved clock attachment to operate "a series of alarms or signals arranged in different rooms of a building or in other separated stations for simultaneously sounding the alarms or for operating the signals at predetermined times." (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1915
Creator: Moore, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press. (open access)

Baling Press.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "the ordinary framing, shell, or case for containing the material and stationary lower platen or bed are used, the upper platen being the movable one to effect the compression. This upper platen is brought down upon the material for its compression by the lowering of screw-threaded rods to which it is attached, such lowering being effected by the rotation of rotating nuts in fixed bearings taking on such screw-threaded rods" (lines 25-35).
Date: January 25, 1887
Creator: Brown, Maurice T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Smith County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Smith County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Smith County, Texas.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Schoenmann, L. R. (Lee Roy Adolph); Smies, E. H.; Rockie, W. A.; Maxon, E. T.; Hutton, F. Z. & Lewis, H. G. (Henry Guy)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Smith County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, lakes, rivers, towns, schools, churches, stores, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Henderson County, Block 24

Parent map for Henderson 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: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Cherokee County, Block 2

Parent map for Cherokee County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:21,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Cherokee County, Block 4

Parent map for Cherokee County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:21,000.
Date: January 12, 2011
Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History