Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas (open access)

Evaluation of Water Resources in Part of Central Texas

Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.
Date: January 1990
Creator: Baker, Bernard; Duffin, Gail; Flores, Robert & Lynch, Tad
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and scraper. This design consists of "the frame, the arms or standards pivoted to the said frame and carrying the chopping hoes or plows, the rock-shafts having the arms connected to the standards or [other] arms, and the [third] arms, and the rotating crank-shaft connected to the [third] arms, whereby the standards or arms will be caused to alternately approach and recede from each other as the machine advances" (lines 52-61).
Date: September 14, 1886
Creator: Basham, Wesley Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Scraper. (open access)

Cotton Scraper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton scraper. This design consists in "the vertical standard having the horizontal reardwardly-extending arm at its lower end, the cotton-scraper attached to the said arm and extending rearwardly and outwardly therefrom, and having the upturned curved broadened rear end forming the blade, and the clip-bolts and clamping-plate to secure the standard to the plow-standard and permit the said standard to be vertically adjusted" (lines 82-91).
Date: October 19, 1886
Creator: Basham, Wesley Houston
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region G (Brazos) describing water resources and suppliers for the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water supply plans for each county and city, recommended water management strategies, drought response plans, and the plan creation process.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region G (Brazos), 2016, Volume II. Identification, Evaluation, and Selection of Water Management Strategies

Volume II of the Water plan for Region G (Brazos) including water management strategies, water conservation methods, wastewater reuse, new reservoirs, expansion of use of certain water sources, and water supply recommendations and projects.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Brazos G Water Planning Group
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blacksmith's Tongs (open access)

Blacksmith's Tongs

Patent for blacksmith's tongs. Illustration included.
Date: December 21, 1909
Creator: Davis, William L. & Pruitt, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cane-Mill (open access)

Cane-Mill

Patent for improvements in the mechanical make up and physical functionality of cane mills.
Date: January 28, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer (open access)

Lemon-Squeezer

Patent for "a device to which a lemon may be subjected and halved, squeezed, and the skins ejected, the steps being taken in the order mentioned and by one operation of the machine" (lines 10-14).
Date: February 4, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lemon-Squeezer (open access)

Lemon-Squeezer

Patent for "a machine adapted to cut or halve a lemon and extract the juice therefrom and cast away the rinds at one and the same operation. . .[and also directs] the juice of each half through separate channels, whereby two glasses may at the same time receive their proportionate allowance of lemon-juice to be subsequently converted into lemonade" (lines 10-19),
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Dunlap, William O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

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 1:24,000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bono Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Point Quadrangle

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 1:24,000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Point Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Point Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1979
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Point Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Point Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1971
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Branch Quadrangle

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 1:24,000
Date: 1976
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Branch Quadrangle

Satellite image 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 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Branch Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 1968
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Branch Quadrangle

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 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History