Improvement in Horse-Powers. (open access)

Improvement in Horse-Powers.

Patent for new improvement in the construction of horse-powers for cotton-gins and other machinery, including illustration.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Landes, Daniel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grindstone Fixture. (open access)

Grindstone Fixture.

Patent for a new and improved grindstone fixture. This design consists "[i]n a fastening for grindstones, the combination of the shaft having the rounded collar and the screw-threaded portion, the stone fitting with its central perforation upon the shaft, the washer having the concave aperture fitting upon the collar, the washer having the set-screws, and the nut upon the threaded part of the shaft clamping the washers upon the stone" (lines 77-85).
Date: February 26, 1889
Creator: Stopple, John Julius
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3081 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-3081

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, Gerald Mann, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Can the commissioners' court of Austin County, under the stated facts, enter an order reducing or decreasing the ex-officio compensation to be paid to the County Attorney for future services at a meeting other than the first regular meeting in January?
Date: February 3, 1941
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Musical Instrument. (open access)

Musical Instrument.

Patent for a new musical instrument, similar to a lyre, designed to "provide a new and improved musical instrument which is simple and durable in construction, very light, of high resonant qualities, and arranged to permit convenient manipulation of the strings without the player touching the soundboard with the fingers" (lines 10-15), which includes illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1906
Creator: Krueger, Amandus M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephen F. Austin State Park

This is an illustrated map of the Stephen F. Austin State Park located in San Felipe in Austin County, Texas. The map details the access routes, campsites, hiking trails, and a legend that shows the location of all the parks amenities. There is segment of information of note for patrons.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephen F. Austin State Park

A map of Stephen F. Austin State Park created by Texas Parks and Wildlife. The map contains the features of the park such as the boundaries of the Brazos River that meet the park, check out times, quiet hours, bathroom locations, parking locations, walking trails, etc. There is a picture of a raccoon on the map with a message for park residents to not feed the wildlife and also to store food properly that wildlife will not "help themselves".
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Hood Attachment. (open access)

Automobile-Hood Attachment.

Patent for a device that can be affixed to the hood of a car, preventing rainwater from leaking into the electricals under the hood and behind the dashboard.
Date: February 15, 1921
Creator: Gerhart, Joe P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History