Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.

Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of two sliding draw-heads, each provided with a shank having coiled around it a spring and a nut secured thereto, an upper sliding supporting-plate for the pin, having a tripping device, a lower sliding supporting-plate for the link, having a catch, a latch with a trip-arm for holding and releasing said plate, and a spring for drawing it back to its normal position" (lines 11-20).
Date: February 9, 1886
Creator: Ballentine, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Bag Carrier. (open access)

Cotton-Bag Carrier.

Patent for improved cotton sack carrier: "the object of the present invention is to provide a device whereby cotton sacks may be conveniently carried during the picking of cotton from one portion of the field to another without wearing the sack and with convenience to the picker" (lines 10-15).
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Laird, Archibald F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device. (open access)

Advertising Device.

Patent for a new and improved advertising sign. This design "consist[s] in the fixed staff or upright having pulley, bent rotary vane having the opening, and adapted for the display of advertisements, inside [the] bent rotary vane, and the governor adapted to regulate automatically the speed at which the vanes are to revolve" (lines 68-80).
Date: February 19, 1884
Creator: Carly, John Wesly
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Pulverizer. (open access)

Soil Pulverizer.

Patent for a new and improved soil pulverizer. This design consists in "the combination of rotating blades on a shaft adjustable forward and backward, the driving wheel shaft, the intermediate operating mechanism, and the two transverse shafts . . . the driving-wheels, the multiplying gear-wheels, the two shafts, blades, [the] shaft adjustable forward and backward by means of a lever, frame having recesses for journal-boxes, the lugs on the latter, and the connecting rod" (lines 84-95).
Date: February 5, 1884
Creator: Rankin, John Dake & Knox, William Custis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves.
Date: February 17, 1903
Creator: Heffner, John H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener. (open access)

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a new and useful sash fastener, which is "capable of holding a sash at any desired adjustment and of being arranged to lock the sashes against vertical movement on each other" (line 13 - 14).
Date: February 13, 1900
Creator: James, Will S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Parker State Park

This is an illustrated map for the Fort Parker State Park located near Mexia in Limestone County, Texas. The map provides access routes in the park, camp sites, arrangement of the hiking and biking trails, and a legend shows the locations of the parks amenities. There is information in the upper right quadrant of the map for visitors to note.
Date: February 2015
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Parker State Park:Trails Map

Topographical map is for the Fort Parker State Park located near the town of Mexia in Limestone County, Texas . There is a "Points of Interest" window on the right side of the map, including names and GPS coordinates. The map has all the trails marked in alternating colors and a legend providing the location of park amenities. The reverse side of the map offers information on safety, trail etiquette, and detailed descriptions of the park's trails.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Parker State Park

A map of the Fort Parker State Park. The map includes bathrooms, camp areas, fishing points, biking trails, etc. There is also a coupon for the purchase of a Texas State Parks Pass which, when purchased, would allow for free access to over 90 Texas State Parks for the buyer and a carload of their guests.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Parker State Park

Map of the Fort Parker State Park near Mexia in Limestone County, Texas showing roads, trails, camp sites, and park amenities. The back of the map has advertisements for Toyota and Texas Parks printed on it.
Date: February 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas (open access)

National Register of Historic Places Eligibility Testing of Sites 41LT172 and 41LT354 in Luminant's Kosse Mine, Limestone, Texas

Report on the findings of an archaeological investigation of two sites at Luminant's Kosse Mine in Limestone County, Texas to determine whether they were eligible to be included on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mouse-Guard Attachment for Piano-Pedals (open access)

Mouse-Guard Attachment for Piano-Pedals

Patent for an attachment to prevent rodents from entering a piano by way of the pedal openings.
Date: February 10, 1914
Creator: Collier, Henry C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Huller-Gins (open access)

Attachment for Huller-Gins

Patent for the type of cotton gin known as huller gins. It is an attachment intended to force cotton through portions of the huller gin that often becomes blocked by accumulated detritus.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Prichard, William Mathews
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History