Colonia Self-Help Program (open access)

Colonia Self-Help Program

Information sheet describing the Colonia self-help grant program for use in providing water and wastewater services in economically distressed areas near the border with Mexico.
Date: April 2011
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 104 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 104

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate relating to honoring the life of Minnie Mae Glenn of Brownsville
Date: April 17, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Filling Tire (open access)

Self-Filling Tire

Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Fernandez, Jose
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic drain-valve. (open access)

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Huddleston, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History