79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 134 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 134

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating the mock trial team of Tivy High School in Kerrville for winning the state championship.
Date: April 27, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improved washing machine "in which is employed a rotary agitator or dasher with blades, and it has for its objects among others to provide an improved construction whereby better results are attained, the construction simplified and made cheaper, less liable to become inoperative or injured and easier to operate" (lines 16-22). It has a cover with a hinged lid.
Date: April 4, 1893
Creator: Anderson, Albert Grant
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4248 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-4248

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: Is the purpose set out in the application for charter of Kerrville General Hospital of such a benevolent and charitable nature that only requires a $10.00 filing fee?
Date: April 28, 1942
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher tool for use in building wire fences.
Date: April 18, 1911
Creator: Gibbens, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicated Salt Rock (open access)

Medicated Salt Rock

Patent for "improved medicated salt rock to be used for keeping cattle, horses, and other live stock in good condition, to serve as a tonic and blood-purifier, also to expel worms from the stomach and intestines, and to eradicate ticks and vermin" (lines 10-15).
Date: April 23, 1901
Creator: Green, Charles O; Wickline, William P. & Eaton, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas (open access)

Texas Hill Country Trail Region: Exploring the Mystique of Central Texas

Travel guide for the various cultural and historical sites along the Texas Hill Country Trail in Central Texas.
Date: April 2010
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History