Tyler State Park Trails Map

Map of Tyler State Park depicting the hiking trails, some natural features, and listing points of interests in the park. The back of the map describes the trails and provides information about hiking safety and trail etiquette.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 114 (open access)

79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 114

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate commemorating the dedication of the Camp Fannin Association WWII Memorial on the campus of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.
Date: April 11, 2005
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1160 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: JM-1160

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, Jim Mattox, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of a county to make exceptions to its standard sick leave policy (RQ-1938)
Date: April 20, 1990
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Actuating Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Actuating Mechanism.

Patent for improving measuring pumps "by providing a pump actuating means so constructed that a continuous movement of the crank in one direction will cause a reciprocation of the piston in both directions" (lines 29-33), with illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Dean, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes. (open access)

Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes.

Patent for "a new and Improved Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Cross, Ralph Waldo
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fish Hook (open access)

Fish Hook

Patent for a fish hook. Illustration included.
Date: April 26, 1910
Creator: Roberson, Elige L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor. (open access)

Compressor.

Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
Date: April 19, 1910
Creator: Mayhew, John Daugherty
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Funnel and Dipper. (open access)

Combined Funnel and Dipper.

Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Hanson, Henry Harrison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock (open access)

Side Bearing For Railway Rolling Stock

Patent for a side bearing for railway rolling stock. This invention is designed to prevent derailments in turns. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Wood, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree.
Date: April 28, 1903
Creator: Mayo, Daniel L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table (open access)

Ironing-Table

Patent for ironing table with capability of adjustable height and folding features, including illustrations.
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Witt, Silas Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate. (open access)

Crate.

Patent for "a crate for packing and transporting bottles of such material and such form of construction as will present a minimum liability to breakage of the contents." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Riviere, Richard Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Propelling Device for Sewing Machines. (open access)

Hand Propelling Device for Sewing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved crank for sewing machines. This design "is to provide propelling device for sewing-machines and similar treadle-power machines which shall dispense with the treadle-action and injurious strain which its use imposes . . . It consists in a rod jointed to the fly-wheel after the manner of a pitman, but which, instead of connecting with a treadle, is fashioned into a handle, which extends obliquely upward toward the operator, and is combined with and held in place by a guide-frame made in the form of a pendent metal loop with flanged ends and screw-holes" (lines 8-21).
Date: April 10, 1888
Creator: Beaird, Kate Palmer
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricant (open access)

Lubricant

Patent for a lubricant which consists "of a gelatinous and fibrous material" (lines 14-15), containing description of creation and uses.
Date: April 6, 1886
Creator: Marshall, Edward S. & Savage, Robert W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner. (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner.

Patent for a machine "for the purpose of cleaning the cotton before it is ginned, and thus free it from foreign substances and produce a better grade of cotton than that which is ginned without being previously cleaned" (lines 15-19).
Date: April 28, 1885
Creator: Tucker, Stephen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Cutting Boiler Tubes. (open access)

Device for Cutting Boiler Tubes.

Patent for a new device for cutting boiler-tubes. This design "is to be adjusted a distance from the head sufficiently in excess of the thickness of the tube sheet to prevent injury to the latter. The device is then inserted into the end of the tube, with the head abutting against the outside of the tube-sheet. By turning the screw the wedges may then be drawn toward each other, thus forcing the block carrying the cutter outward. The device is now to be turned by the shank alternately with feeding the cutter outward until the tube has been cut through, after which it may be readily removed" (lines 75-88).
Date: April 18, 1882
Creator: Franklin, James Johnson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Collars. (open access)

Improvement in Collars.

Patent for a device improving the speed and efficiency of shirt collar fastening, as well as the securing of items such as scarves and ties, including illustrations.
Date: April 6, 1876
Creator: Mitchell, Frank G. & Saunders, William J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for an improved, cheap and convenient bale-tie. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1875
Creator: Brown, Maurice T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History