Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The High Plains Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the High Plains Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: May 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1 (open access)

Evaluating the Ground Water Resources of the High Plains of Texas: Volume 1

First volume of a report documenting a study to map the High Plains aquifer and obtain data about various measurements and aspects of the aquifer. This volume provides "interpretive information presented as text and related tables and regional figures."
Date: May 1984
Creator: Knowles, Tommy; Nordstrom, Phillip & Klemt, William B.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5989 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5989

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, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Are the elections and terms of office of the trustees of Dalhart Consolidated Independent School District controlled by the special act of the Legislature creating said District? And another question.
Date: May 6, 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draining Attachment for Sinks (open access)

Draining Attachment for Sinks

Patent for a draining attachment for sinks to facilitate draining water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Weaver, Mary A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for "improvements in pumps which move a long column of water with each stroke but discharge a relatively small quantity" (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1911
Creator: Kangas, Frank Oskar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels. (open access)

Sanitary Cleansing and Indicating Device for Drinking Vessels.

Patent for a sanitary cleaning and indicating device for drinking vessels, which shows which cups are clean or dirty.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Thornton, Charles W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History