84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 288, Chapter 35 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 288, Chapter 35

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 16 in Young County as the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway.
Date: May 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Boynton, Willie A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Thresher. (open access)

Cotton Boll Thresher.

Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bryan, Andrew J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History