84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 219, Chapter 271 (open access)

84th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 219, Chapter 271

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway.
Date: June 1, 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Tread. (open access)

Animal-Tread.

Patent for improvements in animal-treads when “animal is placed in the tread, the single or double tree being attached to the arm c’, and thus in addition to his weight he will have his strength to operate the tread. The function of the rope and weight is to keep the traces and tree from under the animal’s feet in case he should slack his speed, and thus prevent his tripping.” (Lines 59-66) Illustration is included.
Date: June 16, 1891
Creator: Bevil, John R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Post Foundation (open access)

Fence Post Foundation

Patent for fence post foundation. Illustration included.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: Gregory, Marshal J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box (open access)

Mail-Box

Patent for "a mail-box adapted to be placed at or on the house of the person receiving the mail, so as to facilitate a house-to-house delivery" (lines 8-11).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Myer, Clayton Pittinger
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Puller. (open access)

Pipe-Puller.

Patent for improvements in pipe pullers that grips the pipe and cuts the same time it is pulled.
Date: June 20, 1920
Creator: Robichaux, Sosthene & Paggi, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, June 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Southeast Texas, June 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Southeast Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Plate And Fastener (open access)

Rail Plate And Fastener

Patent for rail plate fastener. This invention is designed to secure rails to ties without the use of spikes. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Butterfield, Walter V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gage. (open access)

Saw-Gage.

Patent for improvements on saws by providing “cleaner-teeth and arranged to permit accurate filing of the cleaner-teeth without leaving an undesirable bur and without danger of filing the teeth too short for proper working in a cut.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Steele, Daniel Carlos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specification of Letters Patent. (open access)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent for improvements in the seals for well screens to provide a permanent joint or seal between the screen and the casing with out blocking passage.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Thomson, Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Joint. (open access)

Tool-Joint.

Patent for improvements in a tool joint that has been adapted to connect sections of a drill used in drilling wells.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Stafford, Roy M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer (open access)

Updating the Hydrogeologic Framework for the Northern Portion of the Gulf Coast Aquifer

This report documents the development of the structure, lithology, and depositional framework for the Gulf Coast Aquifer system from the Brazos River north to the Sabine River and into Louisiana. (p. xiii).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Young, Steven C.; Ewing, Tom; Hamlin, Scott; Baker, Ernie & Lupton, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History