1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals (open access)

1970 Census of Population & Housing for the Alamo Area: First Series, Number 1 - Counties & AACOG Totals

First report in a series on census data related to population and housing in the Alamo area of Texas arranged by enumeration district and location name, outlining data by counties.
Date: June 1971
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for a peanut digger that will go underneath the peanuts, cutting off the tap roots, which preserves the soil because "the soil does not lose the nitrogen contained within the roots." (lines 25-27)
Date: June 11, 1918
Creator: West, Wade H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano. (open access)

Piano.

Patent for a new piano "in which the strings are vibrated through the medium of a bow, as in a violin, instead of being struck with hammers in accordance with the usual method" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1900
Creator: Holcombe, Edgar L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Upper South Texas, June 2011 (open access)

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

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Upper South Texas area.
Date: June 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Drug Abuse Plan: 1978-1979 (open access)

Regional Drug Abuse Plan: 1978-1979

Comprehensive policy and action strategy statement created to meet the drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation needs of the Alamo area.
Date: June 1978
Creator: Alamo Area Council of Governments
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Sowing Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Seed-Sowing Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a seed-sowing attachment for plows which can "drop the seed in a furrow as it is made by the plow, and after it is covered by the formation of a successive furrow, and thereby complete the sowing or drilling process simultaneously with the plowing operation" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 19, 1894
Creator: Johnson, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Wilson County

Map displays soil types along with creeks, rivers, towns, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and soil profiles.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil Survey of Wilson County, Texas (open access)

Soil Survey of Wilson County, Texas

Text describes the area, climate, agriculture, and soils of Wilson County, Texas.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Lyman, W. S. & Schroeder, Frank C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History