City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan (open access)

City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan

Report on the master drainage plan for the city of Edinburg, Texas.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Civil Systems Engineering, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Seed Planters (open access)

Attachment for Seed Planters

Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
Date: July 7, 1914
Creator: Hooks, Jesse J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Lock (open access)

Window-Sash Lock

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Locks" (lines 5-7). "The object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device..., [which] consists essentially in the provision of means for permitting either sash to be locked or one sash to be partially or fully opened..." (lines 17-22).
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Rickel, Tremont W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

World Birding Center Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley

Map of the World Birding Center Bentson at the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History