Carriage Top Prop. (open access)

Carriage Top Prop.

Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
Date: July 31, 1888
Creator: Jacobs, William Ramsey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Plow. (open access)

Combination-Plow.

Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 14, 1896
Creator: Dean, John Rowe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
South Sulphur Unit, Cooper Lake State Park [Rack Card] (open access)

South Sulphur Unit, Cooper Lake State Park [Rack Card]

Card advertising South Sulphur Unit, Cooper Lake State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.
Date: July 2012
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cooper Lake State Park Trails Map - South Sulphur Unit

Map providing information about Cooper Lake State Park- South Sulphur Unit.
Date: July 2013
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater Production Areas - Nacatoch Aquifer (open access)

Identification of Potential Brackish Groundwater Production Areas - Nacatoch Aquifer

Provides data on the placement and studies pertaining to aquifers and groundwater production
Date: July 2017
Creator: Laughlin, Kristie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener. (open access)

Wire-Tightener.

Patent for a new and useful wire tightener, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 5, 1898
Creator: Brown, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Detaching Horses (open access)

Improvement in Detaching Horses

Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Craig, John Kerr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churn-Motors (open access)

Improvement in Churn-Motors

Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
Date: July 30, 1878
Creator: Alexander, Julius A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hearth for Fire Places. (open access)

Hearth for Fire Places.

Patent for a new and improved hearth for fireplaces. This design "ha[s] a depression in its upper side, and a lid hinged to the hearth at the rear end of the depression, so as to fill the same when not in use" (lines 93-96).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Moore, John Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History