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Base Visit Report - Red River Army Depot
Red River Army Depot -- located 18 miles west of Texarkana, Texas, in the northeast corner of Texas -- is one of our nation's largest defense depots in terms of people and workload with a combined population of almost 2,822 employees including tenants. The workforce on the Red River complex is drawn from throughout the Four States region -- Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report - Fort Hood Texas
Fort Hood, Texas is located approximately 60 miles north of Austin and 50 miles south of Waco. It is 63 years old and was established as a WW II training camp for the Army
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Col (Retired) Russell Parker regarding Air Defense School at Fort Bliss Texas
Community Correspondence - Letter retired Colonel Russell Parker regarding the his concern that the Air Defense Artillery School may move to another location.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cryptologic Systems Groups at Lackland Air Force Base
Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting information on the impact of DoD's BRAC recommendations on the Cryptologic Systems Groups at Lackland Air Force Base.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
United States. Department of Defense.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letters to the Commission With Regards to Fort Bliss
Community Correspondence - Three letters to the commission stating reason why the operations at Fort Bliss should not be transferred to Fort Still.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
103-06A-RH13 - Media Briefing Book Regional Hearing - 7 -11-05 - San Antonio, TX part 1
Brooks City Base, TX B. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit C. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit D. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX E. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit F. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit G. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
103-06A-RH13 - Media Briefing Book Regional Hearing - 7 -11-05 - San Antonio, TX part 2
Lackland Air Force Base, TX K. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit L. Suggested Qs & As for Installation Visit M. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC Naval Station Ingleside, TX N. Suggested Talking Points for Installation Visit o. Suggested Qs and As for Installation Visit P. Sampling of Local Media Coverage Relating to BRAC
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Letter from Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz to Chairman Anthony J. Principi dtd 14 July 2005
Executive Correspondence - Letter from Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz of Texas, to Chairman Anthony J. Principi regarding a request by the Congressman for additional information on a series of issues relation to installations on the BRAC list.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Base Visit Report - Naval Air Station Corpus Christi/ Naval Station Ingleside
The mission of Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is to operate and maintain facilities and, provide services and materials which support the operations of customers and tenant commands.
Date:
July 19, 2005
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Register, Volume 27, Number 29, Pages 6473-6584, July 19, 2002
A weekly publication, the Texas Register serves as the journal of state agency rulemaking for Texas. Information published in the Texas Register includes proposed, adopted, withdrawn and emergency rule actions, notices of state agency review of agency rules, governor's appointments, attorney general opinions, and miscellaneous documents such as requests for proposals. After adoption, these rulemaking actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Date:
July 19, 2002
Creator:
Texas. Secretary of State.
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excavating and Grading Machine.
Patent for a cultivating machine that pulverizes colds of soil using a revolving cylinder of blades, including illustration.
Date:
July 19, 1859
Creator:
Morrel, Z. N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy for Folding Beds.
Patent for a new and improved canopy for folding beds. This design "will automatically fold up within the bed when the same is closed, and will similarly open out with the opening of the bed without any other attention than the proper arrangement of the folds of the mosquito or fly netting" (lines 21-25). It consists in "an automatically raising and lowering canopy consisting of a raising-frame having vertical bars pivoted to the bed at the bottom and a horizontal connecting-bar at the top, a canopy-top frame pivoted to the bed-casing, having side bars and a horizontal connecting-bar, and couplings" (lines 13-19).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Eva, Addison H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling
Patent for a new coupling mechanism that will automatically couple railway cars together without human assistance.
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Faubion, John Sr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag.
Patent for a new and improved bag. This design is "compris[ed of] the body divided down its front, one edge having staples and the other edge having openings adapted to engage said staples, a covering-flap provided with an opening adapted to engage one of said staples, and a flexible fastening device secured to said bag and adapted to be passed through said staples for securing the edges and covering-flap" (lines 62-71).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Franks, Lewis Wigfall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design is "to provide a novel car-coupling pin and means for operating the same to automatically couple cars through the medium of ordinary links without the use of triggers located within the draw-head . . . The invention consists, essentially, in a vertically-movable coupling-pin adapted to rotate axially in the pin-hole of the draw-head, and having a wing or lug for supporting it in its elevated position, combined with a yielding draw-head having a vertical slot to receive the wing or lug and a shoulder to support the same" (lines 8-22).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Power, Kelsey L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Fire Screen and Fender.
Patent for a combined fire screen and fender. This design "works in the mantle-piece by means of weights, and is secured in position by by means of a spring-latch that catches in notches in the jamb. This screen thus arranged can be made to answer for three purposes: By letting it down nearly to the hearth it acts as a blower; by letting it entirely down accidents from fire are prevented, and when let down in the summer time it makes a handsome summer screen" (lines 21-30).
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Matthews, James Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design is of a metal band with several slots, so that the accompanying metal button can pass through any two overlapping slots, securing the bale within the band.
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Griffin, James Lee
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design consists in "the combination of a bar provided with a toothed quadrant and with a boss having an overhanging projection at its rear end, an eccentric pivoted on the face of the said boss for holding the wire against the projection, a hand-lever pivoted to the bar, and provided with a spring-detent engaging with a toothed quadrant, a plate pivoted at one end to the hand-lever and provided with an overhanging projection, and a second eccentric pivoted upon the face of the plate for gripping the wire against the projection" (lines 77-88).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Mason, James Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water-elevator. This design consists in "a supporting frame, a drum journaled therein, a rope wound on the drum, a bucket attached to the rope, mechanism for turning the drum to lift the bucket, and a fork journaled below the drum and provided with a central arm adapted to catch under the raised bucket resting in the fork to discharge its contents as the fork is tilted" (lines 21-28).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Mefferd, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thill Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved thill-coupling. This design is "compris[ed of] perforated checks . . . a coupling-bolt, a locking-lever hinged to said bolt, said lever being provided with knob and notch, a cover -plate having groove and catch, and a spring-pin adapted to hold the lever and cover in engagement" (lines 81-87).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Owens, Israel P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump.
Patent for a new and improved pump. This design "has been specially devised for use in pumping gas, air, or vapor — as in ice-machines, for instance — and mainly with reference to attaining circulation with low pressure; but when operated at high speed considerable pressure may be attained therewith, whether operating upon vapors or liquids, as . . . [the] pump involves a novel mode of operation, in that it possesses characteristics partially common to pumps of the rotary system, as well as to those having a reciprocating piston" (lines 10-21).
Date:
July 19, 1881
Creator:
Rose, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trace Carrier.
Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design consists in "the combination of a cylindrical body of elongated form and obliquely arranged and having slots in the upper part thereof to form bars, a central top slot between said bars, and a lower bar having a recess therein, an obliquely-inclined spring-latch extending across one of the open ends of said body, the back-band having a strap to pass around said body, and a girth-strap connected to said lower recessed bar" (lines 13-22).
Date:
July 19, 1892
Creator:
Wellborn, Samuel Houston
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor
Patent for "a device which may be used for pumping, sawing, drilling, and other analogous purposes, which will be effective in its operation, and which will not be liable to get out of order, and the parts of which will not be liable to get out of alignment with each other" (lines 24-31).
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
Holmgreen, Julius H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Measurer and Tally
Patent for improvements in the construction and design of grain measurers and registers.
Date:
July 19, 1887
Creator:
King, Benjamin Cicero & Boon, George Hamilton
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History