Hamilton Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownwood Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephenville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1910
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownwood Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eastland Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eastland Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1919
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Stephenville Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1918
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder. (open access)

Combined Buggy-Top and Rein and Robe Holder.

Patent for a combined buggy top shock buffer and rein and lap robe holder.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hitt, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment (open access)

Windmill Attachment

Patent for a windmill attachment that allows the windmill to be operated either by wind or hand power without needing to disconnect the sucker rod from the windmill.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Kay, Henry P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support. (open access)

Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support.

Patent for the improvement of vehicle support through the use of these supports for easier transportation.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wilhelm, Dee W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line-Holder. (open access)

Line-Holder.

Patent for a line holder for holding reins, while driving a vehicle.
Date: July 26, 1910
Creator: Hitt, Allen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Post (open access)

Post

Patent for a fence post for fastening wires. Illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1911
Creator: Redwine, Roy D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Side Harrow for Cultivators (open access)

Side Harrow for Cultivators

Patent for a harrow that can be adapted to the side of a cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Smith, Henry Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Planter (open access)

Seed-Planter

Patent for a seed planter operated by an axle. Illustrations included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Joint (open access)

Rail Joint

Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
Date: October 25, 1910
Creator: Dixon, Luther & Dixon, Greenleaf
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Daniel, Joseph A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press that uses the minimum amount of power to accomplish the baling process.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Gill, Fleet & Graham, Daniel O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Car Step or Running-Board (open access)

Safety Car Step or Running-Board

Patent for a safety car step or running-board for freight cars. Illustration included.
Date: March 22, 1910
Creator: Dodson, Elijah C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Plow-Foot. (open access)

Automatic Plow-Foot.

Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Dugger, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shafts (open access)

Buggy-Shafts

Patent "is to provide a construction whereby the shafts and cross beam which connect the same may be held against relative movement" (lines 10-13).
Date: January 26, 1915
Creator: McMillan, Newton W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Planter (open access)

Two-Row Planter

Patent for a two-row planter, which includes two planting mechanisms. The planters are adjustable, "so that the distance between rows for seed planted can be regulated."
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Payne, Bishop M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector (open access)

Knee-Protector

Patent for a knee protector "adapted to be worn by cotton pickers, miners, and other workmen who are required to walk or labor while resting on the knees. The present invention contemplates the provision of a knee protector of unique construction...the present device while applied to the knee, permitting the wearer to walk conveniently either while standing or kneeling."
Date: March 16, 1915
Creator: Bassett, Rufus C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine. (open access)

Washing-Machine.

Patent for a washing machine that combines parts, such as washing rollers, toothed wheels and segments, in an effective manner.
Date: August 8, 1916
Creator: Queen, Ernest N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Winch Attachment for Automobiles. (open access)

Winch Attachment for Automobiles.

Patent for new winch attachment for automobiles "that may be quickly mounted upon ore or both of the rear wheels of an automobile, for the purpose of pulling the vehicle out of a mud hole or ditch." (lines 12-15)
Date: August 31, 1915
Creator: Pittman, Carl L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History