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Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 (open access)

Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Harrold, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 7, 1907
Creator: Allison, T. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907 (open access)

Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Harrold, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 14, 1907
Creator: Allison, T. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1907 (open access)

Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Harrold, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 12, 1907
Creator: Allison, T. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1907 (open access)

Harrold Howler. (Harrold, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Harrold, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 19, 1907
Creator: Allison, T. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field Thrashing-Machine. (open access)

Field Thrashing-Machine.

Patent for a field thrashing-machine that can be carried into a field and harvests the tops of standing grain as it is carried forward. The machine also thrashes the grain, separates the grain from the chaff, and delivers the grain in a receptacle.
Date: December 18, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Axel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Dirigible Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a device to turn the head of lamps on an automobile or similar vehicle with the turning of the steering wheel. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Baker, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region B (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region B

Water plan for Region B describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, water conservation plans, drought response plans, the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Biggs & Mathews, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Margaret Bunnenberg to Truett Latimer, January 18, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Margaret Bunnenberg to Truett Latimer, January 18, 1961]

Letter from Mrs. Margaret Bunnenberg to Truett Latimer showing support for the plan to screen all textbooks used in the public schools of Texas.
Date: January 18, 1961
Creator: Bunnenberg, Mrs. Margaret
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment. (open access)

Harness Attachment.

Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Metallic Tie and Rail-Chair (open access)

Metallic Tie and Rail-Chair

Patent for a metallic tie and rail chair that eliminates the need for a wooden cross ties in railroad tracks.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Capps, John Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a hay baling press that uses less compressions per bale to lengthen the life of the press and speed up the process, requires less workers to attend to it, and is a more powerful baler than previous models. It also could be operated by horses or by a gas-motor.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Carney, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Handcuffed Reed Young]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, after being recaptured in Vernon, Texas
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reed Young Led Into Police Station]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, who was recaptured in Vernon Texas, being escorted by police into policestation.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reed Young Recaptured by Law Enforcement]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, and was recaptured in Vernon Texas, being escorted by police.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reed Young Sits Handcuffed in Chair]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, after being recaptured in Vernon, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reed Young Under Arrest]

Photograph of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, sitting between two gentlemen after being recaptured in Vernon, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Bounty Hunters]

Photograph of two bounty hunters who recaptured Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, and was recaptured in Vernon, Texas.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wife of Reed Young Escorted by Law Enforcement]

Photograph of the wife of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Oklahoma, and was recaptured in Vernon, Texas, being escorted by the police. She has her head lowered so that her face is not showing in the picture.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wife of Reed Young Looks Away From Camera]

Photograph of wife of Reed Young, a cop killer who escaped from Altus, Okla., and was recaptured in Vernon, Tex. She sits with her hands cuffed behind her back and her face turned away from the camera.
Date: February 6, 1959
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Holder. (open access)

Train-Order Holder.

Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Crady, Daniel R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for a disk plow. This design of plow provides multiple blades and constructed to be less dangerous to the operator.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Creager, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe and Like Stem. (open access)

Pipe and Like Stem.

Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Red River Valley, Texas and Oklahoma, between the 98th and 100th meridians: In five sheets

Map of the Red River and the Texas-Oklahoma broader, showing county lines, sandy soil areas, bluffs, cut banks, and creeks. The bluff and cut bank heights are labeled, and arrows in the main channel of the Red River indicate the direction of flowing water. There is an inset map near the lower-left corner of the five sheets as a whole, covering the Texas-Oklahoma boarder in its entirety. Scale [ca. 1:31,680] (1/2 mile to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Floore, S. P. & Penick, Dixon B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Red River Valley, Texas and Oklahoma, between the 98th and 100th meridians: In five sheets

Map of the Red River and the Texas-Oklahoma broader, showing county lines, sandy soil areas, bluffs, cut banks, and creeks. The bluff and cut bank heights are labeled, and arrows in the main channel of the Red River indicate the direction of flowing water. There is an inset map near the upper-right corner of the five sheets as a whole, covering the Texas-Oklahoma boarder in its entirety. Scale [ca. 1:31,680] (1/2 mile to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Floore, S. P. & Penick, Dixon B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History