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Upshur County
Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region.
Date:
October 12, 1850
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upshur County
Cadastral map of Upshur County and part of Gregg County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Some notes and borders are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 17, 1857
Creator:
Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Patriot. (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Gilmer, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 2, 1861
Creator:
Appleton, A. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent for improvement in buckles “which does not require to be sewed to either of the straps which it is to connect, and which will securely fasten and hold the said straps of bands in any desired position.” (Lines 16-19) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrench.
Patent for improvements in monkey wrenches.
Date:
May 4, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Oscillating Steam-Engine
Patent for improvements to steam-engines that employ oscillating cylinders for the drive-shaft.
Date:
July 6, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lamps
Patent for the construction of a combined oil burning lamp and candlestick.
Date:
August 3, 1869
Creator:
Richer, F. C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coffee-Mills.
Patent for an improvement to upright coffee-mills, "whereby the bearings are always maintained in their true relative positions, while the strain on the two is made automatically counteracting, and each part of the shell firmly and effectually supported by the other." (Lines 10-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 16, 1870
Creator:
Richer, Francois Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 26, 1872
Creator:
Coy, Elihu E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Upshur County., Texas.
Survey map of Upshur County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1873?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Upshur County, Texas
Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1873~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Upshur County
Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. A segment of the map is outlined in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
September 1873
Creator:
Gomert, J. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Scrapers, Choppers, and Cultivators.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cotton Scraper, Chopper, and Cultivator" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
Date:
November 2, 1875
Creator:
McClung, Richard L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers.
Patent for improvement in cotton-gins, including illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1879
Creator:
Horne, Edward Gideon
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Hopper.
Patent for swinging adjustable breast for Cotton-Gin Hoppers designed to regulate the density of cotton. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date:
January 20, 1883
Creator:
Horne, Edward G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car Brake.
Patent for a new and improved automatic car brake. This design "consists, first, in the combination of the draw-heads . . . connecting-rods . . . and a partially-rotating shaft provided with suitable slotted cams, which cams are attached to the brake-beams, so that when the draw-heads are forced inward or drawn out the brakes will move out of contact with the wheels; second, in the combination, with the slotted cams and a mechanism for moving them, of the rods which are connected thereto, and which pass through the brake-beams, the sliding sleeves, the springs, and the nuts" (lines 13-27).
Date:
January 22, 1884
Creator:
Miller, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fruit Can.
Patent for a new and improved fruit can. This design "consists in the combination of a can having its upper edge turned inward, so as to form a flange, an L-shaped collar which is secured inside of the mouth of the can, the cap which has its lower edge turned outward, so as to form a flange, and a holding device for keeping the cap in position" (lines 13-19).
Date:
September 16, 1884
Creator:
Robinson, John Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gilmer 1885 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gilmer in Upshur County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hearth Guard or Shield.
Patent for a new and improved fireplace cover. This design consists in a "hearth guard or shield, the same consisting of a rectangular plate of sheet metal cut out to form the inside openings of different size, and bent at right angles at the point where the smaller opening in the vertical or upright part opens into the larger opening in the horizontal part, thereby forming projections or inside shoulders having notches adapted to be bent to fit the sides of the grate" (lines 64-73).
Date:
April 7, 1885
Creator:
Sanders, William Jefferson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mole Trap.
Patent for a new and improved mole trap. This design "relates to mole-traps, and to that class of the same which are placed above the mole-hill and communicate with the hole therein, so that the passage of the mole through the latter will actuate the trap to impale the mole in the usual manner" (lines 9-14).
Date:
July 7, 1885
Creator:
Payne, David, Hinsley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cotton Plows.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists, "with the plow-stock provided with a staple near the lower end of the standard, having an opening formed with a series of parallel sides, and a staple on the beam . . . consisting of a series of bails of the fender-plate rigidly secured to the rod, the lower end of said rod being formed in cross-section of a series of parallel sides, said end adapted to fit and be adjusted in said staple, the upper end of the rod being adapted to be adjusted in any one of the bails of the staple" (lines 7-18).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Collier, Johnathan T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Dam.
Patent for a new and improved portable dam. This design "consists in the combination of the timbers which form the dam, the vertical uprights between which the timbers are place, the braces which support the dam in an upright position, the rider placed upon the braces, the wires, and the hooks to which the wires are fastened" (lines 13-19).
Date:
January 7, 1890
Creator:
Williams, Stephen P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he slide for shovel-plows, consisting of two members having enlargements at their ends, provided with radial notches, the upper member being provided with a longitudinal slot, and a pivot-pin inserted through the enlargements of the members" (lines 62-67).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Mason, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupler having a hook formed thereon . . . an open recess in the rear thereof, pins or projecting supports adjacent to the recess . . . a trigger pivoted to the coupler and projecting beyond the hook, so as to support the link . . . independent of the coupler and adapted to pass over the hook" (lines 64-75).
Date:
August 12, 1890
Creator:
Richardson, Samuel T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History