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Donley County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Donley County, Texas. The center of Donley County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1880
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Donley County

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Donley County, Texas. The center of Donley County is marked on map. Land shown on map is part of Fannin Land District. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: January 1882
Creator: Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jas. H. Parks (open access)

Jas. H. Parks

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized business name with text reading: "Surveyor, Land Agent and Civil Engineer"; "County Surveyor. Notary Public."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Donley County Courthouse]

Photograph of the Donley County Courthouse (located at Public Square: 3rd, Jefferson, 4th, Sully Streets) in Clarendon, Texas.
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Donley County Courthouse]

Photograph of the Donley County Courthouse (located at Public Square: 3rd, Jefferson, 4th, Sully Streets) in Clarendon, Texas.
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jas. H. Parks (open access)

Jas. H. Parks

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized business name with text reading: "Surveyor, Real Estate Agent and Civil Engineer. Notary Public. Pan Handle of Texas"; "Specialties, Ranch, County and Town Maps. Abstracts Made. Taxes Paid"; "Lands Bought or Sold"; "Surveys Made Officially," in lithographic print by Texas Pts. & Lith. Co. Fort Worth.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Morgan Bros. (open access)

Morgan Bros.

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes stylized text with business name, and text reading: "Dealers in All Kinds of Furniture. Carpets, Wall Paper, Shades, Curtains, Etc. Sewing Machines and Attachments. A Full Line of Coffins Always on Hand." Letterhead contains the names R. A. Morgan; G. F. Morgan.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clinometer or Slope Measurer. (open access)

Clinometer or Slope Measurer.

Patent for a new and improved clinometer. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for taking measurements in prismoidal formula and to avoid the calculation of the triangle and enable the slope to be readily written from the instrument" (lines 16-21). It "compris[es] the square composed of the stationary short bar or arm and the stationary long bar or arm rigidly secured to one side of the short arm or bar and provided on its face with a spirit-level and having a scale of graduations of which the length of the short bar or arm is the unit, the curved brace connecting the said parts" (lines 60-68).
Date: January 6, 1891
Creator: Parks, James Harvey
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Heater. (open access)

Tire-Heater.

Patent for improvements in tire-heater by using a tire box with a number of horizontal bars, tires are placed “into the front of the box and moved into correct position upon the horizontal bars without necessarily lifting the tires.” (Lines 29-32) Diverging arms are secured to the axis inside the tire box. Lamps are secured at the outer ends of the diverging arms. These diverging arms operate by a regulating crank which makes the lamps revolved beneath the tires, therefore heating the tires. Illustration is included.
Date: September 8, 1891
Creator: Parks, James H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
W. F. White, Surveyor of Donley Land District (open access)

W. F. White, Surveyor of Donley Land District

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs, stylized text with surveyor name, and text reading: "Office of Donley County. W. F. White, Surveyor of Donley Land District and Civil Engineer."
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Borchers (open access)

Hotel Borchers

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs with business name, and text reading: "European Plan."
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Replacer. (open access)

Car-Replacer.

Patent for "car-replacers or wrecking-frogs employed for guiding the wheels of a derailed car or locomotive to the rails." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 11, 1896
Creator: Hawkins, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
R. P. Tye, M. D (open access)

R. P. Tye, M. D

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Balanced-Valve Testing and Locking Device. (open access)

Balanced-Valve Testing and Locking Device.

Patent for "a simple testing and locking device for balanced valves of locomotives, the testing device being so placed with relation to the valve that it may be accurately determined whether the valve on one or the other side of the engine is leaking without removing the outer plates form the valve-casing or removing the covers from the steam-chest." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1897
Creator: Sadler, James Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
L. C.  Beverly, Dealer in Cattle (open access)

L. C. Beverly, Dealer in Cattle

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images, cattle illustration, and business name.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalogue (open access)

Catalogue

Catalog containing a school calendar, rules and regulations, curriculum, administration, faculty and list of students for the primary college-level school.
Date: 1900
Creator: Clarendon College and University Training School
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Guard. (open access)

Cattle-Guard.

Patent for a cattle-guard mounted on cross-ties and braces with exposed wires to permit identification of damaged wires and to be readily repaired without disturbing the remaining wires, which lists the parts for construction and illustration.
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Meador, Edgar T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle-Holder. (open access)

Cattle-Holder.

Patent for a cattle-holder, which provides the "novel means for confining cattle and holding them in an upright position against movement" (Lines 14-16).
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Terrell, Joseph E.; Terrell, William. & Montgomery, Franklin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Donley County

Blue line print of survey map of Donley County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Rath Trail. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1903
Creator: Walne, W. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Donley County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1903
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks (open access)

Valve or Cut-Off for Tanks

Patent for Valve or Cut-off for Tanks. Improved valve or cut-off for tanks especially discharge valves. Few parts, easy to assemble, easy to operate, intended for extended use.
Date: July 2, 1903
Creator: Leithauser, Peter Jerome; Leithauser, Peter J. & Leithauser, P. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Donley County [Texas].

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1904
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road Grader (open access)

Road Grader

Patent for a road grader. Illustration included.
Date: April 5, 1904
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboys Having Dinner at Unknown Ranch

Photograph of ten cowboys having dinner on a ranch near Clarendon, Texas in May 1904. Most of them sit on the ground to eat.
Date: May 1904
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History