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La Salle County

Description: Blueline format of survey of La Salle County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the back of the map. No scale information given.
Date: 1879
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

La Salle County

Description: Survey map of La Salle County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: September 1923
Creator: Giles, J. Bascom & Atlee, Tom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Crate

Description: Patent for a cylindrical crate. Illustration included.
Date: September 14, 1909
Creator: Burwell, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow

Description: Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Goldtrap, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas: Fowlerton Quadrangle: Grid Zone "D"

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Fowlerton, Texas, showing roads and highways, ranches and farms, towns, water bodies, boundaries, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1956
Creator: Lukesh, G. R.; Rehberg, A. & Barr, J. L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Combined Hatchet and Wire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a device that operates as a hatchet and as a wire-twisting device, so that "slack may be taken up in fence-wires as fast as it occurs" (lines 11-12). The wire-tightener is two triangles stick out from the side of the hatchet, where the operator can pinch the wire.
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Keck, Edgar A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Tool.

Description: Patent for "a simple and effective tool designed especially for wire-fence working and combining in a single implement a hatchet, nail-claw, staple-puller, wire kinker or twister, and wire-cutter." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rod-Coupling Device.

Description: Patent for a rod-coupling device, "to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for the pump plunger-rods of windmills and the like" (lines 12-15). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Ponkney, August C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weight-Motor.

Description: Patent for invention of a machine in which reciprocating motion is converted in to rotary motion with more power. In this invention maximum propelling force is obtained without excessive energy.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Martinez, Norberto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transmission Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a transmission mechanism "in which a minimum number of parts is employed and the working thereof is uniform, steady, and without lost motion" (lines 16-18). Additional benefits are "simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, and which is strong and durable and may be manufactured at small cost" (lines 21-24).
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Martinez, Norberto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transmission mechanism

Description: Patent for transmission mechanism of which minimum number of parts are working with uniform force and with multiplied power and without decreasing the strength and durability.
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: Martinez, Norberto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transmission Mechanism

Description: Patent for a transmission mechanism that converts motion into power to increase the efficiency of the device.
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: Martinez, Norberto & Wahrenberger, Theophilus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas: Artesia Wells Quadrangle

Description: Topographic quadrangle map of Artesia Wells, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing boundaries, water bodies, marshes, roads, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. The back of the map features a short introduction to the series of standardized maps to be published by the United States Geological Survey, of which this map is a part. Under the introduction is a collection of standard symbols that will be used in future maps, including culture, relief, and … more
Date: 1925
Creator: Goodlove, C. W.; Reineck, R. H. & Hill, E. B.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Heel for Boots and Shoes.

Description: Patent for a new and improved heel for boots and shoes. This design is for a hollow heel of malleable metal (e.g., iron) to be filled with some cheaper material (e.g., wood). This design represents an improvement over previous heels with its cheaper production cost and greater durability.
Date: November 7, 1882
Creator: Dranley, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General Soil Map, La Salle County, Texas

Description: Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, power transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1988
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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