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- Bolt-Holder.
- Patent for improvements in bolt-holders by “providing a combined bolt-holder and screw-driver…. in which the hook or engaging member is quickly and conveniently adjustable to any angle to allow the tool to be employed in various positions to engage bolts set.” (Lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
- Artificial Stone.
- Patent for a process of manufacturing artificial stone in which “it will not cracked by reason of exposure and which may be readily engraved, impressed or otherwise marked to form letters, characters, emblems and etc….” (Lines 16-20). No illustration.
- Gage for Plows.
- Patent for a new type of gage for a running plow, that can be adjusted for a specific depth
- Combination-Tool.
- Patent for a new and useful combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for new improvements in cotton choppers which allows them to be durable and strong, yet flexible with adjustable parts to accommodate soil and growth conditions including instructions and illustrations.
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in ant-traps.
- PENCIL HOLDER
- Patent for a pencil holder that may be attached to a garment.
- Bedstead Brace.
- Patent for a new and useful bedstead-brace. "This invention is an improved construction of bedstead-brace, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device which can be applied to any and all beds" (line 7-11).
- Churning Machine.
- Patent for a churning machine that includes illustration and description of machine parts.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for improvements to a baling press, making it "simple, inexpensive, durable, and highly-efficient" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
- Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail Environmental Impact Statement: Limestone County
- Map of Limestone County depicting the route of a proposed high-speed railroad connecting Dallas and Houston.
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a tank of water to be buried in the ground and a collar of cheap material to be attached to the tank and placed over the mouth of an anthill. The concave nature of the collar prevents ants from climbing out of it, so they are forced into the water tank, where they drown; the design is cheaper and less toxic than previous designs.
- Buckle.
- Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design "is composed of two parts, the upper end forming what may be termed a 'buckle proper,' to secure the end of a strap, and the lower ends formed into curved portions which fit one within the other and constructed to interlock, so that the lower end is adapted to catch a chain, bit, or other device which it is desired to connect a strap to, the . . . parts forming a hinge, whereby they can be turned one upon the other and separated entirely, or at their upper ends to allow the adjustment of the strap secured thereto" (lines 18-30).
- Bevel.
- Patent for "bevel-squares adapted to be converted into a try-square through the medium of a pivoted and adjustable blade." (Lines 13-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for a "trap designed to be placed around an ant-hill and adapted to capture ants leaving or returning to the ant-hill." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "the combination of two sliding draw-heads, each provided with a shank having coiled around it a spring and a nut secured thereto, an upper sliding supporting-plate for the pin, having a tripping device, a lower sliding supporting-plate for the link, having a catch, a latch with a trip-arm for holding and releasing said plate, and a spring for drawing it back to its normal position" (lines 11-20).
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a new baling press design with description of parts and their functions, with illustrations.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an axle, a frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally in the frame, radial arms mounted on the said shaft, gear connecting the said shaft with the axle, rectangular blades secured upon the ends of the said arms, the said blades being set diagonally, making their side edges parallel with the spiral path of the arms . . . and one blade being narrower than the others . . . whereby each blade will exactly coincide with the spiral path of its motion and stands will be left uncut at equal intervals" (lines 24-36).
- Churn.
- Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective combined churn motor and dasher that continuously and smoothly circulates cream. It has a large wheel the operator turns, which is connected through a series of pulleys to the dasher. A large frame holds the parts in place.
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for an ant-trap with an inflexible bottom with a hole in the middle, a perpendicular section rough on the inside and smooth on the outside, and the perpendicular smooth sides are attached to the edges of the bottom. The trap has a device that prevents the ants from running around the trap.
- Animal-Poke.
- Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.
- Cotton-Bag Carrier.
- Patent for improved cotton sack carrier: "the object of the present invention is to provide a device whereby cotton sacks may be conveniently carried during the picking of cotton from one portion of the field to another without wearing the sack and with convenience to the picker" (lines 10-15).
- Combined Seed Planter and Guano Distributer.
- Patent for a new and improved planter and fertilizer distributor. This design "consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, whereby the machine can be readily attached to and removed from a cultivator of any suitable description and used for planting seeds of different kinds and distributing guano at the same time that the seeds are being planted" (lines 15-22).
- Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "the frame, the axle having drive-wheels, and a bevel-gear in combination with the longitudinally-sliding gear-shaft having [a] short crank on its rear end, the bar, the longitudinal rock-shaft in rear of and above the shaft and having the long crank, the handle depending from the rear-end of the rock-shaft, and the opposite chopping-hoes" (lines 27-35).
- Apparatus for Handling Seed Cotton.
- Patent for cotton house with bins and conveyors that prevent the cotton from being contaminated.
- Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
- Patent for a "mechanism for handling seed-cotton [...] to provide novel means for conveying said cotton directly from the wagon or from the cotton-house to the ginning mechanism, whereby the cotton is cleansed and dried during its passage" (lines 7-13). It also helps to prevent fires and contamination of ginned cotton, and to reduce labor handling seed-cotton.
- Advertising Device.
- Patent for a new and improved advertising sign. This design "consist[s] in the fixed staff or upright having pulley, bent rotary vane having the opening, and adapted for the display of advertisements, inside [the] bent rotary vane, and the governor adapted to regulate automatically the speed at which the vanes are to revolve" (lines 68-80).
- Churn Power.
- Patent for a new and improved motorized butter churn. This design utilizes paralleled uprights, shafts, through-holes, screw-holes, a crank, pit-men, and a cross-head (lines 85-92). This combination and arrangement of parts allows rotary motion to be converted to reciprocal motion, which improves the churning process.
- Animal Power.
- Patent for a new and improved animal power (engine). This design "consists in an animal-power constructed with a small wheel placed loosely upon a stationary upright shaft, and connected by hinges with the inner ends of arms and sweeps attached to the main wheel, which is mounted upon caster-wheels to support the weight of the wheel and its attachments. . . . The object of this invention is to economize power and promote convenience" (lines 16-25).
- Attachment for Cultivators.
- Patent for a wheel-cultivator that attaches to planters or plows. It provides "means whereby a planter or a plow-beam carrying any desired cultivating implement can be attached to the frame of a riding or wheel cultivator frame, and thus enable the cultivator-frame to be applied to uses other than that for which it was intended" (lines 25-30).
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1049
- Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Authority of Limestone County to enter into the submitted proposed contracts with certain coil conservation districts, et al.
- Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-6410
- Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification;Maximum compensation allowed by law to the County auditor for limestone county.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Robertson County, Block 1
- Parent map for Robertson County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Falls County, Index
- Index map for Falls County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:95,603.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Block 2
- Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Falls County, Block 12
- Parent map for Falls County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Navarro County, Block 25
- Parent map for Navarro County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Falls County, Block 2
- Parent map for Falls County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Navarro County, Index
- Index map for Navarro County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:133,843.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Inset B01
- Inset map for Limestone County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: McLennan County, Block 24
- Parent map for McLennan County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Inset B03
- Inset map for Limestone County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Inset B04
- Inset map for Limestone County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:5,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Hill County, Block 20
- Parent map for Hill County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:20,000.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: McLennan County, Block 33
- Parent map for McLennan County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:12,500.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Block 12
- Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
- 2000 Census County Block Map: Limestone County, Block 1
- Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.
- 1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Robertson County, Index
- Index map for Robertson County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:101,090.
- 1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Limestone County, Block 5
- Parent map for Limestone County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:24,000.