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Hale County

Description: Survey map of Hale County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: May 1879
Creator: Stakemann, M.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Hale Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Hale County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1900
Creator: Twichell, W. D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Corn Harvesting Machine

Description: Patent for a corn harvesting machine. "This invention relates to corn-harvesting machines of that class which are provided with cutting apparatus for severing stalks, with carrying apparatus for conveying the stalks in a standing or upright position to the point of discharge, with binding apparatus for tying the stalks into bundles" (lines 8-14). Illustration included.
Date: October 23, 1906
Creator: Tilson, William Henderson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clutch and Transmission Device.

Description: Patent for a clutch and transmission device for automobiles that "is simple, compact and inexpensive in construction, and which is thoroughly practical, reliable and efficient in use." (lines 31-33), including illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hubbard, Adra M. & Hubbard, Oscar M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Oral History Interview with Irene Favila, June 30, 2016

Description: Irene Favila was raised in Lockney, Texas. As a child and teenager, Favila’s family would migrate to Kansas and Colorado during the summers to work in agricultural fields. After graduating from high school, Favila did not attend college—being discouraged by school officials—and entered the workforce. She then entered court reporting school in Plainview, Texas and worked as a court reporter in Amarillo, Texas—perhaps becoming the first Mexican American court reporter in the Texas Panhandle. Favi… more
Date: June 30, 2016
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Favila, Irene & Zapata, Joel
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library

Cow-Yoke.

Description: Patent for a cow-yoke "comprising a yoke formed in sections pivoted one to the other" with spurs included (inwardly) at the ends of these pivoted sections to "prevent the animal from poking his head through a wire fence".
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Parker, Abbot S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hale County

Description: Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hale County, Texas. The center of Hale County is marked on map. The North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River is also shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Analytical Study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Hale County, Texas: Projections of Saturated Thickness, Volume of Water in Storage, Pumpage Rates, Pumping Lifts, and Well Yields

Description: Analytical study of the Ogallala Aquifer in Lamb County, Texas detailing the geology and hydrology of the aquifer, and discussing the potential yield from the aquifer.
Date: February 1976
Creator: Wyatt, A. Wayne; Bell, Ann E. & Morrison, Shelly
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination-Tool.

Description: Patent for a novel combination tool used to construct and maintain wire fencing, including design modifications that encompass the ability to stretch and tie wires without the need for an additional tool, including illustrations.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Matsler, Columbus U.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Traction-Engine.

Description: Patent for improvements on traction-engines to make steering easier especially around short curves, and to decrease the amount of "dead weight" (line 21) of the machine overall.
Date: June 9, 1914
Creator: Cox, Oscar McGruder
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Traction-Engine

Description: Patent for a traction engine that has a unique assemblage of the frame and body making it most efficient.
Date: January 13, 1914
Creator: Claitor, Lilburn S. & Mahagan, Ross C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milo-Maize and Kafir Corn Header

Description: Patent for a corn header that uses vertically adjustable heading devices that allows for some flexibility of the heading device with one of the ground wheels of the machine.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Jackson, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Traction-Engine

Description: Patent for a traction engine with more power in the driving shaft and reduced wasted space in the design.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Cox, Oscar McGruder
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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