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- Cass County
- Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Cass County
- Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Cass County
- Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- [Titus County]
- Cadastral map of a portion of the Piney Woods region covering Titus, Cass, Morris and Marion County, Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Millstone-Dress.
- Patent for millstone dress using mill stone.
- Cass County
- Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for improved plow-stock applying multiple plow-irons to the same plow-frame.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for the invention of a new and improved type of adjustable plow, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Portable Fences.
- Patent for portable fencing with sections that can be connected and set up in a particular area, or removed and put elsewhere at will.
- Cass County
- Cadastral map of Cass County in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for a new and improved turn-plow which "consists in several features of improvement, by which the preparation and tillage of soil may be done at less the usual expense, and more than the usual convenience to the farmer." (lines 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for an improvement to cotton presses, including an illustration.
- Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for a new and improved construction and combination of parts used by machines that convert either into a cotton or corn planter, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.
- Patent for an improvement in the construction of cotton-scrapers, "which is secured to the stock or standard so as to project out to one side of the cultivator-shovel" (lines 14-16) including illustrations.
- [Mathews-Powell House]
- Photograph of the Mathews-Powell House (located at Miller Street) in Queen City, Texas.
- Saw Mill Dog.
- Patent for a new and improved saw mill dog. This design "is an improvement in the class of dogging apparatus which is affixed to one of the knees of a head-block of the log-carriage" (lines 8-11). The improvement consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, specifically "the notched dog and adjustable slotted drop-catch with the slotted moveable dog-bar and base-stand" (lines 77-79).
- Cotton Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "consists in the combination of a front pair of scraping-wings attached to a central furrow-opener, a revolving biconical wheel for pressing open the furrow and operating a toothed or spiked seed stirring and distributing shaft, and a rear covering-roller having a concave periphery" (lines 18-24).
- Car Coupler.
- Patent for a new and improver coupler for railroad cars. This design "consists, first, in a transversely-arranged bar supported by suitable hangers secured to the end of the car a suitable distance above the draw-bar, each end of said transverse bar being provided with hand-wheels having a notch on their outer periphery, with which engage weighed pawls suitably pivoted to the side of the car; secondly, in an arm extending from said transverse bar for supporting the link" (lines 22-31).
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design is of a metal band with several slots, so that the accompanying metal button can pass through any two overlapping slots, securing the bale within the band.
- Indicator for Scales.
- Patent for a new and improved indicator for scales. This design "consists in a weighted rocker and indicating-arm combined with a scale-beam for operation thereby . . . [it has] for [its] object to dispense with the slides heretofore used and provide for an automatic indication of weight" (lines 8-14).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a lever pivoted in the front of the top of the draw-head and provided at its outer end with an aperture, through which the coupling-pin is passed into the aperture in the draw-head, below which lever another lever is pivoted, hanging vertically across the front-opening of the draw-head, and provided at the upper part of its inner edge with a projection, so that when the coupling-link pushes the lower lever inward the upper lever and the pin are raised, and drop as soon as the link has passed into the draw-head" (lines 10-21).
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for an improved car coupling, including illustrations. "This invention relates to an improvement to car coupling, having for its object to effect the coupling of cars with facility and without danger to the operator, the coupling operation being performed automatically, and without requiring the passing of the operator between the cars" (lines 10-15).
- Burglar Alarm.
- Patent for a new and improved burglar alarm. This design "consists in the combination of the lock-frame with a pivoted plate which is connected to it at one end, and which plate carries the nipple to receive the catch, and is provided with sharp points to catch in the jamb of the door, with a sidewise-moving trigger, which is operated by the door, and a set-screw for securing the lock-plate in position upon the door" (lines 13-21).
- The Cass County Sun. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 31, 1883
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- Combined Cotton, Corn,and Pea Planter and Fertilizer Distributer
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Combined Mowers and Seed Planter"(lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
- Cass County
- Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. The center of Cass County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Mixture For Fish-Baits.
- Patent for a coating for fish-bait of any kind which includes ingredients and instructions. The ingredients are water, asafeotida {(foul smelling gum resin from the root of several species of Ferula, a perennial herb) see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459456/}, oil of anise, and honey.
- Queen City 1885 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Queen City in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Signal Valve for Boilers.
- Patent for a new and improved signal valve for boilers. This design "consists in the combination, with a check-valve, of the ordinary construction, which is adapted to operate in connection with an inspirator, injector, or jet-pump, such as are commonly employed for feeding steam-boilers, of a signal-valve which is located above the check-valve, and which signal-valve, when the check-valve ceases to operate, is caused to open by the backward pressure of the steam from the boiler, permitting the escape of said steam, and thereby indicating that the feeder is not operating" (lines 14-26).
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to a car-coupling constructed with draw-heads having stationary hooks and recesses in their sides, and provided with pivoted hooks held in place by springs, and provided with a trip plate and lever, and with chains and a lever, whereby the cars will couple themselves when run together, can be readily uncoupled, will uncouple themselves when thrown from the track, and can be prevented from coupling when run together" (lines 23-32).
- Atlanta 1885 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Dress-Chart.
- Patent for dress-chart, with illustrations. The purpose of this dress-chart relating to "pattern charts for cutting any and all garments" regardless of man, woman, or child (lines 9-11).
- Pump for Oil Cans, &c.
- Patent for a new and improved pump for oil cans. This design "especially relates to means for holding a pump cylinder or barrel within the cask or can, and preventing oil from escaping through the aperture or opening through which the cylinder passes; and to these ends it consists of the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts" (lines 20-26).
- Steam-Engine
- Patent for "a new and improved steam-engine, in which the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized," (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
- Steam Engine
- Patent for an "new and improved steam-engine in which a dead center position is obviated and the pressure of the live steam is completely and very advantageously utilized" (line 7-11)
- Hoe.
- Patent for a new and improved hoe. This design consists in "[a] hoe having two blades, the upper blade having a straight cutting-edge projecting from the top of the main blade at an obtuse angle to the inner face of the lower blade and entirely within the plane thereof, and the shank" (lines 79-84).
- The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 51, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 29, 1889
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 6, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 5, 1889
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 26, 1889
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 26, 1889
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- The Linden Standard (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 17, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 23, 1889
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- Wagon Brake.
- Patent for a new and improved wagon-brake. This design consists "of a suitable support which is attached to the rear axle-tree, the brake which is pivoted to this support, the connecting-rod pivoted to the brake, and the operating lever pivoted upon a supporting bar which extends from one standard to the other . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a wagon-brake which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and by means of which the driver can instantly apply the brake with great power" (lines 14-25).
- Queen City 1890 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Queen City in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Queen City 1890 Sheet 2
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Queen City in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Lumber-Drier
- Patent for "means adapted to superheat steam and supply it to a drying-chamber, substantially" (lines 28-30).
- Linden Standard (Linden, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1890
- Weekly newspaper from Linden, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
- Atlanta 1890 Sheet 1
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Atlanta 1890 Sheet 2
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Atlanta 1890 Sheet 3
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
- Atlanta 1890 Sheet 4
- Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.