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Wilson County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Wilson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of Gonzales Road, the LaBahla Road, and Seguin Ranch Trace. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: Matzow, Fr & Giles, J. Bascom
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Young School Children]

Description: Photograph of the children of the 1923-1924 school year outside the Dewees School in Wilson County, Texas. The teacher, who sits in the center of the middle row, is identified as Ada Warren.
Date: [1923..1924]
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Floresville Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:48000
Date: 1927
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.12 -98.12
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll Weevil Catcher

Description: The objective of the invention is to improve to catching and destroying boll weevils with a device that is easily attached to a cultivator. This device includes "receptacles filled with an insect destroying liquid." (lines 23-24).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Ploch, Alex
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Crossing Signal.

Description: Patent for a railroad crossing signal. The device is created so that the highway signal can be automatically raised or lowered at the crossing by a passing train.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Ridout, Horace J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Description: Patent for improvements in liquid fuel burners that can handle intense heat and can be mass-produced.
Date: September 27, 1921
Creator: Hosek, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wilson County.

Description: 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: 1921
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Floresville 1922 Sheet 8

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 5

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 3

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 6

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 4

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Floresville 1922 Sheet 7

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Floresville in Wilson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1922
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Woman and Children on Bridge]

Description: Photograph of two children and a woman, identified as Gertrude Tewes Toney, Gene Tewes, and Lydia Tewes, standing next to a car on the La Vernia High Bridge over the Cibolo Creek in La Vernia, Texas.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Reams, Ottilie Tewes
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society

Third Street Floresville

Description: Original dirt road leading into the downtown area of Floresville, Texas. This is Third Street heading east toward the county courthouse. In the photo is a Now Open sign for the newly constructed filling station. The courthouse bell tower and be seen in the background.
Date: 1920
Partner: Wilson County Historical Society
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