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Lavaca County

Description: Map of Lavaca County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The Gonzales, Victoria, Colorado and Jackson District lines are marked on map. The road to Columbus, Texas is also marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1884
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Well Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a new and improved well cleaner. This design "is to provide a simple instrument by which wells can be cleaned out without descending into them. It is well known that much danger exists in descending into foul wells on account of the poisonous gases often collected near the bottom of the same" (lines 20-26).
Date: October 7, 1884
Creator: Neitsche, Frederick Theodor
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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