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Cottle County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Cottle County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1908
Creator: Russell, F. D. & Terrell, O. O.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a new cotton chopper allowing for continuous operation while raising or lowering the device and without requiring additional strain from draft animals during operation, including illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Hickson, Aaron L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Wagon Yard and Jail]

Description: Photograph of O.K. Wagon Yard and Paducah's first jail. The note on the back of the photograph reads, "First jail and the OK wagon yard; sat on N.E. corner square. The jail was built in 1894 from rock brought from “Talkin’ John” Creek. The building and the jail furnished an income for workmen during the drought years that followed the organization of the county in 1892. The ruins of the old jail went into the foundation of our present-day Veterans Building."
Date: unknown
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Event on Courthouse Steps]

Description: Photograph of a group of men on the Paducah's courthouse steps. The man on the far left is holding a microphone and the two men on the right are holding a sweater. The note on the back of the photograph reads, “Left to right: Hubert Lee, Rev. W.E. Wilbur (First Christian minister), Roy Jones county attorney, Price Sandlin Paducah Fire Chief." The doors on the courthouse have now been refurbished.
Date: unknown
Partner: Midwestern State University

Stalk-Cutter

Description: Patent for an improved stalk cutter that are in connection with plows and other similar machinery to improve their efficiency.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Currie, Joseph S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spindle-Upsetting Device

Description: Patent for a spindle-upsetting device designed to stave up the spindle of a vehicle axle for the purpose of restoration. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Blake, Samuel L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence.

Description: Patent for improvements in wire fences: "the invention residing particularly in the mechanism for tightening the linewires of the fence and in an improved stay for preventing the sagging of said linewires" (lines 12-15)
Date: October 12, 1897
Creator: Bohner, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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