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Motley County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Motley County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red pencil and appear to denote the addition of names and roads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1914
Creator: Ehlinger, L.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Matador Ranch Headquarters

Description: Photograph of the Matador Ranch Headquarters in 1901. The man on the platform who is fishing is Johnnie McBain, the ranch bookkeeper at that time. Standing next to McBain is Mrs. B.F. Harper and the other girl is Esther Cammack.
Date: 1901
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Washing Machine

Description: Patent for an improvement in washing machines that have a rocking cylinder or drum shaped agitator.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: McAnally, Marion L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collar.

Description: Patent for "collar for use in connection with draft animals to use the pulling effect of the load upon the shoulders of the animal" (lines 8-11) through a flexible construction, including illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Kennedy, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for a rail joint designed to prevent "longitudinal and lateral movements of the rails" (lines 14-15) as well as creeping by means of a new form of fish plate.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Winter, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Explosive-Engine.

Description: Patent for "an improved engine of the internal combustion type, in which the explosion occurs between two oppositely moving pistons arranged in a cylinder and connected with independent crank shafts." (lines 13-17). The engine also includes a new type of valve gear with mechanically triggered valves and an apparatus for the forced water cooling of the engine.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Cooper, Willis W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Ranch Work Collage]

Description: Series of four trimmed photographs mounted on a board, with white paint outlines and decorations around the photos. At the top, there is a rectangular photo of five mounted cowhands herding a loose group of cattle on an open plain; in the center are two oval-shaped photos including a makeshift corral of horses with several men standing or mounted outside the pen (left) and a pitched tent with a man seated in the shade next to it (right); at the bottom is another rectangular photo of cowhands, … more
Date: 1926
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Motley 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: 1914
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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