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[Bond from R. T. Foster and J. A. Formwatt to R. S. Maxwell, July 6, 1872]

Bond describing a debt owed by R. T. Foster J. A. Formwatt to Henry Maxwell in the amount of $1,500 and due by September 1, 1875. Seven blue ten cent stamps and one red five cent stamp are glued to the bottom of the note.

Date: July 6, 1872

Creator: Foster, R. T. & Formwatt, J. A.

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[Lawsuit: Randle vs. Lazenberry filed in Hood County, October 26 1872]

Document concerning a lawsuit and petition involving John H. Randle and H. Lazenbery. The document was created by P.F. Williams, attorney for the petition. The document was dated October 26, 1872

Date: October 26, 1872

Creator: Williams, P.F.

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks, July 5 1877]

Letter from Henry Strong to M.L. Parks. The letter is dated July 5, 1877.

Date: July 5, 1877

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877]

This document is a record of the sale of 39 acres of land, for fifty dollars, from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard. The main document was signed by John H. Traylor and the attached document was signed by clerk J.R. Morris.

Date: July 14, 1877

Creator: Traylor, John H.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and forty-five cents and was signed by Jno H. Traylor. The receipt is dated March, 1878.

Date: March 1878

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks, July 8 1879]

Tax receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of ten dollars and five cents.

Date: April 8, 1879

Creator: Traylor, J. H.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879]

Petition from the Attorneys Cooker and Estes to Judge T.L. Nugent. A Hood County Certificate of True Copy is attached to the document. The attached document was signed by clerk, T.P. Morgan. The document is dated October 1, 1879.

Date: October 1, 1879

Creator: Cooker and Estes

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

Spring Frame for Freight Cars.

Patent for new and improved springs for transportation. This design provides "vehicles for the transportation of merchandise . . . with an interior spring-padding, and in some cases with intermediate elastic floors or partitions, by which injury to the load, by jolting while in transit, shall be prevented, and which shall further conduce to the preservation of fruits and other merchandise of a like perishable nature" (lines 22-30).

Date: December 14, 1880

Creator: Shirley, Joseph J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Deed from Edward H. Fleming to Hartsford Howard, April 12 1882]

Deed from Edward H. Fleming to Hartsford Howard. The witness was clerk, James Hines.

Date: April 12, 1882

Creator: Fleming, Edward H.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Tax receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1882, July 6 1883]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1882 in the amount of six dollars and forty cents. The original grantee was R.W. Boyce. The document is signed by the collector H.A. McDowell.

Date: July 6, 1883

Creator: McDowell, H.A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for 1883, December 15 1883]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1883 in the amount of nine dollars and seven cents. The original grantee was R.W. Boyce. The document is signed by the collector H.A. McDowell.

Date: December 15, 1883

Creator: McDowell, H.A.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, November 19 1885]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the amount of eleven dollars and sixty-seven cents. The document was signed by B.W. Morris.

Date: November 19, 1885

Item Type: Text

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Ventilator.

Patent for a new and improved ventilator. This design consists in "[t]he improved combined flue and ventilator . . . consisting of an outer casing surmounted by a cap and provided with a central flue, funnels hinged to the outer casing and provided with flexible connections for elevating the same, and means for conducting the air downward from said funnels" (lines 8-15).

Date: April 27, 1886

Creator: Shanley, Michael H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks]

Hood County Payment Receipt for Milton Parks for the amount of ninety-three dollars and fifty nine cents. The document required Parks to pay one-hundred and eighty-two dollars by November 1, 1886. The document is dated July 13, 1886.

Date: July 13, 1886

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 10 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of eleven dollars and seventy cents for the year 1887.

Date: July 13, 1886

Creator: Morris, B.W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, February 19 1887]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of sixteen dollars and fifteen cents for the year 1886.

Date: February 19, 1887

Creator: Morris, B.W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village

Ant-Trap.

Patent for a new ant trap design using a conical shape and reservoirs for holding kerosene to destroy ants, including illustrations.

Date: March 20, 1888

Creator: Kell, Mathew

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for a new design and construction of kitchen cabinets.

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Shanley, Michael H.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Granbury Sheet

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 1:125000

Date: 1889

Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)

Item Type: Map

Location: 32.25 -97.75

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case

Patent for new and useful improvements to show cases.

Date: April 30, 1889

Creator: Fain, Emmet C. & Poston, George C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rack for Displaying Dry Goods

Patent for improvements in construction of racks for displaying dry goods.

Date: July 2, 1889

Creator: Fain, Emmet C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for "a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, and in which provision shall be made for the safe-keeping of all the materials and ingredients used in bread-making and in ordinary cooking as well as for pies, cakes, cold victuals and the like" (lines 9-15).

Date: July 9, 1889

Creator: Skipper, James Marion

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for improvements in the construction and operation of cotton choppers and cultivators.

Date: October 15, 1889

Creator: Hutto, George Washington

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 7 1889]

Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents for the year 1889. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.

Date: December 7, 1889

Item Type: Text

Partner: Log Cabin Village