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Map of Briscoe County

Blue line print of survey map of Briscoe County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).

Date: 1902

Creator: Walker

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of Briscoe County.

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: 1901

Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Rail-Joint.

Patent for "a self-locking rail-joint of novel construction and which will preclude the use of bolts or analogous fastenings, the weight of the rails and their securement to the ties being sufficient to hold the parts of the clamp close against opposite sides of the rail ends." (lines 12-17), including illustrations.

Date: February 25, 1902

Creator: Stephens, Benjamin F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Patent for "the provision of a substantial and staff joint at a less expense than the ordinary joint including fish-plates and a series of bolts and which will obviate the use of chairs to support the ends of adjacent rails and bordering upon the joint" (lines 13-18).

Date: March 19, 1901

Creator: Stephens, Ammon I. & Stephens, Benjamin F.