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2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society "contains a sample of the research that members of the Society were doing at the turn of the millennium as represented at the 1998, 1999, and 2000 meetings." The volume covers "a wide variety of contemporary and historical topics," including baby lore, stories about notable women, stories about food and cooking, information about the Model T Ford, and more (inside front cover). The index begins on page 339.
Date: 2001
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Partner: UNT Press

Conveyer.

Description: Patent for the invention of a new conveyor, designed to simplify handling sacked grain.
Date: March 26, 1912
Creator: King, Marion A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a new improvement in cattle guards, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 4, 1899
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Axle

Description: Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Montgomery County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Montgomery County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes and hand drawn lines have been made on the published map to add railroad lines and roads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1901
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Montgomery County

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Montgomery County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Willke, H.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Apparatus for Baling Cotton.

Description: Patent for a cotton baling machine in which, it would provide a mechanism for baling the fiber in packages, for the ease of transporting and handling; and to prevent the loss of cotton or fiber in transporting from the gin to the baling-press. Illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Rembert, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Buncher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton buncher. This design utilizes a wheel that "is to press down the plants and weeds that are to be destroyed, so that the plows, whether used along with the wheel or afterward, will cover them up with fresh earth, and thus assist in destroying them, and at the same time cultivating the plants to be retained and facilitating the subsequent thinning process" (lines 62-68).
Date: January 16, 1883
Creator: Goodin, James Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General highway map Montgomery County Texas

Description: Map shows city boundaries, highways and roads, railroads, oil fields, structures and portions of the Sam Houston National Forest. Includes legend, key to counties, and population statistics. Scale not given.
Date: 1958
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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