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Tyler County

Description: Cadastral map of Tyler County in the Piney Woods region. Several features are marked including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1882
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Bed Stay.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 6, 1887
Creator: Bethea, Cade
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed Stay.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design "consist[s] of wires doubled at their center parts and twisted . . . to form loops . . . and diverged from said twisted parts and attached to the corner portions of the bedstead, and a tension and locking device consisting of a straining-lever fulcrumed to one of the loops and adapted to lock thereon and engaging the other loop" (lines 90-97).
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Bethea, Cade
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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