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[Caldwell and Surrounding Counties: Texas]

Description: Road map of portions of Blanco, Hays, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Fayette, Washington, Colorado, Lavaca, and Gonzales Counties, showing towns, roads, railroads, mountains, post offices, rivers, creek, and springs. No scale information given.
Date: unknown
Creator: Luer, A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 547.
Date: 1956
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 73, July 1969 - April, 1970

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 578.
Date: 1970
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 78, July 1974 - April, 1975

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 499.
Date: 1974/1975
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 95, July 1991 - April, 1992

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 569.
Date: 1992
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Boy Learns About Driving Railroad Spikes]

Description: Slide of the Transportation Museum of San Antonio area at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are two boys present, one of whom is holding a tool that he is using to drive railroad spikes into a section of railroad behind the boys. There are two men to the right of the boys, one of whom is overseeing the boys.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 75, July 1971 - April, 1972

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 533.
Date: 1972
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 85, July 1981 - April, 1982

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 477.
Date: 1981/1982
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Bexar County

Description: Map of Bexar County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1878
Creator: Groos, Otto
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Railroad-Tie.

Description: Patent for "improvements in railroad ties [...] which will prevent the rail from spreading, sinking, or creeping" (lines 13-16). It also "is the provision of a tie in which the resilient qualities of the old type of wood tie are retained and combined with the advantages which are present in the use of a metallic tie" (lines 17-21), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Shearer, Frederick C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Placing Torpedoes.

Description: Patent for "a device especially adapted for placing torpedoes on railroad tracks and at the same time fixing the torpedo in position, the work being accomplished in a simple and expeditious manner while the train is in motion, whereby one train following another may be signaled without stopping the first train, thus preventing rear end collisions." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 23, 1895
Creator: Seamands, James D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway Switch.

Description: Patent for a railway switch to be operated by foot and without structural change to existing construction.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Arteaga, Ignacio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car-brake

Description: Patent for a car-brake that improves the ability of a train to stop its forward motion.
Date: December 29, 1900
Creator: Wise, Harry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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