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McCulloch County.

Map shows early twentieth century McCulloch County, Texas landowners, land grants, railroads, towns, and notable physical features. Includes handwritten annotations showing petroleum prospecting activity. Scale [1:66,667].

Date: 1904

Creator: Texas. General Land Office.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Handwritten Notes Relating to the Abilene & Southern Railway]

Four pages of handwritten notes discussing the Abilene and Southern Railway.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: May Ha[..] Joint Track]

Newspaper clipping discussing a railroad near Brady Texas. The clipping begins with "To the News" and is labelled "Brady, Tex. Feb. 10." The is a note written over the printed text.

Date: 19XX-02-10

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photographs of Railroad Construction]

Two photographs of railroad workers laying track in the East Sweden area while being observed by local residents. Both photographs demonstrate the use of a pulley system in properly aligning the rails.

Date: 1903

Creator: Hurd, Bobby

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McCulloch County Historical Commission

Tie.

Patent for a railway tie that has a stronger attachment to the rails than other models.

Date: December 26, 1911

Creator: Wade, James T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint

Patent for a rail joint that provides a rest for rail ties and extends splice bars which may also be connected to the rest. The resulting rail joint limits unequal lateral and downward movement of either rail end, illustrations included.

Date: December 30, 1919

Creator: Sheppard, Robert B.