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[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, April 25, 1865]

Description: Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara describing a recent purchase he made for gifts for her and the family. He also discusses his personal finances and requests that she assist him in tailoring a uniform. He also includes his shopping list, which describes each item and it's cost.
Date: April 25, 1865
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[News Clip: Parimutuel Series #1]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 4, 1983
Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, April 25, 1865]

Description: Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara describing a recent purchase he made for gifts for her and the family. He also discusses his personal finances and requests that she assist him in tailoring a uniform. He also includes his shopping list, which describes each item and it's cost.
Date: April 25, 1865
Creator: Fentress, David
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Mounted Patrolmen

Description: Photograph of seventeen mounted patrolmen. The two men on either end are holding flags, one is an American flag. All of the men are wearing identical uniforms including dark hats with insignia on them. The horses they are seated on are all light in color. In the background are tall trees.
Date: April 1963
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Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Mounted Patrolmen

Description: Photograph of seventeen mounted patrolmen. The two men on either end are holding flags, one is an American flag. All of the men are wearing identical uniforms including dark hats with insignia on them. The horses they are seated on are all light in color. In the background are tall trees.
Date: April 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Tools of the cowboy on Edwards' fence]

Description: Photograph of a group of cowboy items on Edwards' fence. Clockwise: blanket, cowboy hat, cowboy saddle with blanket, and cowboy boots resting on a bale of hay. All of the items are leaning against a tall fence. A local farm is behind the items.
Date: April 1971
Creator: Edwards, Janet
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Partner: Marfa Public Library

Trace-Fastener

Description: Patent for a trace fastener for whippletrees. This is a device that "provide[s] a simple, efficient, reliable fastener which will when in use, at all times and under all circumstances, hold the trace in connection with the end of the whiffletree [sic] and which will prevent undue wear on the cockeye or hole in the end of the trace." (Lines 9-16)
Date: April 2, 1901
Creator: Nichols, Charlie M. & Burnett, Charles M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Tongue-Support.

Description: Patent for improvements to tongue supports. "One object of the present invention is to improve the construction of tongue-supports and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device designed to be connected with the ends of a doubletree and with the front axle and capable of supporting the front portion of the tongue or pole in an elevated position to relieve the neck of the draft- animals of the weight of the same" (lines 10-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1900
Creator: Brewer, Samuel H.
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Stirrup.

Description: Patent for a light and durable stirrup that can be used in light and heavy saddles and has an improved construction.
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Hame-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a simple device meant for securing a pair of hames on a harness collar, including illustrations.
Date: April 4, 1916
Creator: Risk, Maurice E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Whip Handle

Description: Patent for a whip handle. This invention applies to the repair of harness. Illustration included.
Date: April 25, 1905
Creator: Boeselt, Reinhold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Riding-Saddle.

Description: Patent for a ridding-saddle that is an improvement previously granted to Jesse D. Padgitt (No. 540,940). The improvements include increasing the strength to the flexible rear portion of the saddle. The first patent was for a saddle "distinguished by a tree or frame formed of a short rigid fork and a flexible body or rear portion, including a seat and cantle, constructed of leather or other suitable flexible material" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 28, 1896
Creator: Padgitt, William C. & Padgitt, Jesse D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Horse Detacher

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse detacher which allows the driver to unhitch a horse without exiting the carriage or wagon, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Carter, William Otis
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Horse-Releaser.

Description: Patent for a horse releaser constructed so that the shafts may be released when it is desired to detach a horse from a vehicle. It also provides an improved means of holding the shafts in place and preventing them from moving when it is not desired to release the shafts.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Harris, Crawford & Harris, Eligah
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Cart-Saddle

Description: Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
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Bridle and Bit.

Description: Patent for improvements to Bridles and Bits, specifically what are known as stranglers, used to easily gain control over an animal by exerting pressure on its nose, operated by a slight pull on the auxiliary reins. This patent also provides for a device which activates the strangler when the driver releases it and the animal steps on it.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Hentschel, Andrew J.
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Buckle-Hook.

Description: Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Reid, William W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Checkrein Attachment

Description: Patent for checkrein attachment. This invention is intended for use with harnessed horses. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Clary, John A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
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Buckle.

Description: Patent for a buckle "wherein a closed frame or box is employed that is formed with a smooth exterior surface to avoid contact with and injury to the animals on which it is used, and prevent the reins from contacting therewith, and dispensing with the use of a guard thereover; and at the same time producing a secure fastening that is applied to straps without the necessity of the employment of stitches or other modes of fastening" (lines 9-18).
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Monday, Robert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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