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[Maps of South Dakota and Texas]

Description: Map shows Native American reservations, counties, cities and towns in South Dakota. Includes indices of counties, principal cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,224,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: Poates, L. L.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Jefferson County, Texas : showing topography and proposed division of the county into drainage districts with systems of ditches, channel improvements, and levees for each district.

Description: Map shows layout of cities, railroads, roads, irrigation canals, property boundaries, landowners, ferries, marshes, towns, and ranches; proposed channel improvements, district boundaries and numbers, ditches, levees, and pumping plants. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:72,400].
Date: 1914
Creator: United States Dept. of Agriculture
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Throckmorton Co.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1914
Creator: Pressler, Chas. W.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Stephens County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, railroads; Texan Emigration and Land Company tracts. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1914
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Maps of Alabama and Florida]

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Alabama counties, railroads, cities and towns. Florida canals are also indicated. Includes index to principal cities and statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,774,080].
Date: [1914..1919]
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The National Geographic Magazine Map of Alaska : showing latest explorations by U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Description: Map shows proposed and existing railroads, steamship lines, glaciers, volcanoes, telegraph and cable lines, postal routes, military reservations, settlements, missions, mining activity and mineral resources. Includes explanations. Inset: "Western Extension of Aleutian Islands." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 5,000,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate

Description: Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
Date: September 29, 1914
Creator: McCombs, Oliver A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pecos High Bridge

Description: Photograph of an elevated railroad leading up to a distant bridge. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Pecos High Bridge - 320 ft."
Date: March 28, 1914
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, October 1914

Description: List of firemen employed in the Smithville District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of October 1914. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: October 26, 1914
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Smithville District Seniority List: Firemen, March 1914

Description: List of firemen employed in the 11th District of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company South Texas Division as of March 1914. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first.
Date: March 26, 1914
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Railroad map of Ohio.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Ohio railroads, counties, cities, towns, canals, electric railways, coal lands, tunnels, and notable physical features; shipping routes on Lake Erie. Includes index. Scale [ca. 1:510,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: Railroad Commission of Ohio
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Weber's map of Glenn County, California : showing towns, steam and electric railroads, wagon and automobile roads, township and section lines, rivers, creeks, reclamation and irrigation districts, etc.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Glenn County, California township grid, roads, trails, railroads, electric and gas company lines, irrigation projects, reclamation districts, towns, watershed, and ranchos. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:132,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: C.F. Weber & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Weber's map of Modoc County, California : showing towns, steam and electric railroads, wagon and automobile roads, township and section lines, rivers, creeks, irrigation and reclamation districts, etc.

Description: Map shows early twentieth century Modoc County, California gas and electric lines, railroads, roads, township grid, towns, ranchos, reclamation districts, irrigation projects, and lakes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:159,000].
Date: 1914
Creator: C.F. Weber & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Maps of Kansas and Nebraska]

Description: Map shows counties, railroads, cities and towns. Includes index of counties and chief cities with population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,217,600] and [ca. 1:2,407,680].
Date: 1914
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Weed Killing Car.

Description: Patent for a weed killing car that runs on a railroad track. It distributes herbicide along the line of the railroad track.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Ortan, Ingomar F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch-Stand.

Description: Patent for switch stands improvement with the inclusion of a signal to notify the user when the switch operating mechanism is on (danger) or off (safety).
Date: December 8, 1914
Creator: Philips, Smith F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Crossing Signal

Description: Patent for improvements in Railway-Crossing Signals that provide both a visual and audible signal to be given at the crossing when a train is approaching.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Adleta, William P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Tie Plate

Description: Patent for "a rail tie plate with a horizontally extending member which will slidably support a switch point and hold the same in proper relation to the main rail and thus prevent the jouncing of the switch point (lines 14-18).
Date: June 16, 1914
Creator: Morrison, Oscar P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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