Special List 29: List of Selected Maps of States and Territories
Special List
No. 29
Texas
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767. Map of Texas With Parts of the Adjoining States. Compiled by
Stephen F. Austin. Published by H. S. Tanner . . . Engraved
by John & Wm. W. Wart . . . Entered according to Act of
Congress the 17th day of March, 1830.
1 inch to ca. 25 miles. 20½ x 24½. Austin's Colony, Austin's
Grant, Dewitt's Colony, towns, roads, military posts, sites and
dates of battles, Indian villages, mines, missions, physical
features, and information about characteristics of the land, and
areas in which are found wild horses, cattle, and buffalo. Map
shows Texas and parts of adjoining Mexican States. Filed as RG
77: Ama 12.
768. Plana Mayor Del Ejercito. Plano Geografico De Tejas . . .
por orden del Exmo Senor Gefe del Cuerpo, General do
Division. Dn. Gabriel Valencia. Mejico, Agosto 4 de 1841.
1 inch to 25 miles. 28½ x 24. Manuscript. Colonies,
"Concesion(s)," settlements, roads, and physical features.
Includes portion of adjoining areas in Mexico. Filed as RG 77: Q
40.
769. [Map of] Texas. Entered according to Act of Congress in the
year 1844, by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese.
1 inch to 40 miles. 18 x 14. Published. County names and
boundaries, settlements, military posts, and roads. Filed as Ref.
Coll.: Texas, 1844.
770. Genl. Austin's Map of Texas With Parts of the Adjoining
States. Compiled by Stephen F. Austin. Published by H. S.
Tanner . . . 1845.
1 inch to ca. 25 miles. 30 x 23½. Published. Counties,
grants, roads, military posts, sites and dates of battles, Indian
villages, mines, and remarks about characteristics of the land.
Map shows parts of Mexico. Pieces of the map showing Mexican
States are missing. Filed as RG 77: US 170.
771. A New & Correct Map of Texas, Compiled from the Most recent
Surveys & Authorities to the Year 1845, By James T. D.
Wilson, Published by R. W. Fishbourne.
1 inch to 30 miles. 22 x 28. Published. Counties, parts of
adjoining States, Territories, and Mexico, in color. Grants and
dates of them, towns, Indian villages, roads, Chihuahua Trail,
military posts, missions, sites of battles, route of Santa Fe
Expedition in 1841, route of "the Texian Prisoners from Santa Fe
to the City of Mexico," silver mines, and physical features.
Annotated apparently to show the route of an expedition from
Presidio Rio Grande to a point on the Red River. Filed as Ref.
Coll.: Texas, 1845.
772. J. De Cordova's Map of the State of Texas. Compiled from the
records of the General Land Office of the State by Robert
Creuzbaur, Houston, 1849. Engraved by J. M. Atwood, New
York.
1 inch to 20 miles. 34½ x 32. Counties (in color),
boundaries of land districts, towns and cities, post offices,
Indian villages, trading posts, roads, forts, ferries, missions,
Fisher and Miller's Colony, and part of Fannin Land District,
which includes no designated counties. Part of a road from
Natchitoches to Presidio del Rio Grande is colored red without
explanation. Inset map shows Texas in relation to adjoining
States, Territories, and Mexico. Scale of inset map is 1 inch to
ca. 150 miles. List of land districts and of which counties they
are composed. Map signed by J. De Cordova and various officials
of the Government of Texas. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Texas, 1849.
773. J. De Cordova's Map of the State of Texas. Compiled from the
records of the General Land Office of the State by Robert
Creuzbaur. Revised & Corrected by Charles W. Pressler.
Published by J. H. Colton & Co. . . . 1857.
1 inch to 20 miles. 37 x 34½. Published. Counties (in
color), towns and cities, roads, post offices. List of land
districts and counties of which they are composed. Inset map of
area from western Texas to the Pacific Ocean, including
California and New Mexico and Utah Territories. Filed as RG 77: Q
48.
774. Map of Texas and Part of New Mexico, compiled in the Bureau
of Topographl. Engrs. chiefly for military purposes. 1857.
1 inch to ca. 23 miles. 35 x 40. Manuscript. Settlements,
military posts, roads and trails, explorers' routes, and physical
features. "Mail Route from California" is outlined in red. Map
includes New Mexico east of the Rio Grande River. Note in bottom
margin states "The principal Rivers, Portions of Towns &c. in the
Eastern Part of the State are sketched in from 'De Cordova's Map
of Texas.'" See entry 775. Filed as RG 77: Q 65-1.
775. Map of Texas and part of New Mexico, compiled in the Bureau
of Topographl. Engrs. . . . 1857.
1 inch to ca. 25 miles. 2 sections, each 36 x 18½.
Published. Shows only New Mexico east of the Rio Grande. Also
shows part of Mexico. Settlements, military posts, and roads.
Relief is shown by hachures. Filed as RG 77: Published Record
Set, 1857.
776. Pressler's Map of the State of Texas. Compiled from records
of the General Land Office of the State and various other
sources by Chas. M. Pressler, Principal Draftsman. Published
by Jones, Root & Co. . . . 1858.
1 inch to 16 miles. 4 sections, 23 x 19½, 23 x 25½, 23½ x
32, 23 x 26. Counties (in color), "Territory of Young"
(Panhandle), roads, railroads, towns, post offices, military
posts, Staked Plain (Llano Estacado), and physical features.
Table lists information about individual counties such as county
seat, date created, land district to which it belongs, and
judicial district to which it belongs. Inset maps showing
"Original Land Districts" and "Map of the Old Colonies." Filed as
RG 77: Q 94½ A.
777. Preliminary Post Route Map of the State of Texas with
adjacent parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Indian Territory
. . . by W. L. Nicholson, Topographer of P.O. Dept., 1874 .
. . N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer . . . E. D. Boyd, del. . .
. The mail service on this map (Jan'y 1st 1875) has been in
many parts absent or superseded by later arrangements. [Note
about service added in manuscript.]
1 inch to 15 miles. 2 sections, 22 x 41 each. Frequency and
type of mail service (but no key to explain them), mileages
between post offices, counties, towns, military posts, and
railroads. Inset map of Texas west of the Pecos River. Scale 1
inch to 25 miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps, Folder 3.
778. [Map of Texas by Frank A. Gray, 1875. Specimen sheet of
atlas of the United States, being prepared.]
1 inch to 45 miles. 28 x 21½. Published. Counties, Bexar and
Young Territories. Staked Plain (Llano Extacado), military posts,
railroads, major towns, physical features, and Indian
reservations in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Map includes Indian
Territory, Kansas, and part of New Mexico. Filed as RG 77: US
373-61.
779. Colton's New Map of the State of Texas, The Indian
Territory, and adjoining portions of New Mexico, Louisiana,
and Arkansas. Compiled from the Official County Maps of the
General Land Office, the personal reconnaissances and
geological explorations of Prof. A. R. Roessler . . .
Published by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. . . . 1876.
1 inch to 24 miles. 32½ x 38. Counties (in color), towns,
roads, railroads, military posts, locations of mineral deposits,
Staked Plain, and physical features. Shows Indian reservations in
New Mexico and Indian Territory. Table lists population by county
for 1870. Filed as RG 77: Q 292.
780. Map of the State of Texas. Compiled from the records on file
in the General Land Office of the State, the U.S. Coast
Surveys, the reports of the Mexican & U.S. boundary
commissions & topographical maps of Army officers, by Chas.
M. Pressler & A. B. Langermann . . . 1879.
1 inch to 16 miles. 4 sections, each 25½ x 26½. Counties (in
color), towns, roads, railroads, railroad land grants, military
posts, post offices, and physical features. Table lists counties,
county seats, areas of counties, date county was created, and
land district to which county belongs. Small pieces of map are
missing. Filed as RG 77: Q 412.
781. Post Route Map of the State of Texas, with adjacent parts of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and of the Republic
of Mexico, showing post offices with the intermediate
distances and mail routes in operation on the 1st of
October, 1885. Published . . . under the direction of W. L.
Nicholson, Topographer, P.O. Dept.
1 inch to 15 miles. 2 sections, each 44 x 29½. Published.
Frequency and types of mail service, mileages between post
offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns, railroads,
and physical features. Post routes in color to show frequency of
service. Inset map of "North-western portion of Texas" [in
"Panhandle"]. Scale 1 inch to 20 miles. Filed as RG 28: Regional
Maps, Folder 12.
782. History of the Geography of Texas, By Z. T. Fulmore. . . .
Copyrighted 1897, by Z. T. Fulmore.
Scales not indicated. 4 sections, each 34 x 26. Published.
This includes five maps of about 13 x 15 inches showing
boundaries of 1) Spanish Province of Texas, 2) Colonial Texas, 3)
Republic of Texas as claimed by Texas, Dec. 19, 1836, to Nov. 25,
1850, 4) Texas in 1835, and 5) Texas since 1850. Maps show
boundaries of counties and other civil divisions, but little
other detail. Also included is a variety of statistical
information as well as lists of public officials with their terms
of office and a brief history of Texas. Filed as Ref. Coll.:
Texas, 1897.
783. Map of Texas and parts of Adjoining Territories. Compiled by
and under the direction of Robert T. Hill. Drawn by Henry S.
Selden and Willard D. Johnson . . . 1899.
1 inch to 25 miles. Contour interval 250 feet. 31 x 35½.
Counties, Indian reservations, major towns, and railroads.
Drainage in blue. Contours in brown. Map includes parts of
Oklahoma and New Mexico. Indian reservations shown are in
Oklahoma. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Texas, 1899.
See also entry 314 in Kansas.
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