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[Map of Texas, Part of Mexico and the United States]

An 1850 map of Texas, it contains many Texas landmarks. The map shows the route of the first Santa Fé Expedition; drawn and engraved by W. Kemble.
Date: 1850
Creator: Kemble, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reports of the Secretary of War, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lt. Col. J. E. Johnston; Lieutenant W. F. Smith; Lieutenant F. T. Bryan; Lieutenant N. H. Michler; and Captain S. G. French, of Q'rmaster's Dep't. Also, the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into Navajo country; and the report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissances of the western frontier of Texas. July 24, 1850. Ordered to be printed.

1 map shows routes from San Antonio to El Paso in 1849. Includes rivers and some topographical features. 1 map shows the route pursued in 1849 by US Troops in an expedition against the Navajo Indians in New Mexico in the area near Santa Fe.
Date: July 24, 1850
Creator: United States. Congress (31st, 1st session : 1849-1850)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Constitution of the state of Texas. (open access)

The Constitution of the state of Texas.

A copy of the Texas state constitution from 1850.
Date: 1850
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas in 1850. By Melinda Rankin. (open access)

Texas in 1850. By Melinda Rankin.

A celebration of the state of Texas.
Date: 1850
Creator: Rankin, Melinda
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread. (open access)

Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread.

Patent for "extracting the nutritious part of flesh or animal meat of every description and combining this concentrated extract with flour or vegetable meal, and baking the two substances in an oven, thereby forming a portable desiccated soup-bread....." (lines 8-14), instruction only, no illustration.
Date: February 5, 1850
Creator: Borden, Gail, Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History