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Bends in Sabine River Between Texas and Louisiana

Map of the sharp bends in the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana, showing the distance in feet of the flowing water in the river. The map also includes cut banks, sandy banks, ferry routes, bluffs, and vegetation lines. Scale [ca. 1:3,000] (250 feet to the inch). There is also an inset map of the Texas-Louisiana border, showing the Sabine River emptying into the Sabine Lake. The inset has markings for counties and parishes, large cities, and the bends in the river. Scale [ca. 1:1,140,480] (18 miles to the inch).
Date: 1921
Creator: Floore, S. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Best and Shortest Cattle Trails From Texas

Map of the cattle trails throughout Texas, present-day Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas, used to travel northward to markets and shipping points. The map also includes towns, railroads, and bodies of water. No scale indicated.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bexar County, Texas

Highway map of Bexar County, Texas, showing towns, roads and highways, railroads, and landmarks. Map includes eight inset maps: Helotes, Monte Robles Park, Oakland Estates, Airport City, Luxello, Leon Springs, Kentwood Manor, and Inset Map No. 1. A hand drawn line has been made on the map in approximation of the Old San Antonio Road. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (approximately 2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Big Springs

Topographic quadrangle map of Big Spring, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Blanco County

Blue line print of survey map of Blanco County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1916
Creator: Bramlette, H. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Booklist to Accompany A Literary Map of Texas

List of Texas authors and book titles to accompany a map of Texas, also published by the Dallas Public Library, with the author and titles from this list imposed on the state. The authors are listed alphabetically by last name and form three columns.
Date: March 2, 1976
Creator: Hudgins, Lois A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Borden County

Blue line print of survey map of Borden County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1922
Creator: Hedick, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bosque Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Bosque County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1919
Creator: Maxcy, J. W. & Hawkins, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bosque County

Blueline format of survey map of Bosque County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. No scale information is given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Martin, Jos.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bowie Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Bowie County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, Trammel's Trace, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to denote the addition of the Spanish Bluffs and the crossing on Trammel's Trace. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (2000 varas to 3/8 of an inch).
Date: 1899
Creator: Pressler, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Brazos County, Texas, showing showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in pencil about crabapple trees. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: November 1922
Creator: Matzow, Fr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brazos-Red River Historical Society's Map of Wichita County, Texas

Map of Wichita County, Texas, showing blocks of land, towns, creeks, rivers, railroads, roads, oil wells, post offices, schools, churches, airports, cemeteries, historic trails and routes, and landmarks. Map includes notes on the six countries (Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America, and the United States of America) that have had sovereignty over Texas and the route of Monsieur Brevel. The map is surrounded in a border of old cattle brands from the 1880s. Scale [ca. 1:47,520] (approximately 1 mile to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1957~
Creator: Kay, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brewster County

Survey map of Brewster County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, roads, and railroads.
Date: June 2, 1887
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

British India, showing the principal Protestant Mission Stations

Map of India during the British Raj, showing Protestant Mission Stations in 1872.The map also includes administrative division lines and bodies of water. Includes a list of European and American Christian Societies in the lower-left corner. Near the lower-right corner is included a table titled "Population and Native Christians," which statistically compares the number of Christians in India in 1871 an 1872.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brown Cedar Cut Quadrangle: Texas-Matagorda Co.

Topographic quadrangle map of a portion of Texas, showing Turkey Island, Intracoastal Waterway, Live Oak Bay, East Matagorda Bay, Brown Cedar Cut, Matagorda Peninsula, and the Gulf of Mexico, with relief shown by contours (interval 5 feet) and spot heights. The map includes a key, road classification, and quadrangle location diagrams. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1952
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brown County

Blue line print of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map, marking an approximate route to Phantom Hill via Crogan [Croghan] Road. Scale ca. 1:213,333 (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownfield

Topographic quadrangle map of Brownfield, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, roads, bodies of water, landmarks, and borders, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet with supplementary contours at 50 foot intervals) and spot heights. Location and sectionalized township diagrams are included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Brownwood

Topographic quadrangle map of Brownwood, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing populated areas, boundaries, water bodies, railroads, roads, and landmarks, with relief shown by contours (interval 100 feet) and spot heights. A location diagram is included in the lower-right corner. Scale 1:250,000
Date: 1954
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burleson County

Blue line print of survey map of Burleson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, the old San Antonio road, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1920
Creator: Atlee, Tom & Giles, J. Bascom
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burnet Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Burnet County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes haven been on the published map in pencil to indicate the addition of Phantom Hill Road, traced from Burnet County photograph from 1854. Scale [ca. 1:193,939] (4000 varas to 11/16 of an inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caiman Creek Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of Caiman Creek in Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, water bodies, ranches, roads and highways, water tanks, water wells, borders between counties, and landmarks. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:62,500
Date: 1957
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caldwell and Surrounding Counties: Texas]

Road map of portions of Blanco, Hays, Travis, Comal, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Bastrop, Fayette, Washington, Colorado, Lavaca, and Gonzales Counties, showing towns, roads, railroads, mountains, post offices, rivers, creek, and springs. No scale information given.
Date: unknown
Creator: Luer, A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Caldwell Co.

Blue line print of survey map of Caldwell County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, the old San Antonio Road, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil and red ink. Scale [ca. 1:177,778] (4000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Calhoun Co.

Cadastral map of Calhoun County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: November 1919
Creator: Giles, J. Bascom & Wicker, G. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History