Map shows unsold lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway, some landowners. Scale not noted.

Blueline format of the second survey map of Tom Green County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, lakes, railroads, townships, and blocks of land. A diagram of a section is included in the upper-right corner. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to label specific tracts of land. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).

Copy of a land Grant file for land issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in the Bexar Land District. Includes a folder jacket with table of contents and notes about the land grant (filed July 12, 1928); field notes by M.J. Doyle, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar Land District for Section 21 Block 20 (January 13, 1873); the affidavit of ownership of S.N. Allen (July 12, 1928); and a note by Land Commissioner J.H. Walker indicating that the file has no relation to the O. Henry story of the same name (December 4, 1933). O. Henry’s story tells the tale of a Railroad baron taking a poor homesteader’s land by stealing this file. Walker notes that although the file was missing for a period, due to office procedures the land fraud could not have occurred.

Map of Tom Green County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Patent for improved maneuvering and loading of firearms while riding horseback.