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County Map of the State of Texas: Showing also portions of the Adjoining States and Territories

Map of the state of Texas denoting the counties in different colors, as well as some major cities and roads, with relief shown by hachures. Portions of neighboring states are included around Texas, with counties noted for New Mexico and Oklahoma (Indian Territory) and geographic features in Arkansas and Louisiana. An inset in the lower-left corner shows an enlarged portion of Galveston Island, including the city of Galveston and some geographic features.
Date: 1881
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

National Highways Preliminary Map of the State of Texas : Showing Sixty-Two Hundred Miles of National Highways Proposed by the National Highways Association, Washington, D.C.

Map of the state of Texas showing counties and major cities with national highways marked in red.
Date: April 1916
Creator: National Highways Association
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plat map of East Fort Bend County, 1837-1845.]

Plat map of East Fort Bend County, 1837-1845. Shows plats of E. Alcorn, Stafford, Brown & Belknap, Benjamin George, G. Morris, L. Rouck; Brazos River, Oyster Creek.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Fort Bend County "General Land Office" March 1893.]

Map of Fort Bend County - "General Land Office" March 1893 Scale 4000 Veras to the inch. Back - no markings, wire going across for hanging.
Date: March 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Rosenberg dated 1910

Map of Rosenberg dated 1910
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas map, 1852]

Texas map, 1852. Titled "No. 13 Map of the State of Texas Engraved to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography."
Date: 1852
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1851 Map of Texas]

1851 Map of Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Ryon Farm and Pasture Co. lands]

Drawing, map, ink of Ryon Farm and Pasture Co. lands 1897. On paper with black ink, the title reads "Lands in Fort-Bend Co-TEX"
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Magnolia, Texas]

Hand-drawn map of Magnolia, Texas showing the town's major roads, buildings, and landmarks.
Date: July 7, 1924
Creator: Van Devender, S. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]

In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
Date: 1846
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Army Supply Routes in Big Bend, Texas 1916-1921]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing ranches in Presidio County, Texas with a list of water stops and camp sites on the ranches made available to U. S. Army troops stationed in the Big Bend District between 1916 and 1921.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Trading Posts in Big Bend, Texas 1916-1930]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing trading posts on the Rio Grande River from El Paso to Eagle Pass, Texas. It includes two lists: "Trading Posts on the Texas Side of the Big Bend in 1916-30" and "Settlements in the Juarez Area." It also has notes near the bottom of the map that say "The trade area was an 80 mile radius from the Rio Grande. Several days travel by burro or horse. Most towns or villages shown were in the news during the border trouble days" and "Most of this part of Mexico and the Big Bend Country is rough mountains.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Overland Route of the Camels in the U.S. 1857-1858]

Reproduction of a map showing the route of the U.S. Army camel train (under the direction of Lieutenant E. F. Beale) surveying for a wagon route from Texas to California along the 35th Parallel to test the feasibility of using camels as military pack animals. The map has annotations and shows the relationship to U. S. Route 66.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Lower Part of Brewster County, Texas 1916-1930]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map of part of Brewster County, Texas in the Big Bend region. It includes several annotations and identifies families and ranches in lower Brewster County Texas between 1916 and 1930, WWI quicksilver mines, and provides information on the Glenn Springs Raid of 1916.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

Supply routes to troops in the Big Bend District of Texas 1916-1920. Map

In addition to Army supply routes, shows locations of mines, ranches, and farms in the Big Bend between 1916 and 1920.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing the border area between Texas and Mexico from El Paso, Texas (left) to Van Horn, Texas (right). Several towns, forts, roads, and geographic features are marked primarily on the Texas side of the map. A note in the bottom-left corner of the map says "Where the Rio Grande becomes the U.S. & Mexico boundary, and flows towards the Big Bend District. It makes 1,260 miles of the international border. Much of the early history of the south-west was made along the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) by the Spaniards. Their route was through "El Paso del Norte" the Pass of the North. This section of the border was very active during the "Border Trouble Days" of 1916 to 1920."
Date: [1920..]
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

Raid on Columbus, New Mexico and the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing details of raid on Columbus, New Mexico on 9 March 1916 with inset plat of the town, list of "Raider's Objectives," and short summary of the U. S. Army Punitive Expedition into Mexico that followed.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Pershing Expedition: March 15, 1916]

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing routes the U. S. troops took into Mexico on the expedition of 1916 led by General John J. Pershing. Notes the pack train and wagon train routes as well as infantry routes, and the Expedition headquarters at Dublan Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
System: The Portal to Texas History

Routes of the historical cavalry overland marches of 1916. Map

Charts routes of the units of the U. S. Army that entered Mexico in 1916 and gives details about the units and miles traveled.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System: The Portal to Texas History

U. S. Cavalry detachments and bases of army pilots on or near the U.S.-Mexico border, 1918-1919. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map that identifies towns where Cavalry units were stationed on the border from El Paso to Del Rio in 1918 and 1919. An inset shows locations of the three U. S. Military District headquarters (Rockwell Field, California; Fort Bliss, Texas; and Kelly Field, Texas) for the pilots patrolling the border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Overland troop movements, 1916-1935. Map

Photographic reproduction of a hand-drawn map of the Texas/Mexico border showing line of forts from El Paso to Brownsville. Includes chart of mileages between Texas forts, listing of old forts in Texas still active in 1935, information about cavalry speeds and auxiliary units, and inset of U.S./Mexico border showing line of forts from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]

Sketch of land leased from the City of Laredo by the United States Government for use of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort McIntosh.
Date: 1853
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de los Dos Laredos

Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
Date: January 1881
Creator: Laroche, E. R.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Coca-Cola Bottling Company Properties]

Plat showing the 1951 survey of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company properties in Laredo, Texas. In the lower-left corner, there is a legal statement made by the surveyor attesting to the accuracy of the map. Scale 1:240
Date: November 1951
Creator: Foster, E. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History