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Block Map of Original Town, Abilene, Texas

Cadastral map of the town of Abilene, Texas showing property lots as well as creeks and railroad tracks. Scale 1:12,000
Date: 1931
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carson National Forest, New Mexico

Map of Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico, showing roads, trail, railroads, telephone lines, lookout stations, water bodies, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:253,440] (4 miles to the inch).
Date: 1930
Creator: Neiman, L. I.
System: The Portal to Texas History

City Map of Abilene, Texas

Map of Abilene, Texas, showing highways, roads, railroads, and streets. The map also includes schools, parks, public buildings, hospitals, and bodies of water. Includes a points of interest table in the upper-left corner. The back of the map includes several pictures of important buildings and notes on the growth and farming of Abilene.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Comanche Country, 1875

Military map of the Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, railroads, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also included. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1875. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1933
Creator: Riney, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Comanche Country and Adjacent Territory, 1840

Military map of the Comanche Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also shown. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1840. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Comanche Country and Adjacent Territory, 1860

Military map of the Comanche Indian Territory in the Great Plains, showing Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado. The map includes military trails and posts (abandoned and occupied). State lines, towns, bodies of water, and areas of elevation are also shown. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1860. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1933
Creator: Riney, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combat near the "Mission Concepcion," by Colonel James Bowie's Battalion, October 28, 1835.

Map of combat at the Battle of Concepción during the Texas Revolution, showing lines of assault by Mexican infantry, cannon, and dragoons, and lines held by Captain Fannin's and Captain Coleman's companies. The battlefield is surrounded by wooded terrain and lies next to the San Antonio River. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of a family making a sandcastle on a beach on the South Coast of England.
Date: 1938?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Connecticut

Reproduction of a map originally published in 1777 of Connecticut and the surrounding area, including parts of Rhode Island, New York, and New Jersey. The map includes towns, counties, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown pictorially. Scale 1:760,320
Date: 1937
Creator: U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

Delaware, at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from a 1787 original in the Library of Congress at Washington.

Map of the Delmarva Peninsula and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing and identifying towns, counties, rivers, creeks, inlets, bays, lighthouses, sand bars, and capes. Scale [ca. 1:622,600] (10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Churchman, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Fannin's Fight," March 19, 1836.

Map of Fannin's Fight, showing the Texas Infantry, breastworks, and lines of assault by Mexican Dragoons and Infantry. Lines of march used by Colonel Fannin and General Urrea are also shown. Note: "[shows] rise of six feet, behind which Mexican Artillery fired, on the 20th." There are also notes on the type of cannons used. Distances to various cities are given. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of boats docked at harbor in the town of Dover, England.
Date: 1938?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Highway Map Collin County, Texas

Highway map of Collin County, Texas, showing rivers, lakes, creeks, streams, cities, towns, outlying buildings (including schools and churches), roads, highways (giving mileage between points), bridges, railroads, cemeteries, oil or gas wells, and state roadside parks. Map includes twelve inset maps - Weston, Melissa, Valdasta, Allen, Altoga, Climax, Culeoka, Copeville, Lavon, Inset No. 1, Renner, and Josephine - and an extensive legend indicating geographical and human-made features. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1939
Creator: Texas. Highway Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Highway Map Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Highway map of Guadalupe, New Mexico, showing boundaries, highways and roads (mileage indicated), railroads, towns, land grants, bodies of water, and buildings, such as schools, churches, and hospitals. The map includes a legend and a diagram of the section within New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: New Mexico State Highway Department
System: The Portal to Texas History

General Highway Map San Miguel County, New Mexico

Highway map of San Miguel County, New Mexico, showing boundaries, highways and roads (mileage indicated), railroads, towns, land grants, bodies of water, and buildings, such as schools, churches, and hospitals. The map includes a legend (bottom-center) and a diagram of the section within New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:126,720] (2 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: New Mexico State Highway Department
System: The Portal to Texas History

Georgia at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, from original maps in the Library of Congress at Washington.

Topographic map of Georgia and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, counties, villages, roads, American-Indian territories, and bodies of water. There are also two inset maps in the upper-right and lower-left corner. The first inset - on the right - shows the settled portion of Georgia from a 1796 map, and the second inset - on the left - shows the southern boundary of Georgia in 1787. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760] (16 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Romans, B.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hemphill County

Cadastral map of Hemphill County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The back of the map has a note from Giles Bascom asserting this is an accurate copy of the Texas General Land Office records and there is a page that appears to be a close-up excerpt from the larger map labelled "3/ 42636.S Hemphill Co."
Date: October 20, 1939
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Heydrick's Ownership Map of Foard Co., Texas

Survey map of Foard County, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, lakes, cities, towns, roads, railroads, and oil and gas wells. Scale [ca. 1:48,000] (4000 feet to the inch).
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Heydrick's Ownership Map of Hardeman Co., Texas.

Survey map of Hardeman County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, boundaries, bodies of water, railroad lines, and roads. A legend indicating drilling wells, gas wells, abandoned wells, and dry holes is included in the upper-right corner of the first sheet. Handwritten notes have been made on the map in red ink to make corrections and/or add information. Scale [ca. 1:48,000] (4000 feet to the inch).
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of A. D. Fulton's Property]

Map of A. D. Fulton's property showing the lane and other details of the property.
Date: 1931~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Cienega Ditch

Photocopy of a map of the Cienega Ditch land in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, scale 1:500. The map shows the path of the San Simon River Valley and the land the river irrigates. Handwritten marking show minor geographic features.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Indian Territory]

Military map of the Indian Territory surrounding the U.S. Army post Camp Supply, showing rivers, creeks, roads, military trails, and areas of elevation, with relief shown in hachures. The map also includes notes on the landscape, such as the height of a ravine and the lack of grass in a particular area.
Date: 1934?
Creator: Ruffner, E. H. & Hunnius, Ado
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Northeast Loving County Showing Lands of T.J. and Bennie Barnes

Survey map of the lands of T.J. and Bennie Barnes in Loving County, Texas, showing the locations of oil wells to be drilled on their property. At the bottom of the map, there is an inset map of the oil fields located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:31,680] (2 inches to the mile).
Date: September 1937
Creator: Stovall, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision of Part of the Anderson Addition to the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

Map of O. D. Dillingham's Subdivision in the City of Abilene, Texas bordered by South Fourteenth (formerly Kirkland), Elm (formerly New), Hayden, and Poplar streets, and divided by Country Club Drive and Butternut Street. Each block is divided into numbered segments showing property divisions. Scale 1:600.
Date: August 25, 1936
Creator: Hobbs, Oscar Knox
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Survey Made For Permian Oil Company: Pecos County, Texas

Map of the survey made for the Permian Oil Company in Pecos County, Texas showing rivers, tract numbers, and landholders.
Date: March 1930
Creator: Simpson, J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Survey Made for Permian Oil Company, Pecos County, Texas

Map of the survey made for Permian Oil Company in Pecos County, Texas. The map shows plats, land ownership and rivers.
Date: March 1930
Creator: Simpson, J. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History