Resource Type

Commercial Map of the World

This sheet includes multiple maps; on the front is a commercial map of the world. The commercial map is color-coded to show different aspects of commerce (the key is in the lower right corner) and also uses red and black lines to mark trade and communication routes as well as ocean currents (the key is in the lower left corner). Additionally, red text marks the locations of products and industries across the world. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). On the back of the commercial map, there are multiple other maps on two pages. The page on the left has a central political map of the world labeled "The World To-Day" and is surrounded by maps showing portions of the world from different time periods. On the right half, there are four maps: a small inset of "Ancient Rome" in the upper left corner, "Italy at the time of Augustus" in the upper right corner, "Greece at the time of Pericles" in the middle of the page and to the left, and "Palestine, Lower Egypt and part of Arabia, A.D. 70" at the bottom. All of the maps use colored shading to mark …
Date: 1890~
Creator: Hinman, Russell, 1853-1912
System: The Portal to Texas History

Territorial Development of the United States

This map shows the United States including an inset of Alaska in the lower left corner. Colored shading shows different territories and cessions which are also labeled with names and dates including: Mexican Cession 1848, Province of Louisiana French Cession 1803, Texas 1845, North-Western Territory, Spanish Cession 1819, Original Thirteen States, and Russian Cession 1867. Additionally, states are outlined and labeled including dates of statehood (where applicable). A block of text in the upper left describes "Claim of the U.S. to region west of Rocky Mts." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1890
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tourist map of Mexico City]

Map shows late nineteenth century Mexico City street names, parks, churches, and points of interest. Includes index to numbered locations and handwritten notes. Inset: [advertisement for] Blake's Book Store, C. de Gante, 8. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: Blake's Book Store
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map shows late nineteenth century Wichita Falls, Texas structures, street names, and businesses. Includes key to selected buildings and eight illustrations. Insets: "Wichita Co. Court House and Jail," "C.A. Souters Block & Opera House," "T.H. Wilson's Grocery Co.," "Wichita Roller Mil' Co. Mill & Warehouse," "Public School," "Keller & Durrett, Saddlery: Buggies & Hard[ware]," "Wagon & R.R. Bridges Across the Wichita River," and the "Panhandle Natl. Bank." Scale not provided.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, T. M. (Thaddeus Mortimer), 1842-1922
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Map shows railroad lines across south central Texas and along the Texas Gulf Coast, including major cities of Waco, Houston, Austin, Galveston, San Antonio, and Laredo. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Dallas and Buffalo]

Map shows late nineteenth century Dallas, Texas street names, parks, railroads, street car lines, cemeteries, and some buildings. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Dallas and San Francisco]

Map shows street names, parks, railroads, street car lines, cemeteries, and some buildings; on verso, same, plus military installations. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States, southern section

Map shows cities, railroads, in the southeastern portion of the United States including most of Kansas, Indian Territory, and eastern portion of Texas during the late nineteenth century. Map shows Padre Island, Texas as "Isla del Madre." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Matamoros y Brownsville

Map shows roads, fortifications, street names, interurban lines, and some structures for Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas and vicinity along the Rio Grande. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Clarke & Courts.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Trans-Continental Railways of North America.

Map shows the late nineteenth century routes and names of transcontinental railroad companies. Inset: "Isthmus Routes." Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1895]
Creator: Fisk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Western half of Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Texas counties, railroads, major cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,802,000].
Date: [1890..1901]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eastern half of Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Texas counties, railroads, Native American reservations, military reservations, major cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Includes index. Scale [ca. 1:1,840,000].
Date: [1890..1901]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Texas geography, counties, cities, and railroad lines. Includes index to railroad lines and index to cities. Inset: [Texas Panhandle]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not indicated.
Date: [1890..1899]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coast chart no. 211 : Padre I. and Laguna Madre Lat. 27 [degrees] 33 ́ to Lat. 26 [degrees] 33 ́, Texas.

Map shows Padre Island and Laguna Madre topography and hydrography. Includes information on tides, soundings, and buoys. Relief shown by hachures and depths shown by soundings. Scale 1:80,000.
Date: 1890
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History

Railroad map of Wisconsin : prepared for the Railroad Commissioner.

Map shows late nineteenth century Wisconsin railroads, counties, township grid, cities, towns, and notable physical features; counties, railroads, and towns for adjacent states. Includes explanation with color key to major railroads. Scale [ca. 1:760,320].
Date: 1890
Creator: Conover, Allan D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bosque County, State of Texas.

Map shows tracts of land with landowners names and patents; towns and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rand, McNally & Co.'s California.

Map shows California counties, railroads, marshlands, cities and towns during the late nineteenth century. Inset: [Map of San Francisco Bay-area].
Date: 1890
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Chicago Harbor Illinois

Map shows railroads and dock ownership by railroads and corporations in Chicago Harbor during the late nineteenth century. Scale [ca. 1:2400].
Date: 1890
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

The MK and T : Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.

Map shows railroads connecting to the MK and T, Native American reservations in "Indian Territory," and New mexico, military outposts, and mountain ranges. Includes "List of the cities, towns, and stations located on the line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway in Texas", information on Texas and select Texas counties, and a schedule for major station stops en route between Texas cities and Chicago. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [2,851,000].
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portion of Antonio (or Edward) Arriola Grant, quantity indefinite, Nacogdoches Co., Tx

Map shows acreage, lot dimensions, and ownership of land to the northeast of Nacogdoches, Texas. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Starr, James Harper, 1809-1890
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Chicago and Milwaukee]

Map shows late nineteenth century Chicago street names, parks, docks, canals, steam and horse railroads; street names, cemeteries, docks, canals, and steam and horse railroads in Milwaukee and Bay View. Includes key to railroad depots and hotels. Scale [ca. 1:29,800].
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of San Francisco, California and Denver, Colorado]

Map shows street names, parks, docks, toll roads, ferries, military facilities, cemeteries, public institutions, select buildings, and steam, cable and horse railroads for San Francisco; canals, street names, parks, and railroads for Denver. Includes explanation and key to buildings. Scale [ca. 1:34,000].
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa]

Map shows late nineteenth century Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa street names, parks, roads, bridges, levees, public institutions, stockyards, "motor lines," and railroads. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio]

Map shows street names, parks, roads, cemeteries, public institutions, canals, bridges, steam and horse railroads; bullseye circles centering on downtown Cleveland; docks for Columbus harbor. Includes explanation. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History