Resource Type

A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon and Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico.

Atlas map of the newly formed state of California and the territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon. The map includes boundary lines, major towns, early settlement roads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,969,600] (110 miles to the inch).
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Territories of New Mexico and Utah

Atlas map of the territories of New Mexico and Utah in 1855, showing populated areas, wagon routes, proposed railroads and explorers' routes, and natural features. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,752,000] (approximately 75 miles to the inch).
Date: 1855
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, Part of New Mexico &c.

Atlas map of Texas and New Mexico as well as parts of Oklahoma (Indian Territory), northern Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Shows counties, towns, military posts, areas of American Indian habitation, American Indian reservations, roads, railroads, and geological features.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory

Blueline map showing the boundary line between Texas and Mexico, showing topographic markings. Scale 1: 999,996 (15 miles and 4133 ft = 1 in.)
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map Showing the Route of E.F. Beale from Fort Smith, ARK. to Alburquerque, NM.

Three maps showing the route of E. F. Beale from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Albuquerque, New Mexico (left); the leased portion of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation (upper-right); and country between the Brazos River and the Kansas River (lower-right). Relief shown in hachures. Scale varies.
Date: 1858
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Portions of Texas, New Mexico and Indian T'Y (Sheet 1 of 2).

Map of parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing the trails marched by U.S. Cavalry Regiments in the 1870s. The map includes towns and forts, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (8 miles to the inch).
Date: 1875
Creator: Opdyke, Minott; Blair, Betty Jo & Gillespie, G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Portions of Texas, New Mexico and Indian T'Y (Sheet 2 of 2).

Map of parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing the trails marched by U.S. Cavalry Regiments in the 1870s. The map includes towns and forts, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (8 miles to the inch).
Date: 1875
Creator: Opdyke, Minott; Blair, Betty Jo & Gillespie, G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Portions of Texas, New Mexico and Indian T'Y (Sheet 4 of 4).

Map of parts of Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing the trails marched by U.S. Cavalry Regiments in the 1870s. The map includes towns and forts, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (8 miles to the inch).
Date: 1875
Creator: Opdyke, Minott; Blair, Betty Jo & Gillespie, G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Texas - 1876]

Map of Texas and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma, showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Small portions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and New Mexico are also shown. There is an inset map of West Texas and a portion of Mexico in the lower-left corner, showing El Paso, Pecos, and Presidio Counties.
Date: 1876
Creator: Woodruff, L. C. & Sitgreaves, L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pocket Map of the State of Texas

Map of Texas and portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico as well as Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and in some cases property lines and ownership. Scale [ca. 1:2,027,520] (32 miles to the inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Landermann, A. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Boundary Line]

Physical map of the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, showing a section of the Butterfield Overland Mail route and several mail stations, including Hueco Tanks.
Date: 1881?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Progress Map

Geological survey map of Texas and parts of New Mexico, showing the portions of Texas examined by Steruwitz, Comstock, Cummins, Walker, Taff, and Kennedy (marked in red). The map also includes Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), county lines, towns, roads, railroads, and bodies of water.
Date: 1891
Creator: Dumble, E. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the Resurvey of the Clark Boundary Line Between Texas and New Mexico, One Hundred and Third Meridian West from Greenwich, from Mile Cor. No. 60 to Cor. No. 120 (Plate No. 2).

Map of the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, as surveyed by the U.S. Boundary Commission from April 17 to July 18, 1911. The map also includes fences, roads, and houses. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:63,360] (1 miles to the inch).
Date: 1911
Creator: Wetzel, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the Resurvey of the Clark Boundary Line Between Texas and New Mexico, One Hundred and Third Meridian West from Greenwich, from Mile Cor. No. 120 to Mile Cor. No. 180 (Plate No. 3).

Map of the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, as surveyed by the U.S. Boundary Commission from April 17 to July 18, 1911. The map also includes fences, roads, and houses along the boundary line. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:63,360] (1 miles to the inch).
Date: 1911
Creator: Wetzel, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the Resurvey of the Clark Boundary Line Between Texas and New Mexico, One Hundred and Third Meridian West from Greenwich, from the SE. Cor. of New Mexico to Mile Cor. No. 60 (Plate No 1).

Map of the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, as surveyed by the U.S. Boundary Commission from April 17 to July 18, 1911. The map also includes fences, roads, and houses. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:63,360] (1 miles to the inch).
Date: 1911
Creator: Wetzel, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of the Resurvey of the Clark Boundary Line Between Texas and New Mexico, Thirty Second Parallel of North Latitude, from the SE. Cor. of New Mexico to Mile Cor. No. 60 (Plate No. 7).

Map of the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, as surveyed by the U.S. Boundary Commission from April 17 to September 26, 1911. Relief shown in hachures. The map of the map shows a note from Bil Allcorn, Commissioner of the General Land Office, from 1958. Scale [ca. 1:63,360] (1 miles to the inch).
Date: 1911
Creator: Wetzel, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plats of the Resurvey of Clark's Texas-New Mexico Boundary Line by the U.S. Boundary Commission 1911.

Cover sheet for the plat maps of Clark's Texas-New Mexico boundary line, resurveyed by the the U.S. Boundary Commission. These maps were produced in hopes of ending the dispute over the boundary line between New Mexico and Texas.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Routes of Coronado and Army]

Map of the Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542, through parts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The map includes state boundary lines, bodies of water, major towns, forts, and areas of elevation. A legend, included in the lower-right corner, indicates directions of the routes of Coronado and his army. No scale indicated.
Date: 1912
Creator: Root, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trails made and routes used by the Fourth U.S. Cavalry: Under command of General R.S. MacKenzie in its operations against hostile Indians in Texas, Indian-Territory (now Oklahoma), New Mexico and Old Mexico during the period of 1871-2-3-4 and 5

Military map of the routes used by R.S. Mackenzie and his troops, including New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas as well as parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Mexico. The map shows routes, trails, railroads, roads, camps, old forts, other landmarks, battles with American Indians, and names and locations of American Indian tribes in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Scale [ca. 1:1,405,436] (23.76 miles to the inch).
Date: 1927
Creator: Dorchester, E. D.
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

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

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