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Upshur County

Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region.
Date: October 12, 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sketch of Texas

Sketch map of the state of Texas, showing major cities and water bodies, with two proposals for the Texas northwestern boundary, Clay's Compromise Line and Pearce's Line. Map includes table of "Areas" in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. No scale information given.
Date: September 5, 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reports of the Secretary of War, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lt. Col. J. E. Johnston; Lieutenant W. F. Smith; Lieutenant F. T. Bryan; Lieutenant N. H. Michler; and Captain S. G. French, of Q'rmaster's Dep't. Also, the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into Navajo country; and the report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissances of the western frontier of Texas. July 24, 1850. Ordered to be printed.

1 map shows routes from San Antonio to El Paso in 1849. Includes rivers and some topographical features. 1 map shows the route pursued in 1849 by US Troops in an expedition against the Navajo Indians in New Mexico in the area near Santa Fe.
Date: July 24, 1850
Creator: United States. Congress (31st, 1st session : 1849-1850)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Collin County]

Cadastral map of Collin County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Several features are marked including the Mercer Colony line. A legal statement is written in the lower-right corner attesting to the accuracy of the map.
Date: May 29, 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Map of Panola County, Texas 1850

Cadastral map of Panola County, Texas including a handwritten index of property owners written in the margins.
Date: March 14, 1850
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Amérique.

Map shows major cities and areas of Indian habitation for Greenland, New Britain, the United States, the islands of the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and Russian America [Alaska]. Inset: [Map of the Aleutian Islands]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Delamarche
System: The Portal to Texas History

City of Saint Joseph: Berrien County, Michigan.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century St. Joseph, Michigan street names, block and lot numbers, and the St. Joseph River. Includes references to building locations. Inset: North St. Joseph and St. Joseph. Cadastral map. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederazione Messicana.

Map shows shows geography, cities, and towns in mid-nineteenth century Central America, the Gulf Coast and the United States west of the Mississippi River. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:21,723,428].
Date: [1850..1854]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hopkins County

Cadastral map of Hopkins County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1850~
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnson's Delaware and Maryland.

Map shows railroads, roads, canals, counties, and cities. Inset: "District of Columbia" shows street layout, roads, canals, railroads, military facilities, and select buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:975,000].
Date: [1850..1855]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
System: The Portal to Texas History

Karte von den Vermessungen im Grant und in der Gegend zwischen demselben und Neu Braunfels.

Map shows early land grants in Texas and German settlements in the Fredericksburg and New Braunfels areas. Scale not given. Map appeared in Instruction für Deutsche Auswanderer nach Texas, nebst der neuesten Karte dieses Staates, nach dessen Grenzbestimmungen durch Congress [Instruction for German Immigrants to Texas, along with the latest map of that State through its demarcations according to Congress], published in 1850.
Date: 1850
Creator: Willke, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map illustrative of the route of the proposed railroad : From St. Louis to the Bay of San Francisco.

Map shows proposed railroad route from St. Louis to San Francisco following the Missouri, Platte, Sweetwater, and Humboldt Rivers. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Dearborn, W. L. (William L.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Hancock & Denton's Colony in Texas.

Map shows property ownership, notable physical features; large portion of plats of land owned by G. W. Denton and George Hancock; portions of "Phantom Hill & Ft. Croghan Road" cutting northwest to southeast. Includes text discussing potential railroad lines and terms of sale. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. No scale noted.
Date: [1850..1870]
Creator: Milne, Colin R., b. ca. 1817
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island constructed from the latest authorities.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island roads, existing railroads, proposed railroads, existing canals, proposed canals, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Inset: "Boston." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:676,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North America

This map shows all of North America and the surrounding area. Each of the countries is shaded in color and labeled. Major cities and some states and provinces in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada are labeled, but not all delineated. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Washington.
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas from the most recent authorities.

This map shows the state of Texas and surrounding areas including the Apache and Comanche Indian areas, the Cross Timbers, roads, and land "explored by LeGrand in 1833." The map shows major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features (relief shown with hachures) and each of the Texas counties is colored. In the lower left corner there is an inset containing "Texas north of Red River." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale: [ca. 1:3,379,200].
Date: 1850~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Texas, Part of Mexico and the United States]

An 1850 map of Texas, it contains many Texas landmarks. The map shows the route of the first Santa Fé Expedition; drawn and engraved by W. Kemble.
Date: 1850
Creator: Kemble, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Estate of the late Genl. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Cortlandt Town Westchester County, near Peekskill on the Hudson River : to be sold at auction by Jas. M. Miller & Co. at the mansion on the premises on Wednesday 14th August 1850 at 12 o'clock.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century acreage, tract numbers and dimensions, structures, landowners, roads, water sources, and vegetation; existing and proposed dams in Cortlandt, New York. Insets: "Section of Sprout Brook," and "Section of Peckskill River" [profile diagrams of existing and proposed dam construction]. Relief shown by hachures and by profile on insets. Scale not given.
Date: 1850
Creator: Hart, Henry, civil engineer
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the northwestern states shewing [sic] what proportion lies north of the parallel of south bend of Lake Michigan.

Map shows midwest states from Minnesota to Ohio and Michigan Southern Railway connections from Iowa to Ohio. Scale [ca.1:2,960,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: W. Endicott & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the organized counties of Minnesota.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Minnesota counties, township grid, roads, cities, towns, and areas of Native American habitation for the area east of Mississippi River and west of St. Croix River. Includes text notes on map and additional text "Accompaniment to the map of Minnesota" on additional pages in covers. Inset: "Map of Minnesota Territory." Relief shown by hachures on inset. Scale [ca. 1:422,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the organized counties of Minnesota,

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Minnesota counties, township grid, roads, cities, towns, and areas of Native American habitation for the area east of Mississippi River and west of St. Croix River. Includes text notes on map and additional text "Accompaniment to the map of Minnesota" on additional pages in covers. Inset: "Map of Minnesota Territory." Relief shown by hachures on inset. Scale [ca. 1:422,000].
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the organized counties of Minnesota [Accompanying Text].

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows mid-nineteenth century Minnesota counties, township grid, roads, cities, towns, and areas of Native American habitation for the area east of Mississippi River and west of St. Croix River.
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the organized counties of Minnesota [Accompanying Text].

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows mid-nineteenth century Minnesota counties, township grid, roads, cities, towns, and areas of Native American habitation for the area east of Mississippi River and west of St. Croix River.
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the principal gold quartz mines or lodes in El Dorado County, California showing the position of the New York and El Dorado Co.'s lodes, Wanderer, New England, Vanderbilt, and Yosemite.

Map shows towns, general locations of gold mines and lodes, U.S. Mail route through Placerville, mining companies, and site of Sutter's "first discovery of gold." Inset details overland route from San Francisco to Placerville. Scale not given.
Date: 1850?
Creator: Howe and Perry
System: The Portal to Texas History