New Hampshire

Map of New Hampshire and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, water bodies, boundary lines, forts, and includes explanatory notes on certain geographic features. There is also an inset map in the upper-right corner titled "A General Map of the River St. Lawrence above Montreal to Lake Ontario with the Adjacent Country on the West from Albany & Lake Champlain," with major cities, lakes, rivers, and falls labeled. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (approximately 15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Blanchard, Joseph; Langdon, Samuel & Jefferys, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto

Map of the Texan and Mexican Armies at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, showing the positions of the armies and features of the terrain between Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay. Distances to various cities are given. No scale indicated. On verso: Photograph of families picking hops to make beer in Kent County, England.
Date: 1938?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Jersey

Map of New Jersey and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, mountain ranges, bays, rivers, creeks, inlets, and harbors, with explanatory notes on certain geographic features. Map includes an astronomical observations table in the lower-right corner. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Faden, William
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

The Siege of Bexar

Map of the line of attack by Texans against the Mexican forces occupying Bexar, showing the layout of San Antonio de Bexar, including roads, major buildings, rivers, and creeks. The distances to various locations are given. Some twentieth century streets of San Antonio are superimposed. No scale indicated.
Date: 1938?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: The Lone Star State

Pictorial and historical map of Texas, with complementary notes and text on Exploration 1519-1685, Missions and Spanish 1682-1819, Colonization, Rumbles of Revolt, The Republic, Statehood 1845, and Secession. Map shows flags of six nations over Texas, counties and regions by terrain and vegetation type, missions, roads, the size and population, and categories of industry and agriculture by location. Scale [ca. 1:3,168,000] (approximately 50 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Aitchison, R. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Massachusetts (eastern part, i.e., the District of Maine)

Map of Massachusetts and Maine and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, Canadian provinces, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes three inset maps in the lower-left corner showing the district of Maine, with markings for geographic features as well as towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,534,400] (40 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Carleton, Osgood; Doolittle, Amos; Mitchell, John & Jay, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sectional map indicating main automobile roads between Canada and United States (middle west sheet).

Map of roadways in the Midwestern United States and southern portions of the Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario provinces of Canada. The map includes major towns, bodies of water, and boundaries. The map also includes an inset map of the four Canadian road map sheets in this series near the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:2,217,600] (35 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: Canada. National Development Bureau.
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

Texas Fredericksburg Sheet

Topographic quadrangle map of Fredericksburg, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing towns, water bodies, mountains, borders between counties, and landmarks. Relief indicated by contours (interval 50 feet) and spot heights. On verso: explanation and history of topographic maps of the U.S. and standard symbols used. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1932
Creator: Gannett, Henry; Thompson, A. H.; Douglas, E. M. & Fitch, C. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Routes of Indian Raids into the Northern Mexican States and United States Military Posts, 1860

Military map of conflicts between settlers and the Southern Plains Indians in Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. The map shows trails and military posts (occupied and abandoned). State lines, towns, roads, bodies and water, and areas of elevation are also included. Towns enclosed in brackets were established after 1860. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1933
Creator: Riney, W. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
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

Texas: San Marcos Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of San Marcos, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing Guadalupe, Gonzales, Hays, and Caldwell Counties. The map includes county lines, towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, and schools. Relief shown by contours (interval 20 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1931
Creator: Marshall, R. B.; Herron, W. H.; Stiles, Arthur; McLaughlin, Fred; Forster, William J.; Elliott, Herman R. et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas, with Coahuila, in 1835-36.

Map of the United States and Mexico, showing territories but not states. Cities and towns representing areas of recruitment are shown, as are Indian villages and forts in Texas. No scale indicated.
Date: 1938?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pennsylvania

Map of Pennsylvania at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, villages, roads, paths, counties, boundary lines, mountain ranges, and water bodies. The map also includes a legend (indicating meeting houses, wigwams, mills, forges, boundaries, towns, roads, villages, and paths) in the lower-right corner. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
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

North Carolina (eastern part, without Tennessee)

Map of North and South Carolina and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing counties, towns, roads, mountain ranges, swamps, boundary lines, and water bodies. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (approximately 15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Mouzon, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History

South Carolina

Map of South Carolina at the time of the ratification of the Constitutions, showing counties, townships, towns, water bodies, forts, churches and chapels, houses, roads, swamps, and marshes. A table of the proprietors of land in South Carolina is included in the lower-left corner of the map. There is also an inset map of South Carolina in its entirety, with markings for geographic features as well as major roads, court houses, bridges, and iron works. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:823,680] (13 miles to the inch).
Date: 1937
Creator: Faden, William; Stuart, John & Drayton, John
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations

Map of Narragansett Bay at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing islands, towns, inlets, coves, rivers, and plantations. The map includes a table of "References to the Batteries" and "A List of the Principal Farms in Rhode Island." The map also includes an inset map of Rhode Island in its entirety, showing counties and water bodies. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:82,368] (approximately 1.3 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Blaskowitz, Charles & Faden, William
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas: Uvalde Quadrangle

Topographic quadrangle map of Uvalde, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing parts of Uvalde and Zavala Counties. The map includes county lines, towns, ranches, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown by contours (interval 25 feet) and spot heights. Scale 1:125,000
Date: 1931
Creator: Douglas, E. M.; Baldwin, H. L., Jr. & Bannon, T. M.
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

Sketch of Rath City or Old Reynolds

Sketch map of the trading post called Rath City, or Camp Reynolds, showing gun magazines, hotels, graves, corrals, and a few unidentified buildings as well as ownership of land. Notes on source information is included beneath the legend, in the upper-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:1,500] (125 feet to the inch).
Date: 1936
Creator: Riney, W. A.; Rath, Charles & Moore, W. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

North Carolina (western part, i.e., Tennessee)

Map of Tennessee and the surrounding area at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing towns, roads, American-Indian reservations, rivers, creeks, and mountain ranges, with explanatory notes on road conditions. Map includes a legend in the lower-left corner and an inset map, titled "A Map of the United States of America," at the top of the map, below the title. The inset map designates Tennessee (marked as North Carolina) within the larger scope of the United States at the time. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,393,920] (22 miles to the inch).
Date: 1938
Creator: Smith, D.
System: The Portal to Texas History