Resource Type

Plot of Itinerary Maps from Camp Verde, Texas to San Antonio, Texas

Plot of two routes from Camp Verde, Texas, to San Antonio, Texas, as per letter from J.W. Bean at Camp Verde. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: January 18, 1869
Creator: Bean, J. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Sabine and San Augustine Counties

Cadastral map of parts of Sabine and San Augustine Counties, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. No scale indicated.
Date: June 1863
Creator: Brown, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

J. De Cordova's map of the state of Texas

Map of Texas, showing counties, towns, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Includes list of land districts, official State of Texas seals, and notes. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,169,700 The map also includes an inset map of the southwestern United States and Mexico in the lower-right corner. Scale ca. 1:9,000,000
Date: 1861
Creator: De Cordova, Jacob
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Kendall County

Blueline print of survey map of Kendall County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information is given.
Date: 1862
Creator: Dietz, Osw.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Richardson's New Map of the State of Texas

Map of Texas and parts of northern Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas, showing Indian Territory, towns roads, railroads, battlefields, military posts, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Includes inset maps of the northern part of the Panhandle, plan of the western United States, and plans of Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, and Matagorda Bay. Scale varies.
Date: 1867
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Patent Issued to James H. Lawrence by the State of Texas, September 1860] (open access)

[Land Patent Issued to James H. Lawrence by the State of Texas, September 1860]

Land patent issued to James H. Lawrence by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.
Date: September 3, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860] (open access)

[Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860]

Land patent issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.
Date: November 27, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation, October 1860] (open access)

[Letter from Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation, October 1860]

Letter from Governor Sam Houston to the Chickasaw Nation discussing the extradition of a fugitive named Walker Martin. Included in the letter are indictment charges and documents proving Walker Martin's charges.
Date: October 15, 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Hughes to Truett Latimer, July 25, 1961] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Hughes to Truett Latimer, July 25, 1961]

Letter from Jack Hughes to Truett Latimer urging support for Auto Tax on difference only and to stop sales tax on cars higher now than other commodities.
Date: July 26, 1861
Creator: Hughes, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Uvalde County.

Survey map of Uvalde County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, lakes, towns, mines, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1862
Creator: Martin, J. & Reichel, R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Zavalla County.

Cadastral map of Zavala County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: 1862
Creator: Martin, Joseph & Reichel, Robert
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads operated during the war from 1862-1866, as military lines

Map of the United States showing military railroads in the Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, and Southern states during the American Civil War. The map includes towns, forts, rivers, state boundaries, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Railroad gauge indicated by color in bottom-right corner. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800] (30 miles to the inch).
Date: 1866
Creator: McCallum, D. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pressler's Map of the State of Texas (2).

Map of a part of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Includes two inset maps, titled "Map of the Old Colonies" (upper-left corner) and "Map of Original Land Districts" (lower-left corner). Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1867
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Traveller's Map of the State of Texas

Map of Texas, showing county lines and Indian Territory. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, post offices, bodies of water, and other geologic features. There is an inset map in the lower-right corner titled "Map of the Northern Parts of Texas," which covers the Panhandle and some Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. There is a larger inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Western Parts of Texas," which includes El Paso and Presidio Counties and part of the Territory of Bexar. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000
Date: 1867
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Traveller's Map of the State of Texas (1).

Map of South Texas, showing county lines and Indian Territory. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, post offices, bodies of water, and other geologic features. There is an inset map in the lower-right corner titled "Map of the Northern Parts of Texas," which covers the Panhandle and some Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. There is a larger inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Western Parts of Texas," which includes El Paso and Presidio Counties and part of the Territory of Bexar. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000
Date: 1867
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Traveller's Map of the State of Texas (2).

Map of Central Texas and Oklahoma (Indian Territory), showing towns, roads, railroads, post offices, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000
Date: 1867
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wilson Co.

Cadastral map of Wilson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, cities, towns, and railroads. No scale indicated.
Date: May 9, 1866
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Jack County

Blueline format of survey map of Jack County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information is given.
Date: 1868
Creator: Pressler, Chas & Arlitt, E. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Kerr County.

Survey map of Kerr County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, towns, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: July 12, 1864
Creator: Reichel, R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston County

Blueline format of survey map of Houston County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. A key is included in the upper-right corner of the map, indicating titles in Burnet's Colony and Vehlin's Colony, titles by Alcaldes of Nacogdoches and Charles S. Taylor, and old titles on deposit. No scale information is given.
Date: 1868
Creator: Stremme, C. O.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Robertson County

Blueline print of survey map of Robertson County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, railroads, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date: 1863
Creator: Thielepape, George F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Hopkins County

Blueline format of survey map of Hopkins County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date: 1863
Creator: Von Bieberstein, H. B.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Valley of the Red River, La. from Mississippi River to Shreveport

Map of the Red River Campaign during the Civil War, lasting from March to May 1864. The map shows locations of battle sites between Union and Confederate soldiers, including the Battle of Mansfield and the Battle of Pleasant Hill; the approximate date and/or time of battles; and routes traveled by soldiers. The map also includes towns, additional notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:316,800] (5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1865
Creator: Von Kamecke, Theo
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's New Map of the State of Texas

Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a note describing the significance of selecting this map for reproduction to depict American expansionism and three inset maps, located in the lower-left corner ("Plan of the Northern Part of Texas," "Plan of Galveston Bay," and "Plan of Sabine Lake"). Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,118,400] (appropriately 65 miles to the inch).
Date: 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History