This map shows the state of Texas, portions of New Mexico and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), and the surrounding areas. The visible counties of Texas, New Mexico, and "Indian Territory" are marked with dotted lines, labeled, and shaded in various colors. Cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). Additionally, the map shows the western expansion of the Texas & Pacific Railroad from Eastland County to El Paso, the Galveston-Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad from San Antonio to El Paso, and, the southward expansion of the International Railroad from San Antonio to Laredo. An inset in the lower left corner shows a "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000] (W 109°--W 92°/N 36°--N 27°) Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.

Patent for a boot design that contains a counter-support of coil springs while also being inexpensive, durable, and efficient.

Map shows late nineteenth century Fort Marcy street names, buildings, and lot measurements. Adjacent properties are also outlined. Includes legend to buildings and type of construction. Cadastral map. Scale [1:1200].

Map shows late nineteenth century cities, military posts, and railroads in states and territories west of the Mississippi River. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:7,500,000].

Map shows late nineteenth century New Mexico survey routes, roads, railroads, settlements, springs, ranches, military outposts, and mining activity. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca.1: 126,700].

Map shows cities, military posts, railroads, major roads, and areas of Native American habitation for Arizona and adjacent portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Mexico. Includes legend, names and dates for expeditionary routes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:3,700,000].

Map shows late nineteenth century settlements, roads, railroads, and routes of military expeditions in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Includes key to geological composition. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:253,440].

Map shows late nineteenth century New Mexico settlements, roads, railroads, and expedition routes. Includes key to geological composition. Scale [1:253,440].

Map shows geology of parts of southern Colorado [sheet 69(B)] and northern New Mexico [sheets 69(B), 69(D) 77(A), 78(B)]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:253,440].

Map shows late nineteenth century railroads, counties, major cities, Indian reservations, and areas of Native American habitation in Texas and parts of New Mexico and "Indian Terrritory." No scale indicated.

Map shows late nineteenth century geography, towns, and proposed railway lines from the Rio Grande to White Oaks, New Mexico. Scale [253,440].

Map shows late nineteenth century rail routes and proposed rail routes across the Gulf Coast and Southwestern United States. Includes "Table of Distances." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Map shows railroad lines, standard gauge, narrow gauge and three rails. Inset shows railroad line extended to San Francisco. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].

Map shows late nineteenth century geography, cities, and towns in Mexico, most of Texas, and southern portions of border states from Louisiana to California. Insets: "Yucatan" and "Iles Revilla Gigedo." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:5,000,000].

Map shows towns, railroads, roads, water sources, military posts, and prospector's camps. Includes manuscript notes and tracings written/drawn in red ink and pencil. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:468,000].

Map shows Native American reservations, military reservations, land grants, claims, township grid, railroads, ranches, and landmarks. Includes table of "Explanations." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:1,103,760].

Map shows routes of exploration, towns, forts, railroads, mining activity, and ranches for south central and southwestern New Mexico and south central and southeastern Arizona. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:634,000].

Map shows railroads stops along rail lines of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company and its connections throughout the South Central and Southwest United States and Northern Mexico, major cities, Native American reservations; Oklahoma as "Indian Territory." Includes key to railroad company lines. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:3,800,000].

Map shows township grid, towns, existing and proposed railroads, Spanish land grants, roads and trails, telephone lines, mineral resources, ranches, timbered areas, agricultural usage, water resources, military posts and reservations, and structure locations for Mora and Colfax Counties and a portion of Colorado. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:253,440].

These letters are from the Charles B. Moore Collection. They are written by J. Sabina Rucker to her brother, Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Sabina updates Charles on the Rucker family and details the country around her. She notes that while in the country she saw cowboys herding fifteen hundred cattle to New Mexico. The topic of this first letter moves to correspondences she had begun writing to Henry or Solomon. She discusses their travel and lodging plans and then closes the letter. Her brief, second letter was written on June 16, 1888. She discusses a house the family is looking at and notes that they saw a pack of dogs as they were coming into town. She details some news about a family friends and closes the letter because of the misting rain. The envelope is included with the letters.

This item is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Julia A. Barr, Henry and Charles Moore's cousin. In the letter, Julia updates the Moore family on the happenings in Jerseyville, Illinois and the news includes: a dialogue about meeting cousin George Wilson in Eureka Springs, Arkansas while on a trip there, a discussion about the people that accompanied here on the trip and how long she stayed, details concerning the people she meet in Eureka Springs, a conversation about Seella, her two children, and Polly, a dialogue about their helper who was discharged over a year ago and how they are getting along without him, an update on the bountiful crops and how good rain has made it possible for people to get out of debt, a discussion about "Aunt" Sally Smith and Uncle Abner's family, a dialogue about Sottie Knaff's daughter, details about the Goodrich family, an aside about the town of Jerseyville, a dialogue about Mrs. O. P. Powell's children, a discussion about Wilson Cross and Ida Barr Cross, details about Fannie and her love for entertaining, updates on family, a dialogue about Barr's California trip and the places they stopped at along the …

Map shows railroads, major cities and towns, military posts and installations, counties, ranchos, water resources, and notable physical features for Texas and adjacent New Mexico. Inset: "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,244,000].

Map shows late nineteenth century Texas county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, major roads, and geographical points of interest. Western expansion of the Texas & Pacific Railroad from Eastland County to El Paso, the Galveston-Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad from San Antonio to El Paso, and, the southward expansion of the International Railroad from San Antonio to Laredo are also indicated. Divisions and settlements within New Mexico and Oklahoma territories are also shown. Inset: "Plan of Galveston and vicinity." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,250,000].

Map shows major transportation routes and cities in northern and central portions of Mexico and the southern portion of the Southwest United States; Native American reservations. Inset: "Das Mittlere Mexico" [Central Mexico]. Relief shown by shading, hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints, soundings and bathymetric isolines. Scale [1:5,000,000].