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Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company (open access)

Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company

Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell. A handwritten note on the back by the notary public includes Purcell in the notarization, who was initially left off. A second handwritten note below explains that the document is a copy, along with where the original was signed and located.
Date: January 31, 1885
Creator: Arizona
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company (open access)

Certificate of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company

Document certifying the incorporation of the San San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and outlining its basic objectives, stocks, and territories. The notarization location and date of the document are scratched out in pen ink and replaced with handwritten corrections. The document is notarized by George W. Jalouick and signed by Claiborne Walker Merchant, James H. Parramore, J. M. Hall, T. B. Hadley, and W. L. Purcell.
Date: January 1885
Creator: Arizona
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of South-Western New Mexico Showing Surveys Made for the A.T. & S. F. R. R. Co.

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].
Date: [1882..1902]
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888] (open access)

[Letter from Julia A. Barr to the Moore family, December 3, 1888]

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 …
Date: December 3, 1888
Creator: Barr, Julia A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

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.
Date: [1882..1901]
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boot (open access)

Boot

Patent for a boot design that contains a counter-support of coil springs while also being inexpensive, durable, and efficient.
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Benson, Henry L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad system [Colorado, Utah and New Mexico].

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].
Date: [1887..1901]
Creator: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexique.

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].
Date: 1884
Creator: Dumas-Vorxet, Ed. (Eduard)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map showing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad system with its connections : March 1st 1888.

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].
Date: 1888
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the State of Texas: Showing also portions of the Adjoining States and Territories

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.
Date: 1881
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the state of Texas : showing also portions of the adjoining states and territories.

Map shows counties and major cities and towns, military posts, railroads, major roads, areas of Native American reservations in Texas and portions of New Mexico and "Indian Territory." Streets, roads, and railroads in city of Galveston and Galveston Island are shown in the inset. Inset: "Plan of Galveston and Vicinity." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,265,000].
Date: 1880
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

County map of the state of Texas: showing also portions of the adjoining states and territories.

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].
Date: 1881
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Part of north central New Mexico, atlas sheet no. 70(C).

Map shows late nineteenth century New Mexico settlements, roads, railroads, and expedition routes. Includes key to geological composition. Scale [1:253,440].
Date: 1881
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parts of atlas sheets nos. 69(B), 69(D), 77(B) and 78(A)

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].
Date: 1881
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parts of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico: atlas sheet no. 70(A)

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].
Date: 1881
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Südwestliche Vereinigte Staaten und nördliches Mexico.

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].
Date: [1881..1895]
Creator: Köcher, R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Territory of New Mexico.

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].
Date: 1886
Creator: Morton, Robert H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Grape Vines #194]

Specimen of a grape plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins at McCarthy Station, New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "McCarthy Station N. M. Munson & Hopkins, July 25, 1889."
Date: July 25, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #178]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica Engelm plant, collected by T. V. Munson and Hopkins in New Mexico, July 23, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Near Albuquerque, N. M."
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #179]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica plant, collected by T. V. Munson and Hopkins in New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Near Albuquerque, N. M."
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #185]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica Engelm plant, collected by T. V. Munson and Hopkins in New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "McCarthy Station, N. M. Munson & Hopkins. July 25, 1889."
Date: July 25, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #186]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica Engelm plant, collected by T. V. Munson and Hopkins in New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "McCarthy Station, N. M. Munson & Hopkins. July 25, 1889."
Date: July 25, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #187]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica Engelm plant, collected by Munson & Hopkins in New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Vitis; McCarthy Station, N. M. Munson & Hopkins July 25, 1889."
Date: July 25, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbarium Sheet: Vitis arizonica Engelm #188]

Specimen of a Vitis arizonica Engelm plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in New Mexico, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Vitis; Bear Cañon N. M. Munson & Hopkins. July 23, 1889."
Date: July 23, 1889
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Object Type: Specimen
System: The Portal to Texas History