Copy of a land Grant file for land issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in the Bexar Land District. Includes a folder jacket with table of contents and notes about the land grant (filed July 12, 1928); field notes by M.J. Doyle, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar Land District for Section 21 Block 20 (January 13, 1873); the affidavit of ownership of S.N. Allen (July 12, 1928); and a note by Land Commissioner J.H. Walker indicating that the file has no relation to the O. Henry story of the same name (December 4, 1933). O. Henry’s story tells the tale of a Railroad baron taking a poor homesteader’s land by stealing this file. Walker notes that although the file was missing for a period, due to office procedures the land fraud could not have occurred.

Cadastral map of Victoria County in the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Lamar County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Notes were added in red and black ink. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Rains County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region.

Cadastral map of Rains County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Additional notes are made in different colored inks. The top of the map is cut off.

Cadastral map of Tarrant County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Tarrant County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Uvalde County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Geographic features are marked as well as the location of an old silver mine. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Victoria County, Texas including the Gulf Coast region. There are notes in blue and red ink that have been added to sections of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of Leon County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of Medina County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The line for Castro's Colony is marked on map. Colonel Frank's Road was adopted as the County Road. The roads from Castroville over Quihi to Bandera, from Castroville, from Quihi and Vandenbury to the Upper Hondo, and from Castroville to Bandera, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of Milam County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Milam County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of Newton County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Rains County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region.

Cadastral map of Tarrant County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some notes are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Upshur County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. A segment of the map is outlined in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Uvalde County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Several features are noted, including the location of an old silver mine; the county border is marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. The north line of Mercer's Colony, which is also the south line of Peter's Colony, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Gulf Coast region covering Fort Bend County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Hill Country region covering Gillespie County, Texas. The road from Mason to Kerrville, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Goliad County, Texas. The roads to Mier, Clinton, Guadalupe, San Patricio, Oakville, Yorktown, Victoria, and Helena, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Haskell County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Haskell County, Texas. The center of Haskell County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).