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Map of Haskell County, Young Land District

Cadastral map of Haskell County and the Young surveying district, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: July 20, 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, May 14, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, May 14, 1859]

Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector, to his son, Kenner K. Rector discussing that the family is doing well and John is trying to make his way home but needs $300.00 that'll get to him as soon as possible. He wonders Kenner's selling of lumber is going.
Date: May 14, 1859
Creator: Rector, Ludwell Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fannin Land District

Blueline format of Fannin County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston County.

Cadastral map of Houston County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: 1859
Creator: Stremme, C. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Haskell County

Blue line print of survey map of Haskell County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information is given.
Date: 1859
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Mason County.

Cadastral map of Mason County, Texas, showing land property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:12,000,000
Date: November 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Huntsville Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1858 (open access)

The Huntsville Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 24, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, March 8, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, March 8, 1858]

Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector, to his son, Kenner K. Rector discussing that John wrote home to only be hard on Kenner and request funds. Jeanette will start school soon and it's becoming hard to get hold of bread or seeds. There's a possibility the grasshoppers will take the crop.
Date: March 8, 1858
Creator: Rector, Ludwell Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, March 8, 1858] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Ludwell Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, March 8, 1858]

Transcript of letter from Ludwell Lee Rector, to his son, Kenner K. Rector discussing that John wrote home to only be hard on Kenner and request funds. Jeanette will start school soon and it's becoming hard to get hold of bread or seeds. There's a possibility the grasshoppers will take the crop.
Date: March 8, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Brown County

Blueline format of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Hectors, J. P
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Grimes County

Blueline format of survey map of Grimes County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, surveys of land, and towns. No scale information given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Montague County

Blueline format of survey map of Montague, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, Victoria Peak, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1858
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map Showing the Route of E.F. Beale from Fort Smith, ARK. to Alburquerque, NM.

Three maps showing the route of E. F. Beale from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Albuquerque, New Mexico (left); the leased portion of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation (upper-right); and country between the Brazos River and the Kansas River (lower-right). Relief shown in hachures. Scale varies.
Date: 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Map of part of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes and extensive map of counties in the upper-right corner and a note from the commissioner of the General Land Office. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1858
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County.

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: November 1, 1857
Creator: Browne, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of Title (open access)

Abstract of Title

Booklet entitled "Abstract of Title, to One League and Labor of land situated in Runnels County in the name of Rama Christa as appears from the records of Bexar County while Runnels Co. was a part of Bexar, made by Cocke, Hildebrand & Co. for John C. Beasley," containing records about land titles and legal transactions.
Date: June 16, 1857
Creator: Beasley, John C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Gillespie County

Survey map of Gillespie County, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, forts, and bodies of water. No scale information given.
Date: March 23, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum and University Lands situated on the waters of Hubbards-Creek

Cadastral map of land grants for universities, blind asylums, and lunatic asylums, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Date: 1857
Creator: Carter, S. M. & Creuzbaur, R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Asylum Lands

Survey map of land grants for "blind and lunatic asylums" in Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, and Calhoun Counties, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory

Blueline map showing the boundary line between Texas and Mexico, showing topographic markings. Scale 1: 999,996 (15 miles and 4133 ft = 1 in.)
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Department of the Interior.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory.

Map of the boundary lines between Texas and the United States, showing military trails, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Includes table of "Points which can be easily found on the Earth's surface," indicating the latitude and longitude of mountains, hills, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Clark, J. H. & Weyss, J. E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mapa del Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar: sus Misiones de la Provinsia de Texas, Fecho en 24 del Mes de Marzo de 1764

Duplication of a map roughly depicting the missions and surrounding areas located near present-day San Antonio, during the Spanish rule of Texas; features are represented pictorially. Scale approximately 1:83,333 (Escala de 5000. Mil Varas Casttellanas.)
Date: 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young Land District

Blueline format of Young Land District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History