Round-up at Bar O-T-O Ranch

Photograph of a big round-up held on the Bar O-T-O Ranch in Dawson County in 1898. The ranch consisted of about 200,000 acres and extended to within six miles of present day Lamesa. About 12,000 cattle were in the herd when this picture was taken. In the picture L-R: Gip Akins, Charlie Nivvins of El Paso, Eldridge Ingle of Ensby, Alabama, Paul Dalmont of Lamesa, V.P. Baker of Lamesa, Eulis Dalmont of Lamesa, Harry Morgan of Lamesa (12 mi. north), Bill Oden and other unnamed cowpunchers.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Distribution of the Population of the United States: 1890

This map of the United States is shaded in brown tones according to the population of the area.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Census Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Directory of Fort Worth, Texas.  1898-1899 (open access)

City Directory of Fort Worth, Texas. 1898-1899

Directory for Fort Worth, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. Table of Contents and Index to Advertisements on page 5, following the title page.
Date: 1898
Creator: Fort Worth Directory Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of North Glenwood, Fort Worth, Texas, 1898

Map shows street names, blocks, lot dimensions, acreage, and some owners in the North Glenwood area of Fort Worth during the late nineteenth century. Includes property description. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:1,200].
Date: [1898..1902]
Creator: Goodfellow, J. J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Post route map of the territory of New Mexico : Showing post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation on the 1st of September 1898.

Map shows major postal routes, frequency of delivery, towns, counties, railroads, and watershed. Includes: "Explanation of mail services," "List of counties in New Mexico territory," railroads, forts, mail routes, and Post Office Department logo. Scale [ca. 1:825,000].
Date: 1898
Creator: Von Haake, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Revised map of Jefferson County, Texas : Showing land surveys, railroads and water ways.

Map shows cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, waterways, land tracts by number, land ownership, ferries, lighthouses, marshland, some buildings and businesses. Includes notes and dates of title patents. Insets: "Jefferson County Court House," "Beaumont, Texas," "Gladys [&] Cecil, age 12, natives of Beaumont, Texas," and "A Door to the World." Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:126,720].
Date: 1898
Creator: Higgins, Pattillo, b. 1863
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Schleicher County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, railroads, oil leases for Sun Oil Co., and and proposed drilling sites. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1898
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Young County : fr. official map of Octr. 1896.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, railroads, "Brazos River Indian Reserve" and "Texan Emigration and Land Company Premium Surveys." Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1898
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Runnels County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, railroads. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:66,667].
Date: 1898
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palo Pinto County.

Map shows late nineteenth century Palo Pinto County, Texas land ownership, railroads, land grants, and course of the Brazos River; railroads grands and Texan Emigration and Land Company's premium surveys; additional handdrawn annotation for petroleum well location. Scale [1:66,667].
Date: 1898
Creator: Pressler, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Archer County [Texas].

Map shows land patents, landowners, tract numbers, towns, railroads, and property boundaries in Archer County and portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits; town of Archer underlined in red. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rand McNally & Co.'s new official railroad map of the United States : With portions of the dominion of Canada, the Republic of Mexico, and the West Indies.

Map shows state boundaries for the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and lower portion of Canada; major cities and towns, military posts, Native American reservations, and railroads; Oklahoma and "Indian Territory." Inset: "Map of Alaska." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:5,195,520].
Date: 1898
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Carson County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Fort Bend County

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Palo Pinto County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Runnels County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Schleicher County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sutton County.

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Throckmorton County

Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Übersichtskarte von Nordamerika.

Map shows late nineteenth century geography, settlements, and political boundaries in North America and South America. Inset: Verbreitung der Neger und Negermischlinge in Amerika [Distribution of Blacks and Mixed Race Blacks in America]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:20,000,000].
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rand, McNally & Co.'s Texas.

Map shows railroads, counties, major cities and towns, mountain peaks in the Big Bend area. Includes index and [Table of] "Texas railroads." Inset: "Southern portion of Texas on same scale." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:2,154,240].
Date: 1898
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Francisco.

Map shows street names, parks, cemeteries, government and military facilities, waterworks, railroads, and some structures; overview of San Francisco Bay and surrounding area with major cities and railroads. Inset: "Map of San Francisco and vicinity." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Alaskan military reconnaissance of 1898.

Map shows late nineteenth century Alaska geographical features. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval approx. 500 feet. Scale [1:792,000].
Date: 1898?
Creator: Mahlo, Emil
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Francisco.

Map shows street names, parks, cemeteries, government and military facilities, waterworks, railroads, and some structures; overview of San Francisco Bay and surrounding area with major cities and railroads. Inset: "Map of San Francisco and vicinity." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1898
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History