Commercial Map of the World

This sheet includes multiple maps; on the front is a commercial map of the world. The commercial map is color-coded to show different aspects of commerce (the key is in the lower right corner) and also uses red and black lines to mark trade and communication routes as well as ocean currents (the key is in the lower left corner). Additionally, red text marks the locations of products and industries across the world. Bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). On the back of the commercial map, there are multiple other maps on two pages. The page on the left has a central political map of the world labeled "The World To-Day" and is surrounded by maps showing portions of the world from different time periods. On the right half, there are four maps: a small inset of "Ancient Rome" in the upper left corner, "Italy at the time of Augustus" in the upper right corner, "Greece at the time of Pericles" in the middle of the page and to the left, and "Palestine, Lower Egypt and part of Arabia, A.D. 70" at the bottom. All of the maps use colored shading to mark …
Date: 1890~
Creator: Hinman, Russell, 1853-1912
System: The Portal to Texas History

Territorial Development of the United States

This map shows the United States including an inset of Alaska in the lower left corner. Colored shading shows different territories and cessions which are also labeled with names and dates including: Mexican Cession 1848, Province of Louisiana French Cession 1803, Texas 1845, North-Western Territory, Spanish Cession 1819, Original Thirteen States, and Russian Cession 1867. Additionally, states are outlined and labeled including dates of statehood (where applicable). A block of text in the upper left describes "Claim of the U.S. to region west of Rocky Mts." Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are also marked (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date: 1890
Creator: A. S. Barnes & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Birmingham, Cherokee County, Texas

Map shows street names, city block and lot numbers, existing and proposed railroads, and some businesses and buildings for the town of New Birmingham, Texas in its early development. Inset: Map of iron ore in Cherokee Co. Scale not given.
Date: 1891
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tourist map of Mexico City]

Map shows late nineteenth century Mexico City street names, parks, churches, and points of interest. Includes index to numbered locations and handwritten notes. Inset: [advertisement for] Blake's Book Store, C. de Gante, 8. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1910]
Creator: Blake's Book Store
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls, Texas, 1890

Map shows late nineteenth century Wichita Falls, Texas structures, street names, and businesses. Includes key to selected buildings and eight illustrations. Insets: "Wichita Co. Court House and Jail," "C.A. Souters Block & Opera House," "T.H. Wilson's Grocery Co.," "Wichita Roller Mil' Co. Mill & Warehouse," "Public School," "Keller & Durrett, Saddlery: Buggies & Hard[ware]," "Wagon & R.R. Bridges Across the Wichita River," and the "Panhandle Natl. Bank." Scale not provided.
Date: 1890
Creator: Fowler, T. M. (Thaddeus Mortimer), 1842-1922
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of la Gloria Ranch in Duval County, Texas.

Map shows location of ranch amenities, structures, and water sources; overall situation of ranch location in South Texas, with nearby towns and railroads. Scale not given.
Date: 1892
Creator: Dallas Lith. Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Transatlantic Steamship Routes: Supplement to the Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, January, 1893.

Map shows southern and northern routes across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and North America with coordinates of points along routes. Includes text, tables, compass, "Proposed New York-Gibraltar steamship routes," "Table of distances in nautical miles, from New York and Boston to Fastnet and Bishops Rock," "Latitudes of Great Circle Intersections on the Porposed Routes," and "Proposed Steamship Routes between New York and the Straits of Gibraltar." Also includes detailed navigational instructions for sailing from New York and Boston to Ireland and the Straits of Gibraltar. Scale not given.
Date: 1893
Creator: United States. Hydrographic Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Galveston Entrance Texas.

Map shows northeast end of Galveston Island, Pelican Island, and Bolivar Point. Streets, railroads, and a few buildings are indicated. Notes on soundings, light houses, light vessels, tides, buoys, and weather signals are provided. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [1:40,000].
Date: 1893
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and connections.

Map shows railroad lines across south central Texas and along the Texas Gulf Coast, including major cities of Waco, Houston, Austin, Galveston, San Antonio, and Laredo. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Prescott and tributary mining districts, Yavapai County, Arizona.

Map shows late nineteenth century settlements, military posts and reservations, mines, ranches, wagon roads, proposed and existing railroads, township grid. Includes legend: "Exposition." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:126,720].
Date: 1895
Creator: Baumann, Jules
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Dallas and Buffalo]

Map shows late nineteenth century Dallas, Texas street names, parks, railroads, street car lines, cemeteries, and some buildings. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Dallas and San Francisco]

Map shows street names, parks, railroads, street car lines, cemeteries, and some buildings; on verso, same, plus military installations. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and connections.

Map shows railroad connections throughout Texas, north to St. Louis, Missouri, and west to Pueblo, Colorado. Oklahoma is shown divided into Oklahoma and Indian Ter[ritory]. Texas and Pacific route shown in orange color. Map is from Annual Report of the Directors of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co. to the Stockholders, for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1898. Scale not given.
Date: 1899
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and part of New Mexico.

Map shows towns, wagon roads, explorers' routes, railroads, and military posts across Texas from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Fort Smith, Arkansas and from Chihuahua, Mexico to Opelousas, Louisiana; roads and structures, location of troops on battlefields. Includes list of authorities, coordinates of "stations," and notes on rivers. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,800,000], [ca. 1:26,700], and [ca. 1:10,500].
Date: [1891..1895]
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States, southern section

Map shows cities, railroads, in the southeastern portion of the United States including most of Kansas, Indian Territory, and eastern portion of Texas during the late nineteenth century. Map shows Padre Island, Texas as "Isla del Madre." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1900]
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plano de Matamoros y Brownsville

Map shows roads, fortifications, street names, interurban lines, and some structures for Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas and vicinity along the Rio Grande. Scale not given.
Date: 1890
Creator: Clarke & Courts.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Perspective map of Fort Worth, Tex.

Map shows the city of Fort Worth, Texas south and east of the Clear Fork of the Trinity River; railroads, street names, and buildings. Inset: "New England Savings Bank & Trust Co.'s Bldg. [Hurley Office Building]." Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1891
Creator: Wellge, H. (Henry)
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plat of lands sold to G. C. & S.Fe R. R. Co.

Map shows late nineteenth century Dallas, Texas properties purchased by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Scale [1:1,200].
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Geological map of Alabama [Sheet 2].

Map shows late nineteenth century Alabama roads, railroads, towns, township grid, and counties. Scale [ca. 1:634,000]. This sheet is an "explanation."
Date: 1894
Creator: Geological Survey of Alabama
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of Western Texas, Wyoming, and Utah]

Map shows Buchel & Foley counties before they were consolidated into Brewster County in 1897. Relief shown by hachures. Scales differ.
Date: 1891
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Jack County, Texas.

Map shows land tracts, patents, landowners, and townships for Jack County; portions of adjacent counties where properties extend beyond county limits. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:133,334].
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Linguistic Stocks of American Indians North of Mexico.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation grouped by native language. Inset: Aleutian Islands. Scale [1:15,700,000].
Date: 1891
Creator: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Trans-Continental Railways of North America.

Map shows the late nineteenth century routes and names of transcontinental railroad companies. Inset: "Isthmus Routes." Scale not given.
Date: [1890..1895]
Creator: Fisk & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History