Texas State Archives Map Collection
Map of the Country Scouted by Colonels McKenzie and Shafter, Captain R.P. Wilson and others in the Years 1874-75
Date: | 1874-1875 |
Publisher: | -- None Listed -- |
Cartographer: |
Lucas, Alexander L. |
Scale: | 1 inch = 8 miles |
Size: | 104 cm x 107 cm |
Type of Map: | military |
Format: | positive photostat, black on white |
Language: | English |
AC Number: | 01220 |
Photo Media: | 4x5 b&w neg (top half of map only) photo no. 1999/1-5-1 |
File Size: | 88.39 MB |
Description:
Shows rivers, creeks, lakes, springs, wells, water holes, mountainous and forested areas, camps, forts, trails of cavalry giving dates of scouting parties, and towns and settlements. The area covered extends from the Rio Grande in the south, the Rio Pecos in the west, north to Fort Sumner, and east to Fort McKavett. Authorities for longitude, latitude, and topography are given. Two photostats.
Long. 100 - 104 deg.
11/18/82
Revised 3/30/00
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