Texas State Archives Map Collection



The Great Overland Mail Road and Pacific Railroad
Date: 1855 c.
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: Sprague, J.T., Brevet Major and Capt...
Scale: none given
Size: 45 cm x 59 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: photostat, white on black
Language: English
AC Number: 01430
Photo Media: -- None Listed --
File Size: 47.26 MB

The Great Overland Mail Road and Pacific Railroad Image:

Description:
Subtitle: Sketch of the Location of Filmore Silver Mine Known as Stephenson's Silver Mine in the Organ Range of Mountains, N.M., also showing the Great Overland Mail Road and Pacific Rail Road [Cart., cont.] ... Compiled from the U.S. and Mexico Boundary Survey Covers the United States west of the Mississippi, showing rivers, creeks, railroads, forts, silver mines, and routes and trails, including the Great Overland Mail Route. Engravings surround the map. A chart gives distances between specified points. Photostat. Long. 88 - 128 deg. Copied from the holdings of the Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. 4/17/84

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