Texas State Archives Map Collection



Map of Texas
Date: 1878
Publisher: Thompson, N.D. & Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 1878. Copyright by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 33 statute miles
Size: 64 cm x 49 cm
Type of Map: general
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 01480a
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

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Description:
Covers the Texas, the Indian Territory, and parts of adjoining states. Shows rivers, creeks, mountainous areas, towns, cities, counties, roads, railroads, routes and dates of military expeditions, other routes and trails--including pioneer routes and the Southern Overland Mail Route, forts, camps, mines (lead, copper, and silver), some ranches, and Indian tribes, agencies, and reservations. There are some topographical remarks on the map. Inset: [Western Portion of West Texas]. This map is virtually identical to map 1480 and may have been published in Southern and Western Texas Guide for 1878, by James L. Rock and W.I. Smith (A.H. Granger, St. Louis, Missouri, 1878). 11/90

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