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Field Notes and Detail Map of the Kings Highway From Pendleton's Ferry on Sabine River, to Paso de Francier on the Rio Grande
Date: 1915
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: Zivley, V.N., 1915-16, ...
Scale: 1 inch = 300 feet
Size: 34 cm x 22 cm
Type of Map: other
Format: color, manuscript
Language: English
AC Number: 01891
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Field Notes and Detail Map of the Kings Highway From Pendleton's Ferry on Sabine River, to Paso de Francier on the Rio Grande Image:



Description:
[Cart., cont.] ... under appointment and direction of His Excellancy Governor James E. Ferguson Manuscript book of 114 sheets, each covering a portion of the King's Highway or Old San Antonio Road. Shows markers placed along the road, rivers, creeks, roads, and railroads crossed; cities, towns, ferries, depots, ranches, houses, forts, missions, prehistoric mounds, and schools along the route. Each sheet has a chart showing the number of feet between compass bearings used the mark the road from post to post. Note: "I certify that this trail has been marked by granite bolders, inspected & dedicated, March Second, 1920", by Mrs. Lipscomb Norvell, State Chairman Old Trails Committee, Daughters of the American Revolution. One page contains a preface by the author regarding his personal experiences during the field work of the survey and the placing of the granite markers. Another page contains an entry from the diary of a Spanish priest, Morfi., for December 25-31, 1778, in regard to a trip he took over part of the road. Table: Table of Distances. This volume of maps was microfilmed in Oct. 2001. A master negative is stored at the State Records Center, two use copies are available at the State Archives. 4/30/84
Subjects:
Cherokee County
Madison County
Leon County
Robertson County
Houston County
Nacogdoches County
San Augustine County
San Antonio Road
Comal County
Sabine County
Dimmit County
Brazos County
Maverick County
La Salle County
Frio County
Atascosa County
Bexar County
Caldwell County
Hays County
Bastrop County
Burleson County
Lee County
Indian mounds, prehistoric
forts
Sabine River to Rio Grande, details along route
missions
railroads along route of

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