Texas State Archives Map Collection
Colton's Texas
| Date: | 1873 |
| Publisher: | Colton, G.W. and C.B., New York. |
| Cartographer: | -- None Listed -- |
| Scale: | 1 inch = 33 st. miles |
| Size: | 44 cm x 71 cm |
| Type of Map: | general |
| Format: | color, engraved, lithographed, printed |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 02730 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
| File Size: | 48.70 MB |
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Description:
Shows rivers, creeks, mountainous areas, counties, cities, towns, roads, forts, camps, a silver mine, railroads, and ranches. Insets: 1) Plan of the Northern Part of Panhandle of Texas, 2) Plan of Matagorda Bay, 3) Plan of Sabine Lake--giving soundings, 4) Plan of Galveston Bay, from a U.S. Coast survey.
Scales of insets: 2) 5/8 inch = 10 miles, 3) 1/2 inch = 4 statute miles, 4) 1/2 inch = 7 nautical miles
Note: the reverse side of the map was scanned in addition to the front.
8/22/84
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