Map no. 4 showing continuation of Fort Smith and Santa Fé route from Tucumcari Creek to Santa Fé.

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Map shows natural resources and camp stops along overland route taken by emigrants and military escort from Tucumcari to Santa Fe and Albuquerque in New Mexico Territory. Includes "Table of Distances from Fort Smith [Arkansas], with suggestions" and notes on vegetation and water sources. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:633,600].

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1 map : 27 x 49 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm.

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Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883 1849.

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Map shows natural resources and camp stops along overland route taken by emigrants and military escort from Tucumcari to Santa Fe and Albuquerque in New Mexico Territory. Includes "Table of Distances from Fort Smith [Arkansas], with suggestions" and notes on vegetation and water sources. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:633,600].

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1 map : 27 x 49 cm., folded to 22 x 10 cm.

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Text: "Exploration and survey terminated at Santa Fé June 28th 1849." North oriented toward upper left corner of map, with note, "Variation 11 3/4 East." In upper right corner of map: "Senate Executive Doc. No. 12, 1st Session of Congress."

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Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883. Map no. 4 showing continuation of Fort Smith and Santa Fé route from Tucumcari Creek to Santa Fé., map, 1849; Baltimore. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192368/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.

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