Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

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Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch). There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City." Scale ca. 1:600,000

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1 map : hand col. ; 31 x 38 cm.

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Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard 185u.

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  • Main Title: Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities
  • Added Title: Maps of Texas

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Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch).
There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City." Scale ca. 1:600,000

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1 map : hand col. ; 31 x 38 cm.

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"Railroads in Texas: Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad, extending from Harrisburg. 1st section to opposite Richmond 25 miles, now in process of construction. 2nd from San Felipe Branch to Washington. Main Stem, via La Grange to Austin."

"The Grand Indian Crossing is a shallow place in the Rio Grande 1000 miles from its mouth, with 4 feet water. Here the Apaches and Comanches cross in their annual predatory incursions into Mexico."

Population &c. of Texas,
according to the Census of 1850.
White males: 84,863
White females: 69,237
Total whites: 154,100
Free colored males: 171
Free colored females: 160
Total free colored: 331
Total free population: 154,431
Slaves: 58,161
Total population of the State: 212,592
Dwelling houses in the State: 27, 988
Families, Do.: 28,377
Farms in cultivation: 12,198
Manufacturing establishments producing $500 and upwards yearly: 307
Deaths during the year: 3,046
Federal representative population: 189,327

"The Rio Grande or Rio Bravo del Norte rises in the Rocky Mts. in about Lat. 38° N. and Lon. 106°35′ W. from Greenwich. It has a course generally S. and S.E. of 1800 miles. This stream is for the most part very shallow, and much impeded with rapids and quicksands. Small sized steamers may ascend it to Kingsbury's rapids 450 miles from the sea. The trade of the Rio Grande is limited, and its efficiency for navigable purposes is not yet known."

"El Llano Estacado (Staked Plain) is an elevated, desert plain of considerable extent, across which a travelling route was at one time marked by wooden stakes driven at short intervals into the ground."

"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Thomas Cowperthwait &co. in the Clerk's office of the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002083110
  • Accession or Local Control No: 4.A.3
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493655

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Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard. Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities, map, 185u; Philadelphia, PA. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493655/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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