Map Texas 1885 (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. _____Large sheet, 20 x 21.25", folded to 18 panels._____ All the folds are tender, most have started at least at the edges._____ Some have archival reinforcements on the text side._____ There are two 1/2" holes, at interior corners of the folds._____ One is at (roughly) Del Rio, the other east of Seguin and SE of Lockhart. _____ The text side is occupied with four panels of time tables in effect from June 1, 1878._____ Five panels are devoted to the article "Texas / The / Garden State of America." Six more are given over to "Northern Texas! / Its Soil, climate, Products and Resources." The final panel is an "Extract / from the / Constitution of the State of Texas / Relating to the Homesteads of Families.". _____ The entire interior is "A Geographically Correct Map / of the State of / Texas / Published by the / Texas & Pacific / Railway Company."_____ Printed in shades of green, it depicts counties, creeks and landmarks throughout the state and most of the Indian Territory._____ The route of the T&P is shown throughout Texas, though the western 3/4 appears to be "Projected.". _____ The map side has a rubber stamp from the Arkansas & Texas Land & Passenger Agency in Cincinnati._____ There is a smaller stamp on the text side from an Ohio land agent. _____.