Marcy and Black Beaver
Randolph B. Marcy, a West Point graduate and U.S. army captain/lieutenant from Pennsylvania, served much of his pre-Civil War career in...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 21
On the road
The Bankhead Highway was easily navigable through Dallas, Fort Worth, and out west, as it was paved with Thurber bricks. (Hardin Simmons...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- May 15
Going the distance
The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 26, 2021
Map for mathematicians
Map fro the 28th Congressional Session, 1848, of distances between federal outposts in the American Southwest (LOC). The published...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 26, 2021
Mansura mapping
I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 26, 2021
Longitudinal confusion
The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Whole 'nother county
Texas likes that it's big, and between 1860 and 1894, it was actually a million and a half acres larger than it is today. That's because...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Great Spanish Road, Part II
Vial's "Spanish Road" route begins in Natchitoches and passes by homes and ranches of traders/planters. It mentions several...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Great Spanish Road, Part 1
One of the least studied but apparently, major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road" that...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
A Golden Road
This map, published in Annaberg (Saxony), explained the relative location of Texas and the roads and trails that led to the California...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 6, 2021
Disappearing Fort
Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site with lots of scenic ruins on a mesquite-heavy...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
Criminal architecture
Since 1880s at least, and most likely at least two decades prior, the corner of State/ East Fourth/ Sam Rayburn and North Chestnut...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
A nice long stroll
A broadly circulated description of Louisiana explained how travelers could get to Mexico from Natchez, Mississippi, and this 1814 map...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Trace of Trammel
In 1838, when the United States and the Republic of Texas surveyed the boundary between the countries along the Index Line (today's...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
100th Meridian
In August of 1859, surveyors marked the 100th Meridian at the Red River - the line that marks the eastern boundary of the Texas panhandle...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Lost La Salle
The map by Jean Baptist Franquelin, printed in Paris (France) in 1684, is a facsimile of the original that has been lost. It now resides...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 28, 2021
Red River City
According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jul 21, 2020
Mexican Texas or Texan Mexico
Visit this fantastic map of Mexican Texas in 1835 (mislabeled as Republic of Texas) in the Barry Ruderman collection,...
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Dec 2, 2019
Warren once was
Warren (Fannin County, Texas) sat along the Red River during the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) and early statehood years (1845-1860)....
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Oct 15, 2019
Map that textbook
A sketch of a map drawn for a textbook yields some interesting information. Here’s a mid-19th century, hand-drawn map of the Indian...
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