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...

According to this map filed by the Houston & Texas Railroad with the Texas General Land Office, their rail line was proposed to extend to...

Around 1821, Spanish Texas became Mexican Texas.

Warren was once the seat of Fannin County, Texas

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...

I was nosing around the digital collections listed at by the Louisiana State University (Shreveport) libraries and found the Parker map.

The Grand Central Hotel (first class, no less!) in Terral, Jefferson County, Oklahoma was an imposing building at the turn of the century...

Drove to Henrietta, Clay County, Texas the other day to take some photos and came across this utilitarian, brick structure behind an...

The northern portion of John Pope’s 1854 map to survey a possible transcontinental route through Texas marks the Cross Timbers between...

French map from 1754 (Library of Congress) Did you know that the now- states of Arkansas and Louisiana once bordered Georgia, North, and...

The Chisholm Trail was known as the Abilene Cattle Trail on maps, but what about those who used the trail?

The Chihuahua Trail was a short-lived road blazed by merchants from Mexico and the U.S.

Check out some Grayson County Rails!

One of the oldest roads in the Red River Valley is the Southwest Trail in Arkansas.

Indulge me for a moment while I vent a consistent frustration of mine… and probably one experienced by historians (professional and lay...

Most antebellum towns west of the Mississippi River did not survive the railroad boom and became ghosts.

Using a 1924 automobile route map certainly helps in this tribute to Red River Valley road trips.

Google Maps have been my constant companion since they were introduced back in the stone ages (okay, a few years ago). I can’t believe I...

When I go somewhere, I take a long a few necessities. A cell phone is always a good idea. So are cash, tea, and Altoids. My camera sticks...