Stephen F. Austin traced a Mexican map of the Province of Texas from 1818 and painted it with water colors.

This Province of Texas map by Mexico was drawn and colored in 1818.

A 1721 map places the Yattassee village (spelled Yatachez) on the eastern side of the Red River.

While at the Ouachita River, Bernard de la Harpe claimed to have eaten a unicorn.

Four major tribes — the Red River Originals — inhabited the Red River Valley of the Southwest before and during European invasion.

San Calixto in the Wichita Mountains - the Sierra Jumanos - was probably the base for gold prospecting after it failed as a mission in 1629.

Before it was the Bankhead Highway, it was the Southern National Highway

A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.

The upper portion of this 1840 map by General Cooke of Grayson and Fannin counties shows a number of places that no longer exist

West of downtown Dallas was the settlement "La Reunion," founded by socialists in 1850s.

A map showing the stagecoach route through Pilot Grove (Grayson County, Texas) in 1865.

In 1852, Captain Marcy and George B. McClellan were tasked to document the source of the Red River.

The relationship between Gainesville, Texas and Indian Territory as explained by the Chickasaw Hotel.

The Natchez settlement that was destroyed by French troops and Choctaw, Houma, and Tunica allies in the early 1730s.

Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.

A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.

Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.

In 1919, the U.S. government authorized a Military Motor Convoy to traverse the Bankhead Highway.

The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...

Map fro the 28th Congressional Session, 1848, of distances between federal outposts in the American Southwest (LOC). The published...