Captain Randolph B. Marcy’s Map of North Central Texas featured-selections

Captain Randolph B. Marcy’s Map of North Central Texas featured-selectionsThis impressive large scale and highly detailed map represents the first thorough exploration and survey of North Central Texas from just west of Fort Worth to the area around where Albany is now and thence as far to the southwest as Big Spring area including the furthest headwaters of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. The months long reconnaissance started when Captain Marcy and his crew left Fort Smith on June1st, 1854 to Fort Washita and thence to

Photographic vignettes in the top corners show a lively street scene in front of the downtown Houston office of the “Largest Land Dealers in Texas” and their well dressed office staff ready for business inside

The Texas and Pacific track runs beyond east Texas to Shreveport LA and Hot Springs Arkansas connecting Texas to other railways running across the United States

Issued by the City of San Antonio

There is a wealth of information in the more heavily populated United States including towns

Unlike the organized Mexican army

and Taos are all within the official borders of the Republic of Texas

5 by 30 inches framed

In response

The company was formed to build and operate a ten mile stretch of railroad from Grand Saline to a connection with the Missouri

The Republic of Texas circulated its own richly engraved currency for nine years

LeGrand's lasting contribution to the cartography and land promotion was to report

the second man to sign the Declaration of Independence