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America Transformed: After the Civil War, there was strong interest in constructing a new transcontinental route across the southwestern United States. In 1871, Congress chartered the Texas and Pacific Railway to build a railroad from eastern Texas to San Diego. This map highlights the proposed route to promote land sales and encourage emigration to Texas' rich agricultural lands. When this map was published, the rail line had been completed to Dallas and Fort Worth. Three central illustrations depict the growth of this area. The railroad as proposed never reached San Diego but eventually connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad just east of El Paso.
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localId
4m90f705c
label
Texas and Pacific Rail Way
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4m90f705c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Texas and Pacific Rail Way
description
America Transformed: After the Civil War, there was strong interest in constructing a new transcontinental route across the southwestern United States. In 1871, Congress chartered the Texas and Pacific Railway to build a railroad from eastern Texas to San Diego. This map highlights the proposed route to promote land sales and encourage emigration to Texas' rich agricultural lands. When this map was published, the rail line had been completed to Dallas and Fort Worth. Three central illustrations depict the growth of this area. The railroad as proposed never reached San Diego but eventually connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad just east of El Paso.
date
["1876"]
year
1876
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011085
creators
Texas & Pacific Railway
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Texas & Pacific Railway
Counties--Texas--Maps
Railroads--Texas--Maps
Railroads--Oklahoma--Maps
Railroads--United States--Maps
Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Maps
Indian reservations--Oklahoma--Maps
Texas--Maps
Indian Territory--Maps
Oklahoma--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Oklahoma
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
St. Louis
publisher
Texas & Pacific Railway Company
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
35
schema:longitude
-98
extent
2 maps on 1 sheet : col. ; 34 x 66 cm. and 46 x 51 cm., on sheet 105 x 72 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Shows counties, cities, towns, military posts, and existing and proposed railroads in Texas; railroads, Indian tribes, and Indian reservations in the Indian Territory.
"Compiled from actual surveys, and containing all changes in lines of counties up to Sept. 1st, 1876."
Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Includes text and 7 ill.
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no
dcId
4m90f705c
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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64760be151a7003d