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This map shows the state of Texas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). The counties of Texas are labeled and shaded in various colors; regions of Indian Territory are outlined in red. Major cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief marked by hachures). Additionally, completed and proposed railroads (as well as some other travel routes) are marked with red lines. There are three insets: "Mexico" and the "Western Part of Texas" in the lower left corner, and southern states west of Texas (parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico) in the lower right corner. Prime meridians: Washington … continued below
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1 map : col. ; 44 x 29 cm. 8 p. : col. maps. ; 33 x 25 cm.
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Monteith, James 1878.
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- Main Title: Texas and Indian Territory
- Added Title: Special Geography of the State of Texas: a supplement to Monteith's Comprehensive Geography.
Description
This map shows the state of Texas and Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). The counties of Texas are labeled and shaded in various colors; regions of Indian Territory are outlined in red. Major cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief marked by hachures). Additionally, completed and proposed railroads (as well as some other travel routes) are marked with red lines. There are three insets: "Mexico" and the "Western Part of Texas" in the lower left corner, and southern states west of Texas (parts of California, Arizona, and New Mexico) in the lower right corner.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich
This map is a part of a larger document that discusses the geography of Texas including physical geography and social geography (population, government, education, etc.), important Texans, and history.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 44 x 29 cm.
8 p. : col. maps. ; 33 x 25 cm.
Notes
"Copyright, 1878, by James Monteith."
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- Indian Territory
- counties
- statistics
- topographic maps
Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Maps.
- Texas -- Maps.
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure
- Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads
- Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
- Places - United States - Oklahoma
- Places - United States - Texas
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- English
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- Map
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- Call Number: 125/7 00044
- Accession or Local Control No: UTA_969930
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth50228
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Map Collections from the University of Texas at Arlington
Funded by a National Endowment for the Humanities "We the People" grant, this collection showcases maps from the Gulf Coast region and the greater Southwest.
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- 1878
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- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
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- 1878
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- Oct. 11, 2009, 12:06 a.m.
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- United States - Oklahoma
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Monteith, James.Texas and Indian Territory,map, 1878; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50228/:accessed August 16, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at Arlington Library.
