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Object Name |
Map |
Catalog Number |
2010.014c.0001 |
Title |
Map - GLO 1947 of Brazoria County showing original grant boundaries |
Search Terms |
Alvin townsite Anchor Junction Angleton Junction Angleton townsite Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Austin Bayou Bastrop Bay Bastrop Bayou BNSF Railroad Brazoria townsite Brazos River Cedar Lake Creek Cedar Lakes Chocolate Bay Chocolate Bayou Christmas Bay Clear Creek Cold Pass Cow Creek Cowards Creek Cowart Creek Cowtrap Lake Cox Lake Drum Bay Eagle Nest Lake Flores Bayou Follett's Island Fort Bend County Line Freeport townsite Galveston County Line Galveston Island General Land Office, Austin, Texas Gulf of Mexico Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad Halls Bayou Harris County Line Hoskins Mound Houston and Brazos Valley Railway International & Great Northern Railroad Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Jones Creek Linville Bayou Manor Lake Manvel townsite Mary's Creek Matagorda County Line Missouri Pacific Railroad Mud Island Mustang Bayou Mustang Slough New Bayou New Creek Old Ocean Oyster Bay Oyster Creek San Bernard River St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Swan Lake Texas General Land Office Texas GLO Titlum Tatlum Bayou Union Pacific Railroad Varner Creek Varner's Creek West Bay |
Scope & Content |
Map Diazotype Whiteprint on paper Original grants of Brazoria County, Texas Published by Texas GLO 1947 -------------- Handwritten notation on verso -------------------------------- 1998 Duplicate: add to collection From Catherine and Ligon Foster Estate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- TRANSCRIPT OF TITLE BLOCK ------------------------------ Brazoria Co. General Land Office, Austin, Texas Bascom Giles - Commissioner August 19, 1947 Compiled by G. C. Morriss Drawn by Eltea Armstrong Scale 1 inch = 3000 varas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Subjects |
Civil: - Alvin townsite - Angleton townsite - Brazoria townsite - Fort Bend County Line - Freeport townsite (labeled Free Port) - Galveston County Line - Harris County Line - Manvel townsite - Matagorda County Line Islands: - Follett's Island (not labeled) - Galveston Island - Mud Island Waterways: - Austin Bayou - Bastrop Bay - Bastrop Bayou - Brazos River - Brazos River (old river) - Cedar Lake Creek - Cedar Lakes - Chocolate Bay - Chocolate Bayou - Christmas Bay (labeled Oyster Bay) - Clear Creek - Cold Pass (not labeled) - Cow Creek - Cowards Creek (aka Cowart Creek) - Cowtrap Lake - Cox Lake (not labeled) - Drum Bay (not labeled) - Eagle Nest Lake - Flores Bayou - Gulf of Mexico - Halls Bayou - Intracoastal Waterway (present location, shown dashed) - Jones Creek - Linville Bayou - Manor Lake - Mary's Creek - Mustang Slough (now Mustang Bayou) - New Creek (now New Bayou) - Old Ocean - Oyster Bay (now Christmas Bay) - Oyster Creek - San Bernard River - Swan Lake (not labeled) - Titlum Tatlum Bayou (not labeled) - Varner's Creek (now Varner Creek) - West Bay Railroads: - Anchor Junction - Angleton Junction - Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway (subsequently Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; now BNSF) - Hoskins Mound spur of H&BVRR (abandoned). - Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad (subsequently Missouri Pacific; now UPRR south of Angleton Junction; no longer extant northwest of Angleton Junction). - International & Great Northern Railroad (no longer extant) - St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway (subsequently Missouri Pacific; now UPRR; no longer extant northwest of Angleton Junction). |
People |
Armstrong, Eltea Foster, Catherine Munson Foster, Ligon Giles, Bascom Morriss, G.C. |
Date |
1947 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1998 |
Dates of Creation |
1947 |
Extent of Description |
33" wide x 35" high |
Collection |
BCHM |
Accession number |
2010.014c |
Source |
Catherine and Ligon Foster Estate |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Catalog date |
0201-08-27 |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Condition |
Fair |
Condition date |
2010-06-16 |
Imagefile |
024\2010.014c.0001.jpg |
Number of images |
2 |
Relation |
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Classification |
Communication Artifact |