Archive Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Map |
Catalog Number |
2009.018c.0001 |
Title |
Map - Manual Escalera (Escalero) survey and nearby lands in Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties |
Search Terms |
A.C.H.&B. survey Arcola Junction Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway BNSF Railway Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway International & Great Northern Railroad Missouri Pacific Railroad Sugarland Railway Union Pacific Railroad |
Scope & Content |
Map Manual Escalera (Escalero) survey and nearby lands Diazotype whiteprint ---------------------- TRANSCRIPT OF TITLE BLOCK --------------------- Working Sketch of Surveys in Brazoria and Fort Bend Counties General Land Office, Austin, Texas Jerry Sadler - Commissioner Scale 1 inch = 400 varas Feb. 25, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North arrow: yes North direction: top of map Compass bearings: yes Scale: 1" = 400 varas Scale unit: vara Named surveys: - A.C.H.&B. - Barnett - Choates - Escalera, Manuel - Escalero, Manuel - Fitzgerald - Gleason, Thomas - H.T.& B.R.R.Co. (Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway Co.) - Hall, W.M. - Heywood, Charles - I.& G.N.R.R.CO. (International & Great Northern Railroad Co.) - Langermann, A.B. - Lyle, R.B. - Pettus, William - Roark - Shipman - Swenson, S.M.. - Talmage, J.S. Railroads: - Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (subsequently AT&SF; now BNSF). Map shows short segment intersecting west line of Escalero 10-11-1899. - Houston Tap & Brazoria Railroad (subsequently International & Great Northern Railroad; then subsequently Missouri Pacific; now Union Pacific). Map shows short segment intersecting north line of Escalera 09-24-1872. - Sugarland Railway (no longer extant). Map shows short segment intersecting west line of Escalero 10-11-1899. - Junction of GC&SF and Sugarland. |
Subjects |
A.C.H.&B. survey Arcola Junction AT&SF Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway BNSF Railway Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe Railway H.T.& B.R.R.Co. Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway Co. I.& G.N.R.R.CO. International & Great Northern Railroad Co. Missouri Pacific Railroad Sugarland Railway Union Pacific Railroad |
People |
Biggam, Francis Ehrman, Kate R. Escalera, Manuel Gleason, Thomas Hall, Oliver Hall, William Hamilton, James Haywood, Charles Langermann, A.D. Lyle, R.B. Maxey, John W. Meywood, Charles O'Donnell, Mary V. Pettus, William Prescott, Charles Sadler, Jerry Smith, George C. Stevens, Hennell Swenson, Svante Magnus Talmage, J.S. Weyant, W. |
Date |
02/25/1963 |
Dates of Creation |
02/25/1963 |
Year Range from |
1963 |
Year Range to |
1963 |
Extent of Description |
Paper: 25" wide x 36" high Image: 22" wide x 33" high |
Collection |
Transfer from Library Collection |
Accession number |
2009.018c |
Old ID number |
Reference 96.40.01 |
Source |
Trans from Library Collection Map Case |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Catalog date |
2009-05-26 |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Imagefile |
023\2009.018c.0001-1.jpg |
Number of images |
4 |