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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced Monday that an 1844 map of the Republic of Texas by noted earl-day mapmaker Carl Flemming has been donated to the state by a Kerrville couple, who ...
A detail from “Map of Texas from the most recent authorities (1845)” is an early hand-colored map of Texas that locates Waco Village on the Brazos River near the Tahuacono river. This was the ...
The Texas A&M University Libraries recently acquired a rare first edition of Stephen F. Austin’s own map of Texas first produced in 1830. According to officials at the school it is one of eight ...
On this day in 1845, Texas voters approved a new constitution that would make Texas the 28th state.
AUSTIN — After 173 years, a historic Texas map has come into official hands. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has announced that an 1844 map of the Republic of Texas by noted early-day ...