[Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway]

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Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.

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1 map : hand colored ; 55 x 47 cm.

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Rand McNally and Company 1891.

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This map is part of the collection entitled: Rare Book and Texana Collections and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1105 times, with 6 in the last month. More information about this map can be viewed below.

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Hand drawn map showing routes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway including Texas counties and cities, rivers and topography of part of Idaho, Montana, North and South Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Arkansas. On the back of the map is text in German encouraging German Catholic colonization to Pilot Point.

Physical Description

1 map : hand colored ; 55 x 47 cm.

Notes

Prime meridian: Greenwich.
"Compliments of Flusche Bros., Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas."
On verso: text in German concerning Texas, Denton County, and Pilot Point, written to encourage German Catholic colonization.

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  • G3701.P3 R36 1891

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Rare Book and Texana Collections

These materials include a 1633 map, America Noviter Delineata; H. K. Yoakum's History of Texas, and Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 by Randolph B. Marcy.

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German Immigration to Texas

This collection depicts the lives and impact of German immigrants on Texas culture, including maps, photographs, manuscripts, and books.

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Rand McNally and Company. [Map showing route of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway], map, 1891; Chicago. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20786/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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