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of the U.S. Corp of Engineers. Roessler more
aptly described the region as an area, "2500 to i
3000 feet above the level of the sea; Soil Sandy, lR l a 1
but arable, owing to the fertility of the Gypsum,
with which it is impregnated, covered by LIMITED EDIT]
course grass, destitute of water & timber." The OFFERING:
Panhandle detail also includes Greer County, The Texas Rang
which was to become disputed territory in th
an 1891 lawsuit between Texas and United 175
States. Anniversary
Roessler's large format map was revised Commemorative Ba
several times in a smaller form for both Albert
Hanford's Texas State Register and Burke's
Texas Almanac in 1876 and 1878 respectively.
Roessler's maps, with their wide-ranging details,
helped stimulate interest in emigration to : 7
Texas. However, Roessler is best remembered
as the Texas cartographer who preserved enormous
information from the first state-funded
geological and agricultural surveys documenting
the many treasures of the state.
Katherine R. Goodwin is a cartographic archivist
from Arlington, Texas.
Details from A. R. Roessler's Latest Map of the
State of Texas . . . (New York: Ed. W. Welke
& Bro., 1874), courtesy of the Virginia Garrett .
Cartographic History Library, Special Collections,
The University of Texas at Arlington Library,
Arlington, Texas.Above: Harris County detail from cited map.
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