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Parker's sectional & geological map of Iowa : exhibiting her Iron, Lead, Copper,, Coal, and other geological resources and all rail roads completed, in progress, and projected.

Map shows Iowa mineral resources, proposed and existing railroads, township grid, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Includes list of the railroads in Iowa and references. Inset: "Map showing the connections between the Iowa & Eastern Railroads"; list of railroads in Iowa. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:506,880].

Date: 1856

Creator: Parker, Nathan H. (Nathan Howe)

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Eastern Kansas.

Map shows towns, trading posts, military posts, roads, trails, government reservations, mill and structure locations, and locations of Native American tribes and villages. Insets: "Ruins of Eldridge House, Lawrence, Kansas, destroyed May 21st 1856," "Constitution Hall, Topeka, Kansas," and "Eldridge House, Lawrence, Kansas." Includes explanations and illustrations of notable buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:500,000].

Date: 1856

Creator: Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Chapman's sectional map of Wisconsin : with the most recent surveys.

Map shows township grid, roads, cities and towns, existing and incomplete railroads, lakes, and rivers. Scale [1:633,600].

Date: 1856

Creator: Chapman, Silas

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

Re-print of a field guide to different species of birds in North America, including illustrations of some birds, also listed in Appendix II. Index begins on page 293.

Date: 2017

Creator: Cassin, John, 1813-1869

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

A new map of Central America / by J.L. Hazzard ; engrd. by Th. Leonhardt.

Prime meridian: Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Map of the communication by railroad across the Isthmus of Darien: from Aspinwall to Panama -- The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. From an edition of S.A. Mitchell's A new universal atlas. no. 40. Hand colored. Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the UNT Libraries.

Date: 1856

Creator: Hazzard, J. L.

Item Type: Map

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Plan of the city of Franklin, Franklin Co., Iowa: 1st addition.

Map shows street names, parks, proposed railroad, and block and lot numbers. Inset: [illustration of a picturesque building, a locomotive and its train, and barges along the Iowa River]. Includes lot sizes and illustrations. Scale not given.

Date: [1856..1876]

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. IX from 1848 to 1857.

Map shows towns along the Gulf of Mexico coastline in Texas used for triangulation. Inset: Sketch Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 56. Includes text, "Notes." Scale [1:600,000] and [1:400,000].

Date: 1857

Creator: United States Coast Survey

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Diagram of Tallahassee Land District

Map shows panhandle of Florida and "Forbes Purchase." Includes key to symbols used on map. Scale not given.

Date: [1855..1856]

Creator: A. Hoen & Co.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A sketch of the public surveys in Wisconsin.

Map shows township grid for much of Wisconsin except northern most portions, some existing settlements, unsurveyed area of Menomenie Indians between Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers, Oneida Indians near Green Bay; northwestern portion and part of Mississippi River outlined in blue. Includes notes explaining symbols used. Scale [1:1,140,480].

Date: [1836..1856]

Creator: United States. Surveyor General.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Madison and the four lake country Dane Co. Wis.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century street layout of the city of Madison, county roads, township grid for adjacent areas of Dane County, existing and proposed railroads. Includes references [key to major buildings] and definition of Indian names. Scale [ca. 1:51,300].

Date: [1854..1856]

Creator: Horace Greeley & Co.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Pamphlet: The Story Behind the Medal of The Month]

Pamphlet from the Medal of the Month Club with a cartoon and short biography about the life of Amelia Earhart. A short introduction paragraph explains the purpose of the Club is to teach children about American aviation heroes.

Date: 1941~

Creator: Sullivan, Ralph & Buranelli, Felicity

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Sketch of public surveys in New Mexico.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century settlements, township grid, areas of Native American habitation, and physical features for New Mexico, and portions of Indian Territory, Texas, and Utah. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:1,520,640].

Date: 1856

Creator: United States. Surveyor General of New Mexico.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Back In Style

Book cataloging an exhibit of items from the McFaddin-Ward House Museum that are not on display in the house's current state. The exhibition was held from February 1994 to March 1995 at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas.

Date: 1994

Item Type: Book

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

United States of North America: (Eastern & Central)

Map shows Russian America, British America, Greenland, United States, West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. Areas of Native American habitation are noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Date: [1856..1863]

Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Texas.

Map shows county formation as of 1851, areas of Native American habitation, major cities and towns, physical features for Texas and portions of New Mexico, "Indian Territory," Arkansas, and Louisiana. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Date: 1856

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 1856.

Map shows towns used for the triangulation of surveyors in the Rio Grande River area of Texas between 1853 and 1856. Includes text "Notes." Inset: "Sketch of Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 56." Scale [1:600,000] and [1:400,000].

Date: 1856

Creator: United States Coast Survey

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Lone Star State

Document written by frontiersmen William Little, in regards to land investments and colonization. The document includes snippets from the Galveston News, the New Orleans Delta, and New Orleans Bulletin and mentions Little's expertise in land surveys.

Date: [1856..]

Creator: Little, William

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Texas Almanac, for 1857, with Statistics, Historical and Biographical Sketches, &c., Relating to Texas.

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. An index to the newspapers published in Texas is on page 160.

Date: 1966

Item Type: Book

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

New map of the State of Texas: Compiled from J. De Cordova's large map.

Map shows late nineteenth century Texas geography, established county lines, and cities. Insets: "Plan of the northern part of Texas," "Plan of Galveston Bay," and "Plan of Sabine Lake." Relief shown by hachures. No scale provided.

Date: 1856?

Creator: J. H. Colton & Co.

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Isaac Greenwald, August 18, 1856]

Letter to Isaac Greenwald from Charles B. Moore regarding a payment owed to Greenwald for the sale of machinery.

Date: August 18, 1856

Creator: Moore, Charles B.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Almanac, 1856.

The almanac includes general information about medicine, statistics, recipes, folk remedies, and meteorology for 1856.

Date: 1856

Creator: Duffau, Francis T.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of Tyler session, and the former part of Austin session, 1856. Volume 17.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1856 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a list of cases, and an index.

Date: 1881

Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during Galveston session, and part of Tyler session, 1856. Volume 16.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1856, along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a list of cases, and an index.

Date: 1881

Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Map of the State of Texas

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Inset: Map of the vicinity of Galveston City. Includes text on railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850. "25".

Date: 1856

Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) & Hazzard, J. L.

Item Type: Map

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections