[Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas]

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Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing the border area between Texas and Mexico from El Paso, Texas (left) to Van Horn, Texas (right). Several towns, forts, roads, and geographic features are marked primarily on the Texas side of the map. A note in the bottom-left corner of the map says "Where the Rio Grande becomes the U.S. & Mexico boundary, and flows towards the Big Bend District. It makes 1,260 miles of the international border. Much of the early history of the south-west was made along the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) by the Spaniards. Their route was through "El Paso … continued below

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1 map ; 28 x 35 cm.

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Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981 [1920..].

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This map is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2006 and was provided by the Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend) to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 16394 times, with 108 in the last month. More information about this map can be viewed below.

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  • Added Title: U. S. - Mexico boundary from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas. Map
  • Main Title: [Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas]

Description

Reproduction of a hand-drawn map showing the border area between Texas and Mexico from El Paso, Texas (left) to Van Horn, Texas (right). Several towns, forts, roads, and geographic features are marked primarily on the Texas side of the map. A note in the bottom-left corner of the map says "Where the Rio Grande becomes the U.S. & Mexico boundary, and flows towards the Big Bend District. It makes 1,260 miles of the international border. Much of the early history of the south-west was made along the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande) by the Spaniards. Their route was through "El Paso del Norte" the Pass of the North. This section of the border was very active during the "Border Trouble Days" of 1916 to 1920."

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1 map ; 28 x 35 cm.

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Biographical information regarding cartographer: W. D. Smithers, born in Mexico in 1895, was a photographer, amateur historian and botanist, and free-lance journalist of the Big Bend area of Texas. Between 1914 and 1919, he served with the U. S. Army in the Big Bend, first as a civilian muleteer, then as a wagon master. He later was an aerial photographer of the area and in the 1930s photographed the entire U. S. border with Mexico for the International Boundary and Water Commission. From 1936 to 1974, he operated a photography shop in Alpine, Texas, where he became known for lamp shades made of photographs. He recorded life along the Mexican border between 1914 and 1974 in maps, pictures, and a memoir, Chronicles of the Big Bend.

Black and white photographic reproduction of hand drawn map 28 x 35 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2006

Rescuing Texas History is a project that aims to digitize at-risk photographs, maps, artwork, and more. Funding was provided by the Summerlee Foundation of Dallas.

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  • [1920..]

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  • April 17, 2006, 12:36 a.m.

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  • June 25, 2015, 10:47 a.m.

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Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981. [Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border from El Paso to Van Horn, Texas], map, [1920..]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11949/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend).

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