Texas Land Survey Maps for Red River County


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230 pages with 62 maps An indispensable book for any researcher interested in Red River County's history or land (or both), or its first landowners after Texas's Independence from Mexico. Each book in this series is laid out into multiple maps using a 6 mile high by 4 mile wide grid.This book contains 57 Survey maps laid out within this grid. Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, waterways. These are shown as well as the original Survey-Name and the Abstract Number assigned by the Texas General Land Office to the instrument that gave ownership to that parcel. Here are a number of details about our Red River County book . . . Supplemental Maps Included (in addition to the primary Survey Maps) . . . - Where Red River County Lies Within the State (Map A) - Red River County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B) - An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Red River County (Map C) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D) - An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E) Primary Indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names) - An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office and Texas Railroad Commission data. - The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land.Items are listed by Abstract Number Cities and Towns are in Red River County, Texas (and in this book)? Acworth, Addielou, Aikin Grove, Albion, Annona, Avery, Bagwell, Batesville, Blakeney, Bogata, Boxelder, Bryarly, Caney, Clarksville, Cross Road, Cuthand, Davenport, Detroit, Dilworth, Dimple, English, Fulbright, Greenwood, Halesboro, Harts Bluff, Johntown, Kanawha, Kiomatia, Liberty, Lone Star, Lydia, Mabry, Madras, Manchester, Maple, McCoy, Mena (historical), Midway, Negley, Peters Prairie, Pine Branch, Reeds Settlement, Rosalie, Rugby, Savannah (historical), Shadowland, Sherry, Silver City, Vandalia, Vessey, White Rock, Woodland










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Captain W. W. Withenbury's 1838-1842 "Red River Reminiscences"


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W. W. Withenbury was a famous river boat captain during the mid-1800s. In retirement, he wrote a series of letters for the Cincinnati Commercial, under the title "Red River Reminiscences." Jacques Bagur has selected and annotated 39 letters describing three steamboat voyages on the upper Red River from 1838 to 1842. Withenbury was a master of character and incident, and his profiles of persons, including three signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, reflect years of acquaintance. The beauty of his writing ranks this among the best of the reminiscences that were written as the steamboat era was declining. “Bagur is an expert on the Red River in the nineteenth century, and it shows in this work. Informative and entertaining.” —Randolph B. "Mike" Campbell, author of Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State “This will rank as a great assistance to researchers if anyone wants to attack history of the Red River again. Some of his in-depth research was fabulous.”—Skipper Steely, author of Red River Pioneers










Trammel's Trace


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Trammel’s Trace tells the story of a borderlands smuggler and an important passageway into early Texas. Trammel’s Trace, named for Nicholas Trammell, was the first route from the United States into the northern boundaries of Spanish Texas. From the Great Bend of the Red River it intersected with El Camino Real de los Tejas in Nacogdoches. By the early nineteenth century, Trammel’s Trace was largely a smuggler’s trail that delivered horses and contraband into the region. It was a microcosm of the migration, lawlessness, and conflict that defined the period. By the 1820s, as Mexico gained independence from Spain, smuggling declined as Anglo immigration became the primary use of the trail. Familiar names such as Sam Houston, David Crockett, and James Bowie joined throngs of immigrants making passage along Trammel’s Trace. Indeed, Nicholas Trammell opened trading posts on the Red River and near Nacogdoches, hoping to claim a piece of Austin’s new colony. Austin denied Trammell’s entry, however, fearing his poor reputation would usher in a new wave of smuggling and lawlessness. By 1826, Trammell was pushed out of Texas altogether and retreated back to Arkansas Even so, as author Gary L. Pinkerton concludes, Trammell was “more opportunist than outlaw and made the most of disorder.”




February 2013 Catalog


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Extra Census Bulletin


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