1876 Gray Map of Texas and the Indian Territory

This is an 1876 Frank A. Gray map of Texas and the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) detailing the railroad network during an era of expansion.

A Closer Look

Texas' extensive railroad network appears in detail with each route is labeled. Among these are the Texas and Pacific Railroad and the International and Great Northern Railroad. However, no railroads serve northwestern Texas or the Panhandle. Counties are identified throughout, with myriad cities, towns, and villages labeled, such as Austin (Austin City), Houston, Dallas, Waco, and Corpus Christi. In Indian Territory, land given to various Native Americans is identified by the tribe, including the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Pottawatomie. A single railroad crosses Indian Territory: the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad. The Oklahoma Panhandle is labeled as Public Land.

Inset Maps

Numerous inset maps appear around the central map. Starting in the upper right corner and proceeding clockwise, these maps detail the river systems of Texas and the Indian Territory, the entrance to Galveston Bay, a city plan of Galveston, the southern part of Texas from Corpus Christi to Brownsville, a city plan of Austin, the entrance to Matagorda Bay, and the elevation of Texas and the Indian Territory in a hypsometric map.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by Frank A. Gray and published by O.W. Gray and Son in the 1876 edition of The National Atlas. We note nine examples of the separate map cataloged in OCLC which are part of the collections at the University of Kentucky, Northeastern State University, Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas at Arlington, the Houston Public Library, the University of Houston, Baylor University, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the Denver Public Library.