San Calixto in the Wichita Mountains - the Sierra Jumanos - was probably the base for gold prospecting after it failed as a mission in 1629.

Before it was the Bankhead Highway, it was the Southern National Highway

A Rare Map of Oklahoma from 1892 shows towns, trails, districts, counties, and more.

The upper portion of this 1840 map by General Cooke of Grayson and Fannin counties shows a number of places that no longer exist

West of downtown Dallas was the settlement "La Reunion," founded by socialists in 1850s.

A map showing the stagecoach route through Pilot Grove (Grayson County, Texas) in 1865.

In 1852, Captain Marcy and George B. McClellan were tasked to document the source of the Red River.

The relationship between Gainesville, Texas and Indian Territory as explained by the Chickasaw Hotel.

The Natchez settlement that was destroyed by French troops and Choctaw, Houma, and Tunica allies in the early 1730s.

Wardville, Oklahoma is a ghost town but don't call it that.

A rare, hand-drawn map of southwestern Arkansas during the Civil War.

Randolph B. Marcy and Black Beaver built trails all along the Red River Valley.

In 1919, the U.S. government authorized a Military Motor Convoy to traverse the Bankhead Highway.

The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...

Map fro the 28th Congressional Session, 1848, of distances between federal outposts in the American Southwest (LOC). The published...

The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...

Pedro Vial's map of the "Great Spanish Road" began in Natchitoches and passed by homes and ranches of traders/planters

One of the least studied but major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road."

Josiah Gregg's trading path became the "Gold Road" for German immigrants.

Founded in 1867, Fort Griffin (Shackleford County, Texas) is now a state historic site.