Looking for an 1870 map

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Pards,

I'm looking for a circa 1870 (more or less) map that shows the area encompassed by the modern-day Texas panhandle, Oklahoma panhandle, northern New Mexico and southern Colorado.

Any help will be most appreciated.

Regards,

-- Nighteyes

[Ozark Tracker]

check out this site and see if it might be anything you could use.

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/texas/index.html

[River City John]

www.rainfall.com/posters/catalog.html

www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

These sites may have quite a bit to offer as a start.
Sent this as a pm also, Daniel.

RCJ

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Ozark Tracker and River City John,

Between the two of you, all of my map needs have been met.  Many thanks to both of you!

-- Nighteyes

[Major 2]

A little late I guess  

www.TexasMapStore.com

[Daniel Nighteyes]

Not really, Major.  That map, or one very like it, was on the website Ozark Tracker mentioned.

Thanks!

[Forty Rod]

Ozark Tracker and River City John,

Between the two of you, all of my map needs have been met.  Many thanks to both of you!

-- Nighteyes

You need a Second Lieutenant to read it for you?   

[Daniel Nighteyes]

You need a Second Lieutenant to read it for you?  

Great merciful Heavens, NO!  I've already had quite enough of that, thank you...

[Remind me to send you my almost-100%-true story called The Hellahwee Hunting Society.]

[Forty Rod]

Y'know, I always knew I was unique, but I had no idea how unique until I got my commission and found I was one of the few officers under the rank of Captain (in the outfits I was in) who could actually read and understand a map, use a compass, and comprehend a topographical map well enough to sketch out the terrain.

I could plot a course, deviate from it if necessary, and get back on track without more than a minor delay.

One thing I soon found out, though:  it never put an extra cent in my pocket and it sure pi--ed off a lot of people.  It's not nice to make your 'superiors' look stupid.

[Will Ketchum]

We had a 2nd Lieutenant who couldn't read a map.  He used to call for orientation rounds to try to figure out where we were.

I asked him if he didn't know where we were how did he know that we weren't in the impact area of the artillery?  He got a little upset with me.  Thank goodness I knew where we were since I carried my own compass and map and almost automatically counted paces.  He didn't go on my patrols after that.

Will Ketchum  ( who still finds himself counting paces at times)

[Forty Rod]

We had a 2nd Lieutenant who couldn't read a map.  He used to call for orientation rounds to try to figure out where we were.

I asked him if he didn't know where we were how did he know that we weren't in the impact area of the artillery?  He got a little upset with me.  Thank goodness I knew where we were since I carried my own compass and map and almost automatically counted paces.  He didn't go on my patrols after that.

Will Ketchum  ( who still finds himself counting paces at times)

If you can read a compass and count steps you can usually get from Point A to Point B by dear reckoning after a quic look.

I understand Daniel has never been lost.  He's said to have been badly confused once for twenty-six days, though.   

[Daniel Nighteyes]

I understand Daniel has never been lost.  He's said to have been badly confused once for twenty-six days, though.   

That was the other Daniel -- Daniel Boone.  I've never been truly lost in the outdoors,though I had a little trouble when we first moved to California.  North wasn't where my internal compass said it was.  But you put me in a shopping mall and I'm lost nearly from the get-go...

[Forty Rod]

That was the other Daniel -- Daniel Boone.  I've never been truly lost in the outdoors,though I had a little trouble when we first moved to California.  North wasn't where my internal compass said it was.  But you put me in a shopping mall and I'm lost nearly from the get-go...

I had the same problem.  Dang mountains aren't supposed to run east and west along the north side of the valley.  We had big mountains east  and southeast of us and smaller mountains to the west and southwest when I was a kid in Utah.  North of us was open valley for almost a hundred miles.