This map was issued with William Henry Sidell's "Survey of a route for a railroad from the Great Bend, on Red River, to Providence, on the Mississippi River." It shows several routes to be examined from the Mississippi River to the Louisiana/Texas boundary and depicts early county and parish configurations. The Bastrop Claim is shown extending into Arkansas. The accompanying disbound 16 page report describes the potential routes.

William Henry Sidell (1810-73) was educated at West Point, and turned his attention to civil engineering at a time when the railroad system was first developing. He attained the rank of Brevet Brigadier General for his services during the Mexican War and the Civil War.

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Condition: A

Condition code is for the map which is clean and bright with a few misfolds and tiny splits at fold intersections. Disbound report text is lightly toned with the last page and map detached.