Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 historic-texas-map-prints had served as Mexico's Secretary

had served as Mexico's Secretary of the Treasury

he recruited his famed Rough Riders

so the headquarters of the large ranches - marked on this map such as "R

The dotted black lines show the established railways mainly in the more developed eastern half of the state

In 1899 the United States Corps of Engineers was authorized to tackle the project

Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 historic-texas-map-prints had served as Mexico's SecretaryThis original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land. The price varied from a total of $1. 20 to $3. 50, depending on the quality of the surveyed tract. To encourage settlers to move to Texas and to earn premiums of additional land for themselves, the early Texas empresarios used the Mexican system of land allocation established in 1823. A Labor of land consisted of 177