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When Texas Was Its Own Country: The 1838 Niles Map That Captured a Nation in Flux
A look at John Milton Niles' 1838 map of Mexico and the Republic of Texas — what it shows, what it gets wrong, and why it matters for Texas history.
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The Line That Made Texas: A Surveyor's Map of the Sabine River Boundary, 1842
A surveyor named A.B. Gray mapped the Sabine River boundary between the US and Republic of Texas in 1842. Here's the story behind the map that took years to reach Congress.