One map from 1818, drawn in Philadelphia by John Melish, shows what now is the United States during Spanish rule in Texas, with the possibility of westward expansion to California. “It doesn’t ...

Spanish missions were part of a widespread effort by Spain to colonize North America and convert Native Americans to Catholicism. The missions in Texas were ... the property map right beside ...

Farmers in East Texas needed a way to get their crops ... it was names rather than numbers that dominated the map. The Old Spanish Trail joined Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway and other early ...