Clarendon, Texas, 1890 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique map captures Clarendon, Texas, 1890 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Clarendon, Texas, Donley Co. 1890
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Clarendon, Texas, 1890
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Clarendon, Texas, in 1890 was a young railroad and ranching town on the Texas Panhandle plains, the seat of Donley County. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway had reached the town only a few years earlier, and that line tied the Panhandle's cattle and grain to markets far to the south and east. Clarendon's residents were known for their churches and strong temperance views, which earned the town the nickname "Saints' Roost" among cattlemen and drovers who passed through. Its streets of frame stores, houses, and church spires, all laid out on the open grassland, reflected a community still shaping its civic life. The map shows a settlement that was growing quickly but was still small enough to be recorded building by building.
| Created / published | 1890 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Clarendon, Texas, drawn in 1890. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 8,248 × 5,024 px · prints to 27 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Clarendon, Texas, Donley Co. 1890 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490916 |
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