Physical map of Kyrgyzstan showing physical features as well as cities, province borders, roads, and railroads.

Here's an easy to read political map of Tajikistan with its important cities, province borders, major highways, and railroads.

A political map of Uzbekistan from the Perry-Castaneda collection showing the cities, province boundaries, major highways and railroads.

A political map of Azerbaijan from the Perry-Casataneda collection. You can find the major cities, highways, and railroads, as well as some physical features.

This one-page summary provides many facts about the history and origin of coal in providing humans with heat and energy.

A brief overview of the era of cotton, cattle, and railroads in the late nineteenth century which was a time of huge economic growth for Texas.

What made transportation in early Texas so difficult? What were the road conditions like? This article talks about land and water transportation in Texas in the years leading up to and after the Civil War. Also, check out photos and...

Part of a lengthy discussion of the oil business in Texas, the first two pages of this site give the early history of the oil industry in Texas.

See what cities were connected via the Houston and Central Texas Railway after the Civil War by looking at this railway schedule from November 7, 1879. This series of primary source documents details the growth of interconnectivity of...

Discusses the cattle drive era that occurred in the late 1800s. It gives details about the drives from Texas to the north.

This several page article recounts the black legislators in the Texas Congress and their attempts to address many issues affecting the African Americans in the state. Read about the Ku Klux Klan, convict leases, and segregation on railroads

This page provides a map of Sweden, identifying major cities, railroads, highways & boundaries. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.

Describes a publicity stunt at Crush, Texas in 1896, that was put on by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. Two locomotives were made to collide head-on before an audience of almost 50,000 people. The event took a bad turn...

In 1891, the Texas Legislature passed the Jim Crow law, which "required separate railroad coaches for African Americans." Learn why this was passed and given the name "Jim Crow."

A map from 1920 of eastern Texas showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and coastal features. A grid reference in the margins of the map lists counties, principal cities, and towns of Texas.

A map from 1920 of western Texas showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.

A map from 1920 of western Texas showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, and rivers.

A map from 1920 of eastern Texas showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1920 of eastern Texas showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1853 of Texas showing the capital at Austin, county lines at the time, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features. The map shows the tribal lands in the western part of the state. Longitudes...

A map from 1902 of Texas showing the capital at Austin City, principal cities and towns, railroads, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1906 of Texas showing the capital at Austin, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1909 of Texas showing the capital at Austin, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features.

A map from 1919 of Texas showing the capital at Austin, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountains, rivers, and coastal features.