The Texas and Pacific Railway Connecting Texas with California handcrafted-texas-flags

The Texas and Pacific Railway Connecting Texas with California handcrafted-texas-flagsThe Texas and Pacific Railway Company was the only railroad in Texas, and one of the few in the United States, to operate under a federal charter, granted in 1871. The Texas and Pacific was given the right to lay track from Marshall, Texas, to San Diego, California and played a crucial role in the expansion of the vital young state. Texas fascinated people across the United States and overseas looking for new opportunities and a chance for a better

signing their own declaration of independence

so the wealthy citizens of this era became known as "Coupon Clippers

this flag was saved by Santa Anna as proof that his army was not fighting against a revolution of Texans

Early routes through the American West are shown such as the “Great Caravan Route” used by covered wagons during the westward expansion

a large area is marked off

"Give us a flag to fight under

and they are marked on this detailed map

Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

peaks and ravines

efforts began to make accurate triangulated charts of the entire coastline by the engineers

These were issued from Austin the permanent capital of the Republic of Texas

These rare TEXIAN LOANS