This historic map is laser engraved on birch plywood that has been hand finished with shellac, providing a gentle sheen and showing off the natural color and grain of the wood. The engraving is stained so that the fine detail of the map is clearly visible and easily read. The map is set in an ebonized, hand-waxed wood frame, with wire attached to the back so that it is ready to hang. The map itself is 18" x 24," and with the frame, it measures roughly 20" x 26." The map and frame are 100% made in our shop in Spring, Texas.
A historical note is engraved on the backside of the map, as follows:
"Historical map engraved on birch, hand-finished with shellac. The original, a lithograph of a hand-drawn map, is archived
at the Texas General Land Office.
In 1837, the Texas General Land Office was established and began to document the passage of Texas public lands to private
ownership through the development of cadastral maps, marking the surveys of individual land grants in each county. This
map of Brazos County, drawn in 1879, reflects the boundaries and ownership of land parcels through that point in time.
Originally established in 1841 under the name of Navasota County, Brazos County remained rural and agricultural throughout
the 19th century. At the time represented by this map, the number of farms was growing rapidly, offers more than doubling in the
decade between 1870 and 1880, to a total of 1,630 farms. Cotton was already well established as the dominant crop in the
county, with 28,044 acres in cotton production. By that point in time, Bryan had also become established as both the county
seat and the hub of commerce due to the extension of the Houston and Central Texas Railroad to Bryan in 1866. The county
population was growing at a steady pace, increasing from 9,205 as reported in the 1870 census to 13,576 in 1880."
Product code: Historical map of Brazos County, offers Texas, engraved on wood --FREE SHIPPING!--