Show SHOW TEXAS AS LAND GRABBER maps give it 1875 miles that dont belong to it says geologist NO PROPER STATE MAP MADE ribas system of land survey cited from co and spain current maps made by many individuals austin TVS tex according to dr kobert 17 hill former state geologist lu ili bus aas just eldfed a study of tile the topographical I 1 r features of texas and li 14 l i ID making 11 report on tile the subject tor lot tit the united states geological i urvey kutil recently nil ill existing maps civo an all inaccurate idea ide as to the hie geography ot of tilt lie state particularly with to 10 tile courtes coures of the lie ilio grande on iii and tile lie tell river on the north ur air fill says that all cute current 11 ut maps of texas locate lite RIO itlo geande llvell II lias Is alvus been accepted its the boundary beti betheen een tills this country and mexico inaccurately the maps include tn in texas a strip of territory averaging 25 miles in edth and 73 75 miles in length about 1873 1875 square miles chich does not belong to it until tile the ivorid war lien special surveys ot if the border were made b by y the war department part parti ment nent nothing nol liing was known of the itlo ilia grande district these maps aps since published by the department ren 1 l the lie mistake in current maps no proper state slate map there Is no map published showing even the physical features of the trans decos section tile the mountainous portion of the sante I 1 many of tile lie ranges and ami peaks are entirely and others fire are located inaccurately cura tely doctor hill ha has made it a special study of these sections of tile the state rud and will make known many inaccuracies through the maps he Is preparing for lite government the davis mountains well known to texas texa q residents tire are not included Include I on oil anny map they form forin one me or 0 tilt the principal range districts in the I 1 state to the west ot of tile aliese mountains Is a long ions narrow strip of desert country luw lying valley plains about miles mile in length running along it hie kio gronde grand e northwest into new nev mexico e valleys are not defined deli noil on any published k tile the diablo boint ry consists of 0 undulating du latin lating plains plain etli peaks ot of sizes und and kinds into the baci mountains of new mexico the railroad follies folli vs a valley scoured out of tile the vast plain extending dolth niest est into new and southwest cit into plexico Il exico the traveler from rl el baso to the new mexico line Is always either upon or in ili sight sigh t of tills this plain for about miles allies the surface Is so smooth except othere it Is broken rarely by peaks that it seems ns level as a floor the plain is on in nil all hides by a wall of higher mountain ranges but iset none of these rca turea has been placed on a map based on settlers notes the county and tuto title s imps of texas are inferior to those ot of other states kloct doctor r hill said because vt of the hie different systems of land sursey suney used in tosas W in other states tile lie land lias his been b cen accurately surveyed ind and divided into townships and sections tin the sur ejong mas done one and field notes made under united states supervision as aa maps odthe of the country were always eary to acquire land the texas systems were inherited from and spain or warrants were issued to individuals who went out took some natural object for n earlier corner measured ot off it block of acres called for in the shape and direction chosen und LID sent the lie notes to the land ollice current maps wore were compiled from these notes made by many individuals individual and tile the topographic information supplied was nearly always menger meager up to when nhen the geological survey began in texas there was only one point in texas with tit its exact location on oil tile the earths ear llis sur surface filce known tills this was a monument to david crock ett near tile the old land office on the capitol it ag grounds at austin it was located by the united states slates geodetic survey about 1880 some women were givins giving a bazaar for patriotic purposes in austin they desired some souvenirs to sell at the bazaar and add at their request the oli old monument was broken into alec pieces es and taken to the bazaar thus perished the only point in ili texas definitely located on the earths surface |