Austin Electric Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond rare-original-maps-and-documents The western border of Texas

The western border of Texas is accurately depicted as being the Rio Grande River to its source

Navy’s Coastal Survey Office

to San Diego

The following important notation is included on the left side of the map: The present Boundaries of Texas are defined by an ACT of the Texian Congress

Waco Village

Austin Electric Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond rare-original-maps-and-documents The western border of TexasFrom 1875 to 1940 trolleys ruled the streets of Austin. The Austin City Railroad Company operated the first streetcars in Austin which were pulled by mules navigating the muddy, dusty and unpaved roads of the rapidly growing Capital of Texas. These early mule drawn trolleys ran mostly along Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin. By 1891 Austin joined the age of exciting innovation with the first electric streetcar. This fast and convenient