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An indispensable book for anyone interested in Navarro County's first landowners.

Each book in this series is laid out into multiple "land survey maps" using a 6 by 4 mile grid.

Each Land Survey Map shows the boundaries of original landowner parcels laid out over existing roads, railroads, and waterways.

Beyond the Navarro County Land Survey maps, there are equally useful indexes with real detail behind each parcel of land and its original survey and/or ownership.

Other Maps Included . . .
   -   Where Navarro County Lies Within the State (Map A)
   -   Navarro County and its Surrounding Counties (Map B)
   -   An Index Map showing where each of the Land Survey Maps are within Navarro County (Map C)
   -   An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows the community-center points in relationship to the county-grid (Map D)
   -   An Index Map that builds upon Map C and shows cemeteries listed in the USGS database in relationship to the county-grid (Map E)

The primary indexes (apart from each Survey-Map's own index of survey-names)
   -   An All-Name Index (alphabetical by last-name) for every person mentioned in the maps, utilizing both Texas General Land Office
       and Texas Railroad Commission data.
   -   The Abstract Listing: this is where you find the real details behind each parcel of land. Items are listed by Abstract Number ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Texas Amphibians & Reptiles
Book arrived in excellent condition and ahead of time.Great service.Would highly recommend the seller.

The ultimate county specific guide to Texas reptiles and amphibians
Dixon's guide is far better than the Peterson, Texas Monthly and Audubon guides when it comes to narrowing down the species/subspecies of a specific county.With many reptiles and amphibians this information alone can decide a difficult identification.Also, the bibliography section has led me to many in-depth reports and studies.If you are only interested in looking at paintings or uncharacteristic photographs of these animals, I encourage you to consult the usual field guides.However, if you are a professional or an amateur willing to put this book to work, there is no other Texas resource like it.

My only complaint is that we could sure use a 2005 update.Also, Dixon's insightful comments under the species accounts (updated in the 2000 edition)would be even better if they were more extensive.

A Ten-Foot Bibliography In a Handy Desk Reference
Dixon's book is an important research tool for professional and amateur herpetologists working with the amphibians and reptiles of Texas who need to 1) refer to a rich bibliography of about 3,500 references that is current as of April 1999 - more than half of which are new since the 1987 first edition, 2) have distribution maps for all the native Texas amphibians and reptiles based on more than 13,000 county records covering more than 110,000 localities, 3) keep current with taxonomic changes, 4) refer to identification keys, and/or 5) understand the problems facing the continued survival of these animals in the face of commercial collecting and habitat destruction.

The book is composed of four major sections - A) keys (40 pages covering salamanders, frogs and toads, amphibian larvae, turtles, lizards, and snakes), B) species accounts (115 pages), C) distribution maps (94 pages with 162 maps), and C) a bibliography (143 pages).There are also shorter sections covering an 86-term glossary, indices of common (about 425) and scientific (about 550) names, and a few (25) black and white photos.

While the book is not suitable, in my estimation, as a field guide; it is nonetheless an excellent, annotated, and comprehensive bibliographic reference for serious students of the full range of Texas amphibians and reptiles.Under each genus and species account, in addition to the comments and distribution maps, a sometimes lengthy list of bibliographic references from among the 3,500 cited in this book is shown for further look-up as desired.This is a very effective way of cross referencing, by species, a shelf of additional material that I grossly estimate to be perhaps ten feet or so wide.I suggest that the most effective use of this thorough and well-researched book is in conjunction with nicely illustrated and somewhat more self-contained guides to Texas herps such as Werler and Dixon's Texas Snakes, Conant's Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern & Central North America (Peterson Field Guide Series), or Vermersch's Lizards and Turtles of South Central Texas - for any of which this book is a particularly excellent and useful companion.

As time goes on, the late-1990's content of Dixon's book will need to be updated again (the first edition of this work was released 13 years before the current edition) or it will cease to be as current and useful as it still is even today - some five years after its 2000 publication.On the other hand, even if not timely updated, this book will remain an excellent and vital snapshot in time of the literature and known distribution of the Texas herpetofauna.Anyone wishing to enhance or complete their knowledge of specific Texas herps should certainly refer to this book or consider adding this excellent, moderately priced book to their herp library depending upon how often they wish to refer to it.

As an afterword, it is interesting to note that most books - certainly those able to pass the rigors of marketing scrutiny that commercial publishers require today before a book is accepted for publication - don't need operating instructions; one just needs merely to read the book.Unfortunately, however, this book is different.Because of its rather unusual style and content, the appearance of the book is not "friendly", and at first blush it seems to contain a lot of arcane tabular data and mysterious code without adequate plain English text to "decode" it.Of course this is not the case. This tabular information and code is the meat of Dixon's book, being the wealth of the distribution data and the excellent, cross-referencedbibliographic references.One should try to visualize that with the use of this book there is a ten-foot long shelf of accompanying reference material stretched across a library table, and that this book is the codex that translates between that wealth of outstanding reference material and shorter, more user-friendly herp reference books.With this understanding, the true value of Dixon's book can be appreciated.

Just note that although the book has been in print for nearly four years as of the time of this writing, there has been only one short review of this book on Amazon.com, titled "Book Not For Amateurs", which states that "Unless you are a serious student of herpetology, do not buy this book.It does not contain photos or descriptions intended for the use of the general public, but tables and numbers that mean nothing to me. If you don't know what you are looking for, you are certainly not going to find it here. This was an expensive lesson for me to learn. I hope this prevents someone else from doing the same."

How sad to read that poor Amazon.com review: I can only hope it didn't discourage anyone who could have benefited from reading/usingDixon's fine book.Proof positive of the absolute need for this book review!
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Book Not For Amateurs
Unless you are a serious student of herpetology, do not buy this book. It does not contain photos or descriptions intended for the use of the general public, but tables and numbers that mean nothing to me.If you don't know what you are looking for, you are certainly not going to find it here.

This was an expensive lesson for me to learn.I hope this prevents someone else from doing the same. ... Read more

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FlexiMaps are innovative maps that combine durability and convenience with accuracy, utility, and readability. With state-of-the-art technology, FlexiMaps feature detailed city street and road maps clearly marked with all the sites and services of particular interest to travelers. Text and photographs offer a wealth of valuable tourist information including "10 sights you shouldn't miss", plus information on transportation, visas, currency, important telephone numbers, emergency services, and more. A variety of domestic and international destinations are available. ... Read more

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The Great Trails map is printed on a 24" x 36" sheet. A smaller 18" x 24" size is available This Great Texas Trails map is a parchment toned reproduction of the superb 1876 S. A. Mitchell County Map of Texas from an original in the Electric Books collection. It is thought to be one of the best Texas and Southwestern maps ever published for the period after the Civil War through the end of the 19th century. Upon it we laid, in color, the documented routes of the major Texas and Southwestern northbound cattle trails including the Chisholm/Eastern Trail, the Western Trail, the Goodnight-Loving Trail and the Shawnee Trail, as well as the later route of the Butterfield Overland Stage Lines. In addition, we detailed the locations of the major Frontier and Indian Territory military forts including some very early private forts. This highly detailed post Civil War map also shows some historic locations like Jesse Chisholm's Ranch, the Chisholm Store in Indian Territory, the famous Red River Crossing on the Chisholm Trail in Montague County, Doan's Crossing of the Red River in Wilbarger County on the Western Trail and Horsehead Crossing on the Goodnight-Loving Trail and Butterfield Stage route.. In Texas and the Southwest, the period after the Civil War from about 1865 to the middle 1890's was turbulent with reconstruction, the final Indian Wars, the development of long distance transportation including the telegraph, stage lines and railroads. The cattle drives rebuilt a staggering Texas economy and opened up a new food source to all of the United States. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Did not get what I thought I was getting
Who put's the state of Texas on both sides of the page with out clarifying before you buy the product? ... Read more

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The 4th edition State of Texas Wall Map by Universal Map measures 66'' W x 52'' H at a scale of 1 = 15 miles. Includes color coded counties, a mileage chart between major cities, and a laminated surface making the map both markable and washable.
Details include all state and federal highways, major waterways, state universities, military installations, major airports, wildlife areas, cities, state parks, county names, time zones, and numerous points of interest.

Insets: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston & Galveston.

Wall map is mounted on a spring roller. ... Read more

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Coverage includes Lincoln National Forest, Lonesome Ridge WSA, Devils Den Canyon WSA, McKittrick Canyon WSA, Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness. Includes UTM grids for use with your GPS unit.


Scale = 1:35,000. Size: 26'' x 38'' ... Read more

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Fab stands for Fabric
Be aware that this is a piece of fabric the size of a handkerchief, not a normal map.It might be good for some purpose, but nothing that I can see in the description warns you that it is not a normal paper map. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

It's a rag!
It's difficult to tell from the photo and description but this odd little map is printed on a piece of cloth.I suppose that would appeal to someone but it certainly wasn't what I was looking for.Fortunately Amazon made it easy and free to return.

Bien detallado y eso complica un poco
En general muy bueno para personas que lo usaran para visitas de negocios o buscar cosas que hacer muy especificas. ... Read more

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This detailed map of San Marcos and New Braunfels, Texas has complete coverage for the cities and surrounding area, with an inset map for downtown, plus most major tourist and business districts. When you flip the map over, you will find a complete street index and a "city and vicinity" map of the entire metro area. ... Read more