Archive Record
Metadata
Accession number |
2005.012 |
Catalog Number |
2005.012.001 |
Object Name |
Map |
Date |
1839 |
Creator |
Baker, R. Phillip |
Title |
Map of the Valley of Red River |
Scope & Content |
Map of the Valley of Red River and the country showing the courses of the various tributaries & arms of the river from the town of Natchitoches to the head of Red Bayou; comparing the portion of Red River originally obstructed by the Great Raft and also embracing the remaining obstructions directed to be removed by the act of Congress of the 3d March 1841-Constructed from the Government Surveys in the Land Office at Natchitoches 1839. Locations include: Lake Bodcau Soda Lake Caddo lake Clear Lake Ferry Lake Red River Shift Tail Bayou Caddo Prairie Cypress bayou Willow Chute Bayou Shreveport Cross Lake Black bayou Shreve's Cutoff Summer Grove Red Chute Lake Lake Bistineau Minden Red Chute Bayou Grand Cane Pierre Lake Bayou Pierre Loggy Bayou Bayou LaChute Prairie River Platte River Pascagoula Bayou Spanish Lake Los Adaes |
People |
Davenport Brooks, Jehiel Grappe, Francois |
Search Terms |
Bayou LaChute Bayou Pierre Black bayou Caddo lake Caddo Prairie Cannisnia Lake Clear Lake Cross Lake Cypress bayou Ferry Lake Grand Cane Lake Bistineau Lake Bodcau Loggy Bayou Los Adaes Minden Pascagoula Bayou Pierre Lake Platte River Prairie River Red Chute Bayou Red Chute Lake Red River Shift Tail Bayou Shreve's Cutoff Shreveport Soda Lake Spanish Lake Summer Grove Willow Chute Bayou |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Physical characteristics |
Paper; map is copied in three segments, each segment being 11 inches x 17 inches. |
Medium |
Paper |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Inventoried date |
2024-10-10 |