This is one of only 3 maps we know of that depicts the proposed Wigefarth County in the lower Panhandle along the border of Indian Territory. The county line is only partially engraved with the northern border defined in color alone. Wigefarth here should have been spelled Wegefarth. It was named after Conrad Wegefarth, a German-American and President of the Texas Immigrant Aid and Supply Company. The county was created in 1873 but was quickly abolished in 1876 when the entire panhandle was divided into counties. The map presents the network of roads, trails and railways and includes several proposed railways that were not actually completed. Indian Territory is divided among twelve Native nations along with unassigned lands in the panhandle (click here to learn more about the naming and cartographic evolution of this region). On verso is a County Map of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary color on a lightly toned sheet with minor offsetting from an opposing page of text and binding holes in the right blank margin.