H. Wellge's birdseye map of Fort Worth, Texas in 1891.
| Birdseye view of Fort Worth, Texas | |
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| Date: | 1891 |
| Author: | H. Wellge |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (14.0mb) |
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This Wellge map (of Fort Worth, Texas [gmap]) is not one of my favorites. This also doesn't seem to be up to his usual standard. The perspective issues in this image are the most noticeable to me, but there are some other unfortunate choices (to my tastes) as well.
For more maps and images from this period in the region's history, visit the Texas State Historical Association.
I wonder if the artist ever actually came to FW. I found two misspellings in “Wertherford St.” and “Trockmorton”, both of which are still in existence today. The county courthouse still sits on Weatherford St but, the houses on Throckmorton are few if any now in downtown today.
Fascinating collection of maps.
I’m sure that Wellge went there; whether or not he stayed up too late one night working on this and made a couple of spelling errors, well… I suppose that’s anyone’s guess.
For what it’s worth, on Ruger’s map of Pacific, Missouri he spells the state’s name “Missoury”. So… yeah.