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Old Fort Worth & Hell's Half Acre Poster Map There Never Was a Trail Town Rougher or Tougher The large image above tells the whole story Sheet size 14" x 11" ~ Click on our On a heavy Parchment paper sheet ready to mat and frame New! Our highly detailed map of old Ft. Worth and the notorious Hell's Half Acre district is filled with detail about the history starting with the early cattle drives around 1866 to 1885 and then with much additional information about the later days. Hell's Half Acre and Fort Worth were on the "Sin Circuit" and fancy women, gamblers and gunmen like Bat Masterson, James and Wyatt Earp and later Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with their Hole-In-the-Wall Gang were frequent visitors. Less well known but equally active was the "Uptown" area south of the Tarrant County courthouse that also was filled with saloons and pleasure palaces but catered to a sometimes less rowdy clientele. Many famous and notorious places are shown:
Historical Note: In spite of some popular misinformation, Hell's Half Acre was not in the North Fort Worth Stockyard district. The Fort Worth Stockyards did not begin to operate until about 1900. Instead, the Acre was at the southern end of the Fort Worth business district bounded on the south by the Texas & Pacific Railroad reservation in later years. Also, Fort Worth was a sizeable city for its time with a population of over 22,000 compared to the few hundreds or few thousands in many of the forts, camps and railhead's of the period. This is the third in the "Great Trails" map series from Electric Books. Many original and antique maps were used. A primary source was "Hell's Half Acre", Richard Selcer's definitive 1991 book on the subject. Additional historic documentation came from many other people and sources including the archives of the North Fort Worth Historical Society and the Stockyards Museum collection. The other maps in the series are the "Great Texas Trails" and the "Great Lonesome Dove Trail" maps available in several sizes in our eBay 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. Fort Worth was right in the center of all this expansion. For those interested, click on the topics below. The material is from the superb Handbook of Texas Online.
The sample picture shown is at very low Internet resolution and reduced in size. It does not even begin to show the detail and quality of the actual map. All Antique Maps of Texas(tm) reproductions are scanned at 300+ dpi and offer fantastic resolution and detail even in reduced sized prints. The Perfect Gift: As period decor, a business gift, and as a working map for writers, scholars, schools, historians, researchers. Frame Size: The sheet size fits nicely in easily available stock frames. All maps are printed on very heavy natural parchment finish acid-free paper with archival inks. Beautiful in a frame, but also capable of withstanding continuous handling and everyday use. While there is nothing like owning an original map, a quality reproduction offers access to almost unavailable maps, affordable pricing and the opportunity to actually use the map rather than just protect it. Unlike many cheap reproductions which are taken from easily available archives and reproduced on inferior poster paper for effect, all maps from Electric Books are professional quality products on expensive high quality paper stock. In addition, we actually own or have the rights to all of the maps which we reproduce. They are direct :1 to :1 high resolution reproductions from the originals, not downloaded copies of copies of copies... Shipping: We ship our maps carefully rolled in a tube to US postal destinations only. Click Image to see the other Antique Texas State Map prints in our eBay Store     
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