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W-US101 - A. J. Johnson "Iowa and Nebraska" N. Y. 1862. Colored. 12X17. Colorful map shows counties in different colors; all primary cities, towns & settlements. Locates the Missouri River dividing the states. Railroads crossing Iowa and leading to major centers. Nebraska appears sparsely settled 4 years prior to statehood. An attractive map. 

W-US102 - G. CRAM "Nebraska and Kansas" Chicago 1893. Colored. 9½X12. Intensely detailed map with each state printed on either side of the one sheet. Shows cities and towns. Counties in different colors. Locates railroads leading to major centers. Depicts Indian Territory below Kansas and Dakota above Nebraska. 

W-US106 - RAND McNALLY & CO. "South Dakota" Chicago. c.1896. Printed color. 13X19. Man shows counties in different colors and a large region in the west titled "Open for Settlement by Treaty of 1889." Locates Indian reservations; the Black Hills; the Cheyenne River. "Hills where the Crows were killed." The town of Pierre and it's fort. Depicts Canton, Grand View, Redfield, Sioux Falls, Huron, Webster and many more towns and settlements. Descriptive text on verso. 

W-US119 - O. W. GRAY "New Mexico & Arizona" Phila. 1878. Colored. 11½X14½. Attractive map shows counties in different colors for both states. Locates Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico and all principal cities, towns and settlements. Depicts mountains, rivers, plains, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and includes indications of border states. A finely drawn map. 

W-US121 - SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR "Map of the Territory of New Mexico" Wash. D.C. 1889. Colored. 19X13. Very detailed survey shows and names 80 primary mining districts and locates Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque, Roswell, Los Lunas, Bernalillio, and all principal towns & settlements. Depicts 17 counties, land divisions, mountains, rivers & red lines indicating springs, running water & irrigating ditches. A striking & intensely detailed survey.

W- US140 - DANIEL SMITH & SON “Map of Colorado Issued by the Colorado State Game and Fish Department.” Denver. c.1940. 25X32½ Colored. This fine map was drawn to show all the State Game Refuges and includes a list of them with their areas comprising a total of 3,682,120 acres. An interesting feature of the map are notations in pencil, by a previous user, indicating where some Refuges were opened in 1938 and where others were closed in that same year. The map also shows paved, oiled, graveled and connecting highways and tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad, plus the locations of Fish Hatcheries and Habitat of Game shown by red names on the map.

W- US141 - RAND McNALLY “Wyoming.” Chicago. 1906. Colored. 10X12½. Fine map shows the capital city of Cheyenne in lower right corner and depicts Yellowstone National Park, Big Horn Mountains, Fremont, Sweetwater and the Colorado Desert. Locates coal fields, Laramie Plains, Rattlesnake Hills & oil fields and the map includes railroads, county boundaries and divisions and all major towns and settlements. From Rand McNally's “Atlas of the World.” This is an excellent map for locating the old oil and coal fields. 

W-US142 - J. M. MILLER “Wyoming.” Chicago 1899. Colored. 9½X12. Colorful map shows counties and divisions in different colors and depicts the capital city of Cheyenne with railroads leading to and from it across the State. Depicts Yellowstone National Park, the Big Horn Mountains, Wind River or Shoshone Indian Reservation, the Sweetwater Mountains, the Colorado Desert, Rattlesnake Hills, the town of Casper, Laramie Mountains and locates all major towns and settlements. From “The Twentieth Century Atlas,” Monarch Book Company. 1899.

W-US143 - S. MORSE “Arkansas” NY. 1843-45. Colored. 12X15. Very detailed early map of the State shows counties & land divisions, the City of Little Rock on the Arkansas River with a military road running through the City and across the State. The map locates major towns & settlements & connecting rivers. Arkansas was admitted to the Union in 1836, and in 1843, the date of this map the Legislature set up a common school system and in 1858 the Butterfield Stage Line opened a route to the West through Western Arkansas. From “Morse's North American Atlas” published in 1842-45. A fine map to show Arkansas's early history. 

W-US144 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT “A New Map of Arkansas with it's Counties, Towns, Post Offices Etc. Published by Cowperthwait, DeSilver & Butler.” Phila. a855. Colored. This fine map of the State shows Counties in different colors and depicts cities, towns, settlements, rivers, railroads & post offices. The map shows the Capital City of Little Rock in the center of the State with roads and railroads running to and from the City center. Includes Population Tables for white males, females and slaves & includes the number of families, dwellings, acres of land, cash value of farms and the value of framing implements, from the Census of 1850. Published in “A New General Atlas” in Philadelphia in 1855, This is an important map with it's details of early settlement in the State.

W-US145 - RAND McNALLY “Kansas” Chicago. 1886. Colored. 12½X20. This very detailed map shows Counties in different colors and depicts the Arkansas River flowing through the southern regions of the State with the towns of Dodge City, Great Bend, Hutchinson and Wichita located on the River. Topeka, the Capital City is located in the north eastern region on the Kansas River in Shawnee County. The map includes a great many cities, towns and settlements and was published in Rand McNally's “Indexed Atlas of the World Historical and Descriptive.” 

W-US146 - ASHER & ADAMS “Kansas.” NY. 1873. Colored. 16X22. This fine map of Kansas shows development in the eastern part of the State with Topeka as the Capital City and railway center, on the Kansas River, but very little development in the western regions. The map locates the Arkansas River with Fort Dodge and Dodge City, on the River along with Great Bend, Hutchinson, and Wichita. The map also includes the border towns of Nebraska to the north and Indian Territory to the south. Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Kansas City are featured next to the border with Missouri. This particularly fine map of Kansas shows how much of it was still undeveloped in the late 19th century. Published in Asher & Adams “New Statistical & Topographical Atlas of the World,” in 1873, the map has great historical interest n view of the lack of settlement in the western part of the State.

W-US147 - SURVEYOR GENERAL “Map Showing the Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. To Accompany Annual Report of the Surveyor General.” Wash. D.C. 1857, Colored. 23¼X17. Chart shows 1.) Townships under Contract or Being Surveyed, 2.) Townships already Surveyed, and 3.) Transcripts of Field Notes forwarded to the Land Office. The Missouri River is depicted flowing from Sioux City to Council Bluffs and from there down to St. Joseph, Fort Leavenworth, Wyandotte City, Kansas City and Weston. Printed by Wagner & McGuigan, Lithographers, the chart is from the Senate Document of the 1st Session of the 35th Congress. This is a rare Survey in very good condition. 

W-US148 - W. BRADLEY “County & Township Map of the States of Kansas and Nebraska.” Phila. 1886-87. Colored. 14X21. Handsome and very detailed map shows Counties in different colors and depicts hundreds of place names of cities, towns and villages. To the east the map shows the boundary with Iowa and Missouri and to the west it shows part of Colorado and Wyoming. From William Bradley's “Atlas of the World.” A fine map of two major States published at the end of the 19th century. 

W-US149 - RAND McNALLY “Nebraska.” Chicago. 1904. Colored. 19X27. Large detailed map shows Counties in different colors and lists all the major railroads crossing the State. Also depicts the State Capital, Lincoln, County Seats, and the relative importance of towns is indicated by heavier type faces. On the map is also a listing of chief cities and their population as of 1900. Published in Rand McNally's “Business Atlas & Shipper's Guide,” this is a well-drawn and informative map.

W-US150 - S. A. MITCHELL “County and Township Map of the States of Kansas & Nebraska” Phila. 1882. Colored. 14X21½. Excellent late 19th century map of Kansas and Nebraska shows cities, towns and settlements with Counties depicted in different colors. Includes all the railroads crossing the States, with rivers and roads connecting major city centers. Published in Samuel Augustus Mitchell's “New General Atlas” in Philadephia in 1882. A fine map. 

W-US151 - SURVEYOR GENERAL “Nebraska Territory” and “Kansas Territory.” Wash. D.C. 1854. Colored. 18X12. This rather plain survey was the first map of the Kansas Nebraska Territories published by Congress, and issued for the 1st Session of the 33rd Congress. Executive document. No.1. The survey shows the Missouri River, Meridians and Base Lines. 

W-US152 - C. COWLES “General Topographical Map Sheet XXVI.” Wash. D.C. 1892. Colored. 16½X27½. This Civil War map of Kansas & Missouri shows the primary Indian Reserves. The Pottawatomie, Kansas, Sac & Fox, New York Indians & the Delaware Reserve, plus major cities and towns involved in Civil War actions. The map is from the “Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 1861-1865.” A map with fine detail overall. 

W-US153 - RAND McNALLY “Omaha” Chicago. 1894-98. Colored. 19X12. Splendid map of Omaha with street plan of the City. Depicts public buildings and commercial and private properties. Depicts Parks and Cemeteries, railroads and the Missouri River flowing around the City with Wagon Bridges connecting the City to the Bluffs. Published in Rand McNally's “Enlarged Business Atlas,” this is a fine City Plan.

W-US154 - H. H. HARDESTY “Wyoming.” Chicago. 1884. Colored. 10X13. Finely detailed State map shows topographical details of the Hills, Plains, Bluffs, Ridges, Springs and Gold Regions and locates the Big Horn and Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Railroads, Forts and the cities of Cheyenne and Laramie. Published in Hiram H. Hardesty's “Encyclopedia Illustrated.”  1883-84.

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