Collection Items
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MapIsothermal chart of the region north of the 36th Parallel &c. &c. between the Atlantic & Pacific oceans; compiled under the direction of Isaac I. Stevens, Govnr. of Washington Territory. Indicates "practicable railroad lines," and "proposed railroad lines." Summer isotherms are in red, winter isotherms are in blue.
- Contributor: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas and New Orleans Air Line Rail Line, its connections in the U.S. and adjacent territories Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract.
- Contributor: Sabine and Galveston Bay Railroad and Lumber Company - Gentry, Abm. M. (Abram Morrice)
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapLloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three proposed roads and the overland mail route to the Pacific, Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Lloyd, James T. - Smith, Rae
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapRailroad map of the eastern, western and northern states, and Canada, showing conspicuously the lines of communication between the ports of the Atlantic and the great west and north west. General map covering the northeastern and north-central United States and part of eastern Canada. Shows drainage, cities, roads, canals, and "railroads completed" and "in progress."
- Contributor: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus) - Mitchell's Map Publication Office
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap of the Toledo, Wabash, and Gt. Western Rail Road Line, and its connections. Outline map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing railroad lines and major cities.
- Contributor: Olmstead, S. R. (Samuel R.) - Toledo, Wabash, and Great Western Railroad
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapTunis new colored rail road map of the United States & Canadas; revised and corrected every month. Map of the eastern United States to about the 96th Meridian. Lower right corner of map has "table showing the length of rail roads, and the page on which their time tables may be found in the guide." "The continious red lines represent rail roads completed. The dotted red lines represent roads projected."
- Contributor: Tunis, W. E.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapRoad road route from Boston, Massachusetts to Chicago, Illinois. Outline map of a strip between Boston and Chicago showing one schematic rail line with many railroad stations named along the line. Mileage table indicating five railroads is at lower right of map.
- Contributor: Perris, William
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapJ. Sage & Sons new & reliable rail road map, travellers edition, Eastern. Map of the northeastern United States indicating stations along the completed railroad lines.
- Contributor: Sage (J.) & Sons
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap of the Northern Rail Road of New Jersey. Topographic map of part of New Jersey and New York, covering the area north of the Hudson River and between Jersey City and Nyack, N.Y. The map shows drainage, roads, houses, cities and towns, single-track, double-track, and proposed railroads. Chartered February 9, 1854. Completed in 1859. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Sneden, William S. - Cady, A. M. - Robertson, Seibert & Shearman - Seymour & Tower
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap of the State of Florida showing the progress of the surveys accompanying annual report of the Surveyor General for 1859. Township map showing drainage, cities and towns, railroads, location of the land grant railroads and indicating the 6- and 15-mile limits of grants. Shows land offices.
- Contributor: United States. General Land Office
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; ... Outline map of the south-central states from Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Shows the "Wheat Region of Texas." Indicates completed, located and proposed lines. Table of distances in left side of map.
- Contributor: Bayley, G. W. R. - New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapFrom the Red River to the Rio Grande Scale 1:950,400. At head of title: Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) LC Railroad maps, 171 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress...
- Contributor: United States. War Department - Pope, John - Davis, Jefferson
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapGeneral map of the United States & their territory between the Mississippi & the Pacific Ocean. 1. Showing the different surveyed routes from the Mississippi valley to the coast of Pacific Ocean, ... Gold mines are indicated in yellow and silver mines in blue. Indicates post routes, "old trail," finished and unfinished railroads, and the proposed state of "Colona."
- Contributor: Fiala, John T.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapMap of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to Pike's Peak, overland mail route to California and Pacific rail road surveys. To which are added the new state ... Detailed general map framed in decorative borders showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and the transportation and communication networks. An excellent example of a promotional map to encourage emigration. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: McGowan, D. - Hildt, George H. - Leopold Gast & Brother
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapChapman's rail road map of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, & Wisconsin. Outline map showing the railroad network and stations along the rail lines. [From published bibliography]
- Contributor: Chapman, Silas
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapJohnson's new railroad and township copper-plate map of Illinois, Iowa, & Missouri, from the latest and best authorities. Detailed general map which includes drainage place names, roads, railroad, counties, and townships.
- Contributor: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett) - Johnson & Browning
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapNew & reliable rail road map, travellers edition, Western. Outline map of the north-central United States showing the railroad network. Mileage information between stations by states and by railroad companies on the verso.
- Contributor: Sage (J.) & Sons
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapFrom the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) LC Railroad maps, 170 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library...
- Contributor: Young, John - Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton) - United States. War Department - Davis, Jefferson - Siebert, Selmar - Abbot, Henry L.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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MapFrom San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from explorations and surveys Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps... to Illustrate the Various Reports... (Washington, 1859) LC Railroad maps, 169 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library...
- Contributor: Young, John - Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton) - United States. War Department - Davis, Jefferson - Siebert, Selmar - Abbot, Henry L.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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CollectionRailroad Maps, 1828-1900 Contains 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show "internal improvements" of the past century. The maps presented here are a selection from the Geography and Map Division holdings, based on the popular cartobibliography, Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Original 19th-century Maps in the...
- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division
- Date: 1998
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ArticleRegion I Map The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The groupings are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps. The maps linked here represent large sections of the United States and the region names are searchable in this interface.
- Date: 1828
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ArticleRegion II Map The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The groupings are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps. The maps linked here represent large sections of the United States and the region names are searchable in this interface.
- Date: 1828
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ArticleRegion III Map The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The groupings are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps. The maps linked here represent large sections of the United States and the region names are searchable in this interface.
- Date: 1828
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ArticleRegion IV Map The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The groupings are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps. The maps linked here represent large sections of the United States and the region names are searchable in this interface.
- Date: 1828
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ArticleRegion V Map The regions of the United States are geographic areas which include multiple states. The groupings are from standard language used by libraries and reflect the groupings used in the classification system for maps. The maps linked here represent large sections of the United States and the region names are searchable in this interface.
- Date: 1828