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Antique rare maps of Plains





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1867 - Map showing the scene of General Hancock's operations in the Indian Country, the Forts, Military Stations, Pacific Railroads, etc. [Harper's Weekly. June 15,1867]

  • $14.99

Fine map of the Western United States, published in Harper's Weekly The map focuses on General Hancock's military operations against the Native Americans in Indian Territory. The map highlights the the forts, military stations, and railroads in the...


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1872 - Colton's Map of the States and Territories West of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Showing the Overland Routes, Projected Railroad Lines &c . . . 1872

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Large scale pocket map of the Transmississippi West. Fine example of Colton's large format map of the West, colored by Counties and focusing on the projected railroad lines west of the Mississippi River, shortly before the first appearance of...


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1872 - Martial Law. As Exemplified In The Desolation of Border Counties of Missouri , Issued By Brigadier General Ewing, Of the Federal Army, From His Head Quarters, Kansas City, Augt. 25th 1863. . . .

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Proof state of this large mezzotint of George Caleb Bingham's painting "Martial Law," an artistic protest against the Federal Goverment's declaration of martial law on the Kansas-Missouri border. This iconic image shows the evacuation of civilians...


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1874 - A Geological Map of the Black Hills by Professor N.H. Winchell To Accompanythe Report of Capt. William Ludlow US Engineers

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Important early geological survey map of the Black Hills region, undertaken by William Ludlow, while under the command of George Custer. In 1874, a large group of cavalrymen under the command of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer moved into the Black...


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1875 - Chase & Bachelder's American Museum of Art

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Fulfilling America's Manifest Destiny One of the earliest travel or travel-related posters ever created and also the wellspring of all future American travel images. An allegorical figure leads trains, covered wagons, coaches and prospectors across...


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1876 - Williams New Trans-Continental Map of The Pacific R.R. and Routes of Overland Travel To Colorado, Nebraska, The Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana California and the Pacific Coast . . . 1876

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Rare first edition of this striking large format map of the West, published by Henry T. Williams, with handwritten notes, including a note relating to the notorious stagecoach robber, Black Bart, who operated in northern California and southern Oregon...


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1882 - Creel's Topographical Map of Ramsey County, Dakota Territory. 1882.

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Fine large format map promoting settlement in Ramsey County, Dakota Territory, published by Heber M. Cree, formerly of the 7th Cavalry, whom the map notes as having been "in charge of survey north shore of Devil's Lake, D.T.; also survey of Fort Totten...


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1882 - Dakota Territory . . . 1882

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Detailed map of Dakota Territory, prepared by the General Land Office. The present example would appear to be a special issue, with the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Lower Brule Indian Reservation highlighted...


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1885 - [Union Pacific Railway Map]

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Fine large format map of the routes of the Union Pacific Railroad, published in May 1885 by Rand McNally & Company. The map is colored by counties and locates rail lines, stations and other details. The wide black lines locate the lines of the...


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1887 - Map of Nebraska and Eastern Colorado Published by the Burlington Route. 1887. (with original Promotional Pamphlet)

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Fine railroad promotional map, stretching from Denver, Ft. Collins and Cheyene in the west to the Missouri River. Scarce promotional booklet for lands being opened up by the Burlington Route of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company....


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1892 - Great Northern Railway and Connections / Red River Valley / The Bread Basket of America!

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The Bread Basket of America! -- You Are Not Going To the Frontier! Fine large promotional map for the Great Northern Railway, promoting the Government lands available in the Red River Valley. The map shows the railroad lines of the Great Northern,...


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1898 - Indian Territory. Compiled under the direction of Charles H. Fitch, Topographer in Charge of the Indian Surveys. . . 1898

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Detailed map of Indian Territory, during the short-lived period where Oklahoma was divided into two Territories, Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. The map shows the progress of the Indian Territory survey in the first year of the survey. The...


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1900 - Buffalo-Hunting.

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This is a great color-lithograph of a buffalo-hunting scene. The image is heavily romanticized, painting a rosy picture of the American West. Hardened cowboys on bucking horses use guns while Indians spear or stab the buffalo. Raptors fly above the...


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1902 - Map of the Creek & Seminole Nations Indian Territory . . . 1899

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Striking map of the Creek & Seminole Nation lands in Indian Territory, showing the coal regions for the Department of the Interior. The map depicts the various land classifications in the Creek & Seminole Nations, including Agricultural,...


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1902 - Map Showing progress of Allotment in the Creek Nation . . .

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Nice example of C.H. Dana's map of the Creek Nation, showing the lands alotted between April 1, 1899 and June 30, 1902. Prepared to accompany the Department of the Interior's report on the Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes.


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1903 - Map of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Coal and Asphalt Segregation, 1903.

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Large format map of the lands allocated to the Chickasaw Nation. The map shows the coal and asphalt deposits in the Chickasaw nation. Also featured are towns, hydrography, and rail road lines.