The Earliest Appearance of Idaho Territory--Including The Future Montana & Wyoming Territories Third in series of Johnson maps showing evolution of the mapping of these western territories. The most notable feature of the map is the massive...
Highly detailed map of Colorado [and Indian Territory on the back side], hand colored by counties and showing townships, towns, roads, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plateaus, railroads, etc. One of the most detailed maps of the period for each of...
Highly detailed map of Colorado [and Indian Territory on the back side], hand colored by counties and showing townships, towns, roads, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plateaus, railroads, etc. One of the most detailed maps of the period for each of...
Interesting early map of New Mexico and Arizona, published by the General Land Office. The map extends from the confluence of the Colorado and Gila Rivers to Nicollet River in the northwest, the Rio Pecos in the southwest and Bent's Fort, the...
Nice example of the Ettling / Weekly Dispatch map of California and the Southwest, one of first atlas maps published in Europe to focus on the Territories of Utah and New Mexico. The map includes an excellent post Gadsden Purchase treatment of...
Interesting map of the southwest, hand colored by counties and showing a number of interesting territorial anomalies. Nevada has its lower corner truncated, leaving Las Vegas in Arizona. In each of the states and territories, the county configurations...
Detailed topographical map showing the region bounded by the Taos, New Mexico area in the southwest, San Luis, Colorado and Trinchera Peak in the northwest, Purgatory River and Trinidad Colorado in the Northeast and the area just south of Laughlin Peak...
Detailed map of California and the Southwest, colored by Counties.
Scarce pictorial map of the American Southwest, published by Fred Harvey. The map provides a detailed pictorial image of the American Southwest, with an inset of the Grand Canyon. The verso includes a table of Indian Signs and Symbols, along with...
Detailed view of the Valley of the Kah Wee Yah River (Tulare River) and the Kings River. The expedition surveying the southern route along the 35th parallel, led by Lieutenant Amiel Weeks Whipple, explored from Little Rock, Arkansas, through Oklahoma,...
Nice example of this important early birdseye view of Central City, Colorado, from Alfred Edward Mathews Pencil Sketches of Colorado, published in 1866. The map shows Central City during its early boom period, looking toward Missouri City and Quartz...
Interesting early map of Colorado, colored by counties. Shows towns, rivers, lakes, roads, mountains, and other details. In Southwestern Colorado, there is still no evidence of the coming mining boom which would be centered in areas such as...
Fascinating manuscript survey issued by the San Juan Consolidated Mining Company, showing a plat of 160 acres north of the North Fork of the Alamosa River in Rio Grande County, Colorado Territory, signed by Thomas Meade Bowen, H.B. Cox and William...
Detailed topographical map showing the region centered on Saguache County, Colorado. Shows towns, roads, mountains, rivers, lakes, hydrographical details, etc. The map was generated during the Wheeler Survey. The Wheeler Survey was a survey of a...
Rare Early Map of Denver Highly detailed map of the city of Denver, published by H.L. Thayer. The map is centered on the Platte River and includes the names of dozens of land owners, subdivisions and other details. In east Denver, the location of a...
The rare 1885 edition of Nell's map of Colorado. A remarkably detailed map, certainly the most complete of Colorado to appear after statehood (1876). The map meticulously depicts the geographical and topographical details of the state, including...