Map of the city of Shakopee and additions, Scott County, Minnesota.

Map shows street names, roads, block and tract numbers, surveys, landowners, parks, courthouse, and levee for the city of Shakopee along the Minnesota River. Scale [ca. 1:2,400].
Date: [1855..1875]
Creator: A. Fuller & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Diagram of Tallahassee Land District

Map shows panhandle of Florida and "Forbes Purchase." Includes key to symbols used on map. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1856]
Creator: A. Hoen & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Fisher & Miller's colony: Made from the records in the office of the district surveyor of Bexar: Comprising also all the recent surveys.

Map shows districts of land, by name and number with individual tract numbers, and military posts, which lie between and along the Colorado, San Saba, and Llano rivers in central Texas. Includes distances from Fort Mason to German settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:266,667].
Date: 1855
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the western states.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century township grid, railroads, canals, roads, counties, areas of Native American habitation, mining activity, cities, towns, and notable physical features in the upper mid-western United States. Scale [ca. 1:2,500,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the western states [Accompanying Text].

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows mid-nineteenth century township grid, railroads, canals, roads, counties, areas of Native American habitation, mining activity, cities, towns, and notable physical features in the upper mid-western United States.
Date: 1855
Creator: Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States Coast Survey : Sketch I, showing the progress of the survey in section no. 9 from 1848 to 55.

Map shows Texas coast from the mouth of the Sabine River to northern tip of unlabeled Matagorda Island; Sabine Lake, Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, towns used for triangulation, and areas of completed mapping by sheet number and date. Inset: "Mouth of the Rio Grande. Sub-sketch showing the progress of the Survey of Rio Grande and vicinity 1853 & 1854." Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:600,000] and [ca. 1: 400,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
System: The Portal to Texas History

Post - Kanal - und Eisenbahnkarte der Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America.

Map shows cities and towns, existing and proposed railroads, canals, and major roads for the eastern United States, and portions of Texas, "Indian," Nebraska, and "Dacota" territories. Includes: "Erklärung der Zeichen" [Explanation of signs]. Insets: "Umgebung von [environment of] St. Louis," "Umgebung von New York," "Baltimore und Washington," "Washington Dct. Cia.," "Umgebung von Philadelphia," "Umgebung von Boston," "Oregon, California und der Mormonen-staat: Deseret." Inside cover: [German language advertisements for other publications] bei John Weik. Scale not given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Bromme, Traugott, 1802-1866
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States exhibiting the several collection districts.

Map shows state and territorial boundaries, tariff collection districts, ports of entry, ports of delivery, major waterways, military posts, cities, and towns; territories of New Mexico [encompassing modern-day Arizona], Utah [encompassing modern-day Nevada and half of Colorado], Kansas [extending west of statehood boundaries], Oregon, Washington, Nebraska, Minnesota; Oklahoma/Indian Territory unlabeled. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Burr, David H., 1803-1875
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the United States.

Map shows cities, areas of Native American habitation for the United States, Mexico, Central America and part of the West Indies; jagged U.S.-Mexico border, western U.S. territories of Oregon, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Kansas, and Minnesota, and "Indian Territory"; forts, canals, major roads, mines, and railroads. Includes explanation and illustrations. Inset: [Portrait of George] "Washington" and "Capitol at Washington." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,603,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Case, Tiffany & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wisconsin : a sectional map with the most recent surveys.

Map shows railroads, plank roads, mines, township grid, cities and towns, counties, lakes, marshes, rivers, whitewater areas, portage points, Menomonee [Menominee] Native American reservation, and military posts and reservations. Scale [1:633,600].
Date: 1855
Creator: Chapman, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of Ohio.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Ohio railroads, canals, post roads, counties, township grid, and notable physical features; limestone and conglomerate geological formations across the state. Includes illustration, table, "Census of the state of Ohio," and references. Scale [ca. 1:760,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's map of the United States, the Canadas, etc.: showing the railroads, canals & stage roads, with distances from place to place.

Map shows cities, towns, areas of Native American habitation, railroads, canals, roads, state boundaries, and territorial boundaries in the eastern half of the continental United States. Indian Territory, Nebraska Territory Minnesota Territory are also indicated. Insets: "Map of New England and Eastern New York," "Map of the United States, Central America, &c." and "The Isthmus of Panama showing the routes of travel between Chagres & Panama." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,899,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's United States of America.

Map railroads, canals, state capitals, major cities and towns, military posts, historic trails, Pony Express and U.S. mail routes; Dakota [Territory] extending deep into Nebraska, and Idaho [Territory] encompassing [modern day] Montana and Wyoming; Indian Territory and state of West Virginia. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maps of the United States, New England, and Principal U.S. Cities]

Map shows mid-nineteenth century "Great American desert" and "Important railroads." Relief shown by hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1855
Creator: Cornell, S. S. (Sarah S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America: designed to accompany Cornell's High School Geography.

This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are shaded in color. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). On the back, there is a second map showing a portion of British America (present-day Canada) with different territories shaded in color and labeled. This map also has major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features marked.
Date: 1855
Creator: Cornell, S. S. (Sarah S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Indies.

Map shows the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Bahamas, and the "Caribbee Isles." Relief indicated by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1861]
Creator: Dower, John James, b. 1825
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Iowa.

Map shows township grid, counties, cities and towns, military posts, major roads, and railroads. Includes list of "Land Offices" and "Population of Iowa Counties" for 1840 and 1850. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,170,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning
System: The Portal to Texas History

United States of North America (Eastern & Central), south eastern sheet

Map shows known geography in mid-nineteenth century southeastern United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, 1823-
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America (south sheet).

Map shows southern half of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America; unusual boundaries for western U.S. territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, with Nebraska and Kansas territories. Map comes from The Dispatch Atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America (south sheet).

Map shows southern half of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America; unusual boundaries for western U.S. territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, with Nebraska and Kansas territories. Map comes from The Dispatch Atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America (south sheet).

Map shows southern half of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America; unusual boundaries for western U.S. territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona, with Nebraska and Kansas territories. Map comes from The Dispatch Atlas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1855..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
System: The Portal to Texas History

A plat exhibiting the state of the surveys in the State of Florida with references.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Florida township grid, areas of Native American habitation, swamps, military posts, travel routes, land grants, towns, and notable physical features. Scale [ca. 1:1,140,480].
Date: 1855
Creator: Florida Office of the Surveyor General
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colton's West Indies.

Map shows railroads in Cuba, cities and towns in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Florida, and Cuba, passages from the Atlantic through the Bahama and "Caribbee" Islands, and coastlines encompassing the Caribbean Sea including Central and South America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:9,500,000] and [ca. 1:676,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

A township map of the state of Iowa.

Map shows existing and proposed railroads, township grid, counties, post offices, roads; areas of Indian habitation in adjacent Nebraska Territory; counties, railroads, roads, and towns for adjacent states of Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Includes explanation and advertisement for Henn, Willams & Co. Also shows railroads, complete and proposed. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:775,000].
Date: 1855
Creator: Henn, Williams & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History