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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
Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa : showing the township lines of the United States Survey, location of cities, towns, villages, post hamlets, canals, rail and stage roads [Accompanying Text].
Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows township grid, counties, roads, existing and proposed railroads, canals, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, table of 1850 census statistics.
Date:
1855
Creator:
Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
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
Johnson's Delaware and Maryland.
Map shows railroads, roads, canals, counties, and cities. Inset: "District of Columbia" shows street layout, roads, canals, railroads, military facilities, and select buildings. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:975,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
System:
The Portal to Texas History
New map of Chicago.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Chicago parks, public buildings, railroad stations, land ownership, and railroads. Includes population statistics for 1840 through 1855. Cadastral map. Scale [1:14,400].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Wm. Hall & Co.
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
Sketch of the Gulf of Mexico showing lines of deep sea soundings and profiles of bottom.
Map shows islands and bays along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from just south of the Rio Grande to the tip of Florida, Key West, and the Dry Tortugas; temperature readings east and south of the Mississippi River delta on inset map. Insets: [fifteen profiles of sections of seabottom for the Gulf of Mexico along lines shown on the main map]. Depths shown by soundings and by profile. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A general chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico : Describing the gulf and windward passages, coasts of Florida, Louisiana, and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Mosquito Shore; likewise the chart of the Spanish Main to the mouths of the Orinoco [Sheet 3].
Map shows geography and settlements along the Gulf of Mexico coastline inclusive of South America and part of the West Indies. Scale not indicated.
Date:
1855
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A general chart of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico : Describing the gulf and windward passages coasts of Florida, Louisiana, and Mexico, Bay of Honduras and Mosquito Shore; likewise the chart of the Spanish Main to the mouths of the Orinoco [Sheet 4].
Map shows geography and settlements along the Gulf of Mexico coastline inclusive of southernmost Mexico and part of Central America. Scale not indicated.
Date:
1855
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General map of a survey in California in connection with examinations for railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean [Sheet 2].
Map shows possible railway routes from Fort Yuma, California to the San Francisco Bay area. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:600,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
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
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
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
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
Western States.
Map shows major cities and towns, state boundaries, rivers, and mountains for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.; the Great Lakes; railroads and nearby settlements for vicinity maps of St. Louis and Cincinnati. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,760,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Wells, J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, War Department : Routes near the 47th and 49th parallels ; profiles from explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War.
Map shows altitude, grade, and distances of potential railroad route across Washington Territory [modern-day Idaho, Montana, and Washington]; military posts and camps, river crossings, and mountain passes. Relief shown by profile and spot heights. Scale [1:1,200,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
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
Map of Minnesota Territory.
Map shows "Dakota Reserve," cities and towns, railroads, roads, counties, including addition of Cass and Chicago counties, and "salt water region.' Includes text notes describing natural resources and the "Lands of the Dakota or Sioux Indians." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
New Hampshire.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century New Hampshire counties, towns, railroads, roads, and ponds. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:859,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
J.H. Colton & Co.
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
A new county map of the state of Pennsylvania and adjoining states : showing the route of the Central & other rail roads &c. &c., reduced from the large state map.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Pennsylvania railroads, roads, canals, counties, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Includes table titled "Statistics of the Census of Pennsylvania." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:640,000].
Date:
1855
Creator:
Otley, J. W.
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
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