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Map of the United States of America, 1856

Date

1856

Description

'Philadelphia. Published by Charles Desilver.' 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1856 by Charles Desilver in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.' 'Engraved by J.L. Hazzard & E. Yeager.' Includes notes and insets titled 'Gold region of California' and 'District of Columbia.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows battle fields and proposed western railroad routes. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Atlas p. numbers in upper margin: 5-6. Scale 1:8,750,000 (W 126°--W 65°/N 48°--N 24°).

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Plat showing original townsite and subdivisions, Las Vegas, Lincoln County, Nevada, May 1905

Date

1905-05

Description

Land owned by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad is outlined. Scale: [ca. 1:12,000]. 1 inch = 1,000 feet. Cadastral map. Blueline print. Additional copy available in the J.T. McWilliams manuscript collection

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Map showing second stage plan of development for Southern Nevada Water Project, March 1981

Date

1981-03

Description

'United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.' 'June 1976. Revised March 1981.' 'Map No. 952-300-203.' 'Exhibit I.' Includes inset location map for project area. Scale [ca. 1:126,720. 1 in. to approx. 2 miles] . United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

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Map showing Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company line from Ludlow, California to Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907

Date

1905 to 1909

Description

Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows township and range grid. Shows mines, camps and ranches. Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company. Library's copy mounted on linen.

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Map showing the territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855

Date

1855

Description

'Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the South'n. Dist. of New York.' Scale [ca. 1:4,752,000. 1 in. to approx. 75 miles] (W 120°--W 102°/N 43°--N 32°). Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. J.H. Colton & Co.

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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855

Date

1855

Description

29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .

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Map of California, with territories of Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, 1864

Date

1864

Description

40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Page numbers at top: 58-59. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.

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Map of California and Nevada deserts, 1905

Date

1905

Description

'Compiled by G.E. Bailey, E.M. Issued under the auspices of the the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the supervision of its mining committee, Dan Murphy, H.Z. Osborne, Geo. W. Parsons, F.W. Braun, O.P. Posey, 1905.' 'A carefully prepared and authentic map of the desert mining region tributary of Los Angeles, embracing portions of Lincoln, Nye and Esmeralda counties, Nevada, showing location of all water supplies.' At top of page: 'Desert map. California-Nevada'. 'Miner's guide. Springs and waterholes.' Relief shown by hachures. Shows range and township grid. Scale indeterminable (W 119°--W 114°/N 37°--N 33°).

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Map of Colorado River Basin, 1928

Date

1928

Description

52 x 46 cm. "Map no. 23000." Shows reservoir sites, irrigated areas, power plants, power sites, dam sites, national parks or monuments, and diversion from basin. Colorado River Basin/Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation; John H. Pellen, chief draftsman. Original publisher: United States. Bureau of Reclamation.

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Map of the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, circa 1905

Date

1901 to 1909

Description

At top of map: 'Compliments of the Forward Mining Development Co.' On left and right margins: 'The Patrick Investment Company, Fiscal Agents.' At bottom of map: '19 Toltec Block, Denver, Colorado.' 'The Williamson-Haffner Co., Denver.' Relief shown by hachures. Properties owned by Patrick Investment Company are marked in red. Shows railroads, roads, and pipelines. Scale [ca. 1:39,000. 1 in. to approx. 3,250 feet].

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