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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 a part of southern Nevada showing ground-water conditions, 1914
Date
1914
Description
At bottom of map: 'Base compiled from plane-table sheets, topographic maps of U.S. Geological Survey, railroad alignments, and General Land Office data.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows township and range grid. Covers from southeast corner of White Pine County to Sloan and from Nye County border to Arizona-Utah border. Shows flowing wells, nonflowing wells, springs, flowing-well areas, dry holes and shore lines of ancient lakes. Scale 1:500,000 (W116°--W 114°/N 45°--N 36°). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.), 365. Map is plate 1 from the U.S. Geological Survey water-supply paper 365.
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General map of Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1957
Date
1955 to 1959
Description
'Compiled and issued by the Campbell Realty Company.' At top pf map: ' Greater Las Vegas.' Shows names of housing tracts and locations of hotels and motels on the Las Vegas Strip. Includes indexes and photographs of local recreation and attractions. Originally published by Campbell Realty
distributed by Las Vegas Nevada Chamber of Commerce . Scale (ca. 1:39,000. 1 in. to approx. 3,250 ft.].
distributed by Las Vegas Nevada Chamber of Commerce . Scale (ca. 1:39,000. 1 in. to approx. 3,250 ft.].
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Map of Las Vegas Valley, 1968
Date
1968
Description
'This map compiled by General Drafting Service to show purchases in the Las Vegas area by Howard Hughes and others reported to be affiliated with him.' Shows land owned by Howard Hughes and land owned by Hughes Tool Company. Includes locations of casinos on Las Vegas Strip. Original publisher: General Drafting Service. Scale [ca. 1:48,000]. 1 in. to 4,000 feet. Hand-colored.
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Map of Las Vegas Valley, Clark County, Nevada, circa 1950-1956
Date
1950 to 1956
Description
'Nevada Title Insurance Co. Compiled by Tyson Engineering Co. ... Las Vegas, Nevada. Drawn by A.A. Elliott, Jr.' Shows sewer, water, gas and power lines, water treatment facilities, steam plants, boundaries of the Las Vegas Valley Water District and the Clark County Sanitation District boundaries. Scale [ca. 1:63,360. 1 in. to approx. 1 mile].
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Map of Mexico and Central America, 1828
Date
1828
Description
Includes southwestern and southeastern United States and parts of the Caribbean islands. 'Nach den besten Hülfsmitteln in Mercators Projection entworfen und gezeichnet vom Pr.L. v. Stülpnagel. Gotha, bei J. Perthes, 1828.' Scale ca. 1:14,000,000 ; Mercator projection. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Inset: 'Umgeb d. Stadt Mexico in 4 fachen Maasstab [sic].' Hand colored. In upper right corner: 'Neue Ausgabe No. LVIII. Stielers Hand-Atlas (no.47b).' Includes index. Includes southern United States and part of West Indies. J. Perthes
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Map of Mexico and Central America, 1842
Date
1842
Description
'Dresseé par M. Lapie, Colonel d'Etat Major. Et M. Lapie fils Capitaine au même Corp. Paris, 1842. Chez P.C. Lehuby Libre. Rue de Seine No. 53.' Scale [ca. 1:9,504,000. 1 in. to approx. 15 miles]. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Hand colored. 'Atlas universel 44e'--Upper margin. Probably from P. Lapie and A.É. Lapie's Atlas universel de géographie ancienne et moderne. Inset map: Carte du Guatemala ou provinces-unies de L'Amérique Centrale. P.C. Lehuby
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