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Title: Westport Map
Description: File contains maps, illustrations, and information on the 1855 map of Westport, Missouri by Charles Carroll Spalding, or C. C. Spalding, an early Kansas City civil engineer, journalist, author, and town promoter.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Map
Description: Reproduction of 1855 Westport map showing landmarks and modern street names.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Map
Description: 1855 Westport map reproduced in a publication entitled "The Uptowner".
Date: 1947-01-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport, Mo. & Its Additions
Description: Map of early Westport, with comments by the map's creator or cartographer, Charles Spalding.
Date: 1855
Object Type: Book

Title: Spalding 1855 Map of Westport
Description: Photograph of the 1855 "Westport, Mo. and Its Additions" map by Charles C. Spalding as it appeared in some publication dated January 16, 1947.
Date: 1947-01-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spalding 1855 Map of Westport
Description: The 1855 Spalding map of Westport, Missouri, which hangs in the Special Collections Department as of September 26, 1974, is on indefinite loan to the Kansas City Public Library from the Daughters of Old Westport. Background information on the map is found in the local clubs collection, "SC 8."
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Battle of Westport, Lest We Forget...
Description: Map that shows key locations of action in the Battle of Westport, October 20-23, 1864.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Map

Title: Westport Historical Society: Society Sets Walking Tour
Description: Description and maps of the walking tours of historic Westport sites, sponsored by the Westport Historical Society. Maps include labeled historic site locations and neighborhood boundaries.
Date: 1976-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Charles Spalding--Westport and Kansas City Town Booster
Description: File containing a photo and biographical article about Charles Carroll Spalding, or Charles Spalding (1826-1876), a pioneer promoter and writer of Kansas City. Native of Vermont coming to Kansas City in 1855 as city engineer (producing a famous map of Westport that year) and journalist for the Kansas City Enterprise, writing one of the city's first books in 1858, becoming city clerk in 1860, and dying partly from Civil War wounds.
Date: 1996-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Old Westport: First Platted by John C. McCoy in 1835
Description: Annotated map of Westport, published by the Broadway Association of Kansas City, Incorporated.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Book

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p091
Description: Southern part of early Kansas City on the outskirts of Westport from about W. 40th Street south to about Archibald Street and from Briant Street east to Pennsylvania Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: The Expeditions of John Charles Fremont Map Portfolio
Description: Topographical map of the path taken by the 1842 expedition of John C. Fremont from Kansas City or "Westport Landing" to Oregon.
Date: 1970
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Map of Kansas City and Suburban Towns
Description: Two-color cadastral map shows political divisions including Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas; Westport, Missouri; and Wyandotte, Kansas; also shows roads, property owners, railroad lines, and some businesses. Under title: "S. F. Scott & Co. Real Estate and Loan Brokers."
Date: 1881
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Kansas City and Suburban Towns
Description: Black and white cadastral map shows political divisions including Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas; Westport, Missouri; and Wyandotte, Kansas; also shows roads, property owners, railroad lines, and some businesses. Under title: "S. F. Scott & Co. Real Estate and Loan Brokers."
Date: 1881
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p525
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 39th Street south to W. 40th Street and from Broadway east to Baltimore Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p090
Description: Southern part of early Kansas City in the Hyde Park area on the outskirts of Westport from about E. 39th Street south to E. 40th Street and from Main Street east to McGee Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of California, Oregon, Texas, and the Territories Adjoining with Routes Etc.
Description: Detailed political map of western territories of the U.S. in 1849. The following territories are included: Nebraska (to Canadian border), Indian Territory, Texas, Upper or New California, Oregon (to Canadian border). A large portion of northern Mexico is shown, including the states of California, Sonora, Cinoloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Cohahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaul. Names of 32 Indian tribes are shown, indicating their general locations. Six routes taken by explorers and emigrants are labeled, including the Oregon Trail, which has numbers along it denoting the distance in miles from Westport Landing, Missouri. Also includes a Table of Distances in upper right corner.
Date: 1849
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Vicinity of Kansas City in Kansas and Missouri
Description: Street map of the two Kansas Cities. Only main streets are named. Map includes surrounding areas, among which are Harlem, Independence, Randolph City, Westport, Shawnee, Argentine, Rosedale, and Quindaro. Townships are indicated by color. At top of map, "Presented by the 'Kansas City Times,' January 1st, 1888."
Date: 1888
Object Type: Map

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