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Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed County and Township Map of Kansas
Description: Map of the state of Kansas showing counties, cities, railroad lines, and rivers. Part of the Rand, McNally & Co. pocket maps series. Title taken from cover of accompanying booklet. Map attached to back inside cover.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Map

Title: The Rand-McNally Vest Pocket Map of Missouri
Description: Title taken from original cover (now on the back of map) and continued, "Showing All Counties, Cities, Towns, Railways, Lakes, Rivers, etc." The map shows 46 railroad lines, keyed to numbers printed in red ink as well as a list of chief cities and their population. Back of map includes list of "Counties, Creeks, Rivers, and Towns" with square miles and population.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Map

Title: Big Blue River
Description: Short description of the Big Blue River, called in 1804 the "Blue Water River" by Lewis and Clark on their exploration of the Louisiana Territory.
Date: 1905-05-12
Object Type: Book

Title: Early Days in Dallas County
Description: Story of the last visit and large hunting expedition by the Delaware and Osage Indians to their village "on the Big Niangua River where the Niangua empties into the Osage river" in 1846.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Book

Title: Historical Resources Mitigation Volume II: Bridges over the Osage--Harry S. Truman Dam and Reservoir Project, Missouri
Description: Study of the history of the bridges across the Osage River and its tributaries built between 1895 and 1937, flooded by or closely affected by Truman Lake, southeast of Kansas City, gathered partially through oral interviews conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers, with photos, map, and illustrations.
Date: 1980-09
Object Type: Report

Title: The States of Maryland and Delaware, from the Latest Surveys
Description: Reprint of a 1795 map depicting the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, the Potomac River, and the major towns, roads, rivers and streams of Maryland and Delaware. An inset map shows the continuation of the Potomac River from Fort Cumberland.
Date: 1795
Object Type: Map

Title: Lake of the Ozarks and Environs
Description: Detailed map of Lake of the Ozarks area showing rivers, creeks, resorts, and numerous landmarks, with inset map of Missouri highways leading to the Lake. Locations in Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, and Miller Counties, Missouri are shown.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 48."Map shows a stretch of the Missouri River which includes Wayne City Bend, Liberty Bend, Mills Bend, and Jackson's Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, and creeks. The towns or stations of Courtney and South Liberty are in evidence, as well as Eton Tower, Atwood Quarry, and Liberty Water Works Pumping Station.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
Description: Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, Aug. 21, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 50."Map of a stretch of the Missouri River from Quindaro Bend and the Fairfax Drainage District to the East Bottoms Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, creeks, and railroad lines. Goose Island, the Kansas River, Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, Harlem, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, are in evidence.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City
Description: Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Quindaro Bend. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines (1890), levee lines, and railroad lines. Goose Island and the Kansas City Waterworks are in evidence. Printed on the map, "Surveyed Dec. 1922, E. A. B., Jun. Engr. In 47 sheets, Sheet No. 1. Made under the direction of Major C. C. Gee, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Submitted by E. C. Constance, Asst. Engr., U.S. Engineer Office, Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1922/1923
Object Type: Map

Title: H. H. Shepard's
Description: Advertising card for H. H. Shepard's showing winter scene of a stone bridge over a river in the moonlight. Front of card says: "Buy Your School Books, Wall Paper and Shades at H. H. Shepard's." Front lower right corner has number 659 and lower left says: "Bufford." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 618 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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