Maps

Title: Missouri Territory, Formerly Louisiana
Description: Map shows area from Mississippi River westward, with rivers, mountains, locations of Native American tribes, and "probable north boundary" marked in blue and "probable south boundary marked in light pink and ivory. Eastern border of the Mississippi River highlighted in orange. Written in pencil in lower left corner, "Carey's General Atlas 1808? LC p 442."
Date: 1808
Object Type: Map

Title: Street Car, Trolley Bus and Motor Bus Lines Serving Greater Kansas City
Description: Map includes street car, motor bus, and trolley bus lines through Kansas City, MO, and linking to Kansas City, KS, Independence, MO, and North Kansas City, MO, and points of interest. Detailed inset map of downtown Kansas City, MO also notes railroad and bus terminals, airline and railroad ticket offices, churches, theaters, clubs, and hotels.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Street Car, Trolley Bus and Motor Bus Lines Serving Greater Kansas City
Description: Map showing streetcar, motor bus, and trolley bus lines. Streets are not identified, but points of interest are. Inlcudes an enlarged downtown Kansas City section.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Showing the Western Half of Equatorial Africa and the Explorations of Land and Water by Henry M. Stanley in the Years 1874-77
Description: Map of an area of the west coast of Africa, including the Congo River (also labeled "The Livingstone River") and Lake Lohemba. Henry M. Stanley's exploration routes along coasts of modern Congo and Angola and along the length of the Congo River in the years 1874-77 are shown.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Map

Title: Topography of Platte County, Missouri
Description: Title continues: "From U.S. geological survey topographic atlas sheets surveyed in 1906-1913 in cooperation with Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines." Detailed topographic map of a large portion of Platte County, Missouri, and a section of the Missouri River which borders it. Bodies of water shown include the Platte River, the Little Platte River, Bean Lake, Iatan Pond, Wellson Slough, Wright Slough, Neirs Slough, Duck Lake, Slabtown Slough, Burns Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and Dry Lake. Railroad lines are in evidence including an electric railroad. Towns depicted are Dearborn, New Market, Camden Point, Bean Lake, Iatan, Weston, Platte City, Tracy, Linkville, Hampton, Tiffany Springs, Farley, Waldron, Barry, Parkville, Barrymoor, Northmoor, and Brenner. Many schools and churches are indicated.
Date: 1914
Object Type: Map

Title: State Senate Districts, City of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map shows Missouri Senate district boundaries for Jackson County portion of Kansas City.
Date: 1982-05-25
Object Type: Map

Title: State Senate Districts, City of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map shows Missouri Senate district boundaries for Jackson County portion of Kansas City.
Date: 1992-07-07
Object Type: Map

Title: Overland Trails
Description: Map depicts overland commerce and emigrant trails west of the Mississippi River. Includes Oregon, California, Mormon Pioneer, Lewis & Clark, Pony Express, Santa Fe, Old Spanish, Juan Bautista de Anza, El Camino Real de los Tejas, Nez Perce, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and other trails and roads. Also includes cities, towns, and landmarks along trails.
Date: 2005
Object Type: Map

Title: Cleartype Outline Map of the United States
Description: Map of the United States showing railroads and rivers that originated in Kansas City. Depicted are railroads constructed to 1864 and projected railroads to 1864.
Object Type: Map

Title: K.C., MO. School Districts Sub-Districts
Description: Map shows numbered sub-districts within the Kansas City, Missouri, School District.
Date: 1982-05-25
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Showing Geologic Structure of Southeastern Kansas Coal Fields and the Kansas Zinc-Lead District
Description: Map of Cherokee County and parts of Crawford and Labette counties in Kansas includes topographical contours of southeastern Kansas coal fields and zinc and lead deposits, as well as other bedrock and mineral deposits. Towns within map boundaries include Baxter Springs, Galena, Pittsburg, and Oswego, Kansas.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Johnson County, MO
Description: Map of Johnson County, Missouri, showing townships (in color), roads, railroads, post offices, schools, and churches.
Date: 1881
Object Type: Map

Title: Lewis & Clark's West
Description: William Clark's 1810 master map of the American West is a full-size, color facsimile of the original manuscript map from the Yale collection of Western Americana in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Map

Title: Rotary Club Boys' Camp
Description: Map showing layout of Rotary Club Boys' Camp located in southeastern Jackson County, Missouri.
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri Territory, Formerly Louisiana
Description: Colored map shows area from Mississippi River westward, with rivers, mountains, and lakes indicated. Penciled note on map reads "Mo 1813."
Date: 1813
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Showing Sewer Districts and Sewers of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, bordered by the Kansas and Missouri Rivers on the west and north, and by Woodland Avenue and 24th Street on the east and south, respectively. Shows locations of pipe sewers, brick sewers, public sewers, O.K. Creek intercepting sewer, with sewer district numbers indicated.
Date: 1885-01-01
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Lake-Of-The-Ozarks and Vicinity
Description: Map of the Lake of the Ozarks area showing resorts, streams, regional recreational area, and different types of highways. Locations in Benton, Camden, Morgan, Miller and Hickory Counties are shown. Inset map shows the lake region within the state of Missouri. Reverse side of map includes a list of resort and business members of the Lake-of-the-Ozarks Association, as well as an advertisement for Musser's Ozark Resort.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Map

Title: Polling Places in Kansas City
Description: Map shows wards and precincts; polling places are listed at bottom of page.
Date: 1944-11-06
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Mined Areas of the Weir-Pittsburg Coal Bed in Southeastern Kansas
Description: Map depicts Weir-Pittsburg coal bed in Crawford and Cherokee counties in southeastern Kansas. Key illustrates areas underlain by coal, mined and stripped areas, active and abandoned mines, as well as the companies mining particular sites.
Date: 1944-09
Object Type: Map

Title: The Santa Fe Trail
Description: Illustrated map of the Santa Fe Trail, including additional roads and trails throughout Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Transportation routes from 1540 through 1880 are noted, as well and landmarks, events, and inhabitants of the areas.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

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