Maps

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Map of the metropolitan Kansas City area, extending approximately thirty miles in each direction from downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Shows highways, major roads, parks, bodies of water, railroads, industrial areas, airports, suburban boundaries, county boundaries, and township and range grid. Map also depicts power and gas lines and water mains for areas outside the city limits of Kansas City, Missouri, and features radial circles at five mile intervals, centered on downtown Kansas City.
Date: 1960
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: A New Map of New Hampshire
Description: Engraved map of New Hampshire indicating counties, towns, rivers, streams, and mountains. Published by Bradford and Read in Boston, 1813.
Date: 1791
Object Type: Map

Title: Gunn's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines
Description: Map of Kansas and the area to become Colorado, showing the existing counties of Kansas and Indian reservations. Includes inset "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines." Compiled from the original field notes by O. B. Gunn.
Date: 1859
Object Type: Map

Title: Western Missouri Land-O-Lakes Association
Description: Map covers areas from southern Kansas City east to Boonville, to the western corner of Barton County east to Springfield. Map depicts completed lakes in this area and lakes approved or under construction. Map also shows wildlife areas, cities, counties and roads. The reverse side includes descriptions about the Kaysinger Bluff, Pomme De Terre and Stockton Dams, as well as listings of points of interests in each of those areas.
Date: 1961/1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas Annual Register's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines
Description: Map of Kansas and the area to become Colorado, showing the existing countries of Kansas and Indian reservations. Includes inset "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines." Compiled from the original field notes by O. B. Gunn.
Date: 1864-01-01
Object Type: Map

Title: Architect's Drawing of Lake Tapawingo, (Beautiful Place) and Surroundings
Description: Architect's drawing of projected Lake Tapawingo, "Beautiful Place," and surroundings. One side of map is a bird's eye view of the area around the lake showing planned features such as club house and bathing beaches. The other side shows platting of lots. The development was "To be built and owned by the Lake Tapawingo Development Company, Inc., 513-515 Pioneer Trust Building, Kansas City, Missouri." Handwritten on top in pencil, "Lake Tapawingo, Mo. 1928." Date otherwise not noted.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the County of Clayton, Iowa
Description: Map of Clayton County, Iowa, that includes flour mills, smelting furnaces, saw mills, steam ferry boats, post offices, and villages. An abstract from the 1856 Clayton County census is included at the bottom of the map. Included are townships Grand Meadow, Monona, Giard, Morasser, Wagner, Farmersburg, Highland, Boardman, Read, Sperry, Cox Creek, Volga, Jefferson, Cass, Lodomillo, Elk, Mallory, Millville, Buena Vista, Mendon, Clayton, and Carnavillo. Written on the inside cover of the map booklet: "from Barter, Maxwell Co. Plainfield, N.J. Oct. 10, 1931-$12.50."
Date: 1857
Object Type: Map

Title: Geographically Correct Map, showing Chicago, Alton & St. Louis and Chicago, Kansas City and Denver Short Lines and Connections...
Description: Map showing the service area for the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis and the Chicago, Kansas City & Denver railroads. The area includes the East Coast of the United States west to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, from Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. Rail lines and major cities are marked, and the map includes insets for the vicinities of Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Timetables and railroad advertisements are included on the reverse side.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Map

Title: Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
Date: 1869
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Illustrated map of Swope Park showing various activities and facilities.
Date: 1941

Title: Evacuation Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map prepared to communicate evacuation and emergency responder routes to be used in the event of a nuclear attack upon the Kansas City area. A series of concentric circles indicating differing levels of destruction are shown. Instructions describing how the routes should be used as well as the varying levels of expected devastation are provided. The devastation circles originate at 16th and McGee streets, which was where the headquarters of the 205th Medical Battalion of the Missouri National Guard was located.
Date: 1954-11
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Jackson County, Missouri [Southern Section]
Description: Land ownership map of the southern part of Jackson County, Missouri, showing railroads, electric railroads, highways (macadamized, graded, main), rural mail routes, streams, churches, school houses, and cemeteries. Includes the townships of Westport, Brooking, Washington, Prairie, and Van Buren, as well as the cities of Blue Springs, Martin City, and Grandview. The map draftsmen are identified as Jas. H. Southwell, A. H. Doty, and A. W. Hirsh.
Date: 1909~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Jackson County, Missouri [Northern Section]
Description: Land ownership map of the northern part of Jackson County, Missouri, showing railroads, electric railroads, highways (macadamized, graded, main), rural mail routes, streams, churches, school houses, and cemeteries. Includes the townships of Kaw, Fort Osage, and Sni A Bar, as well as the cities of Kansas City and Independence. The map draftsmen are identified as Jas. H. Southwell, A. H. Doty, and A. W. Hirsh.
Date: 1909~
Object Type: Map

Title: New Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Land ownership map of Jackson County, Missouri, showing roads (hard surfaced, oiled dirt, and graded), state highways, U.S. interstates, railroads (steam and electric), municipal township lines, schools, churches, streams, oil wells, gas wells, and dry holes. Includes the townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Sni A Bar, Brooking, and Washington.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Map

Title: Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Land ownership map of Jackson County, Missouri, showing roads (hard surfaced, oiled dirt, and graded), state highways, U.S. interstates, railroads (steam and electric), municipal township lines, schools, churches, streams, oil wells, gas wells, and dry holes. Includes the townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Sni A Bar, Brooking, and Washington.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Land ownership map of Jackson County, Missouri, showing railroads (steam and electric), roads (rock, oiled, graded), schools, churches, streams, oil wells, gas wells, and dry holes. Includes townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Sni A Bar, Brooking, and Washington.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Map

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