Maps

Title: Watson's New Sectional Map of Missouri
Description: Color shaded map of Missouri including information about Missouri government, townships, roads, railroads, an historical sketch of the state, and an insert of St. Louis.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Miami County, Kansas
Description: Map of Miami County, Kansas, showing roads, townships, railroads, cemeteries, pipelines, etc.
Date: 1984
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: Base Map of Missouri
Description: Map of Missouri including railroad lines, cities over 5,000, counties and county seats, and elevations.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Map

Title: Central Industrial District, Kansas City, U.S.A.
Description: Map of central industrial district area including Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Shows stockyards, railroad yards, railroad lines, freight houses, street car lines, bus lines and major companies. Reverse side includes aerial views and text, with statistics, promoting the district.
Date: 1936~
Object Type: Map

Title: Road Map of Miami County, Kansas
Description: Road map of Miami County, Kansas, showing roads, townships, railroads, cemeteries, pipelines, etc.
Date: 1983
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Vicinity of Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map showing major streets and railroad lines in area bounded by the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, Westport, and Independence. Includes townships. Red ink markings added at an unknown date. In red on the top: "Compliments of J. M. Ford & Co., Brokers, Real Estate & Loans, Office 624 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO."
Date: 1885
Object Type: Map

Title: Road Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Road map of Jackson County, Missouri, that includes roads, railroads, electric lines, sections lines, streams, township lines, old trails, schools, and churches. Legend indicates types of roads shown. Includes townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Brooking, Sni-a-bar, Washington, Prairie, and Van Buren.
Object Type: Map

Title: Regional Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Regional map showing major roads, highways, towns, railways, and bodies of water in Jackson, Clay, Platte, Clinton (part), and Cass (part) counties in Missouri and Johnson, Wyandotte, Leavenworth, Atchison (part), and Douglas counties in Kansas. Map also shows townships and ranges for all the areas outside the boundaries of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Map

Title: The Kansas City Times' Map of Oklahoma
Description: "Taken from government surveys." Shows proposed railroad and stage line and includes "Direction for Locating a Claim." Specific areas of Indian tribes noted.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Map

Title: The Old Reliable Hannibal & St. Joseph Short Line
Description: Negative print of map showing railroad lines from the eastern states of Pennyslvania and Virginia to Colorado, with particular emphasis on the portion of the railroad between Quincy, Illinois and Hannibal, Missouri, to St. Joseph, Missouri. Stations or stops are named for that segment of the line. Handwritten on the back in ink: "Gazetteer and Directory of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, 1873."
Date: 1873
Object Type: Map

Title: Watson's New County, Railroad, and Distance Map of Missouri
Description: Map of Missouri showing counties, county seats, other towns, completed railroad lines with stops, proposed rail lines, and canals. Map also includes a portion of western Kansas, extreme northern Arkansas, and extreme eastern Illinois.
Date: 1875
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the Pottawattamie Reserve Lands in Kansas Belonging to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R. Co.
Description: Map of an area just west of Topeka, Kansas comprising the Pottawatomie Reserve in Kansas. Key states, Blue Tracts are Indian Allottments; Red Tracts are Sold Lands. Major roads are indicated, as well as two railroad lines. Towns in evidence are St. Mary's Mission, Newbery, Rossville and Silver Lake.
Date: 1869~
Object Type: Map

Title: Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing curve of Interstate 70 in the 12th Street, Route 12, and Benton Boulevard area. Railroad is also visible. Map identified from set as Section 3, Township 49N, Range 33W, S-33.
Date: 1964-04
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the City of Kansas
Description: Street map of Kansas City showing wards, cemeteries, railroads, and names of neighborhoods. Handwritten at the top is "CA 1888, City Comptroller Report 1887."
Date: 1888
Object Type: Map

Title: Tuttle & Pike's Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity
Description: Map probably taken from a copy of Tuttle & Pike's 1907 Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity. Shows an area between the state line on the west, Broadway on the east, 12th Street on the north, and 17th Street on the south. Shows stockyards, railyards, and the neighborhoods between West Terrace Park and Broadway. Identifies commercial and public buildings.
Date: 1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Tuttle & Pike's Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity
Description: Map probably taken from a copy of Tuttle & Pike's 1907 Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity. Shows an area between the state line on the west, Broadway on the east, 5th Street on the north, and 12th Street on the south. Shows Old Union Depot, railyards, and surrounding neighborhoods. Identifies commercial and public buildings.
Date: 1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Lexington Sheet
Description: Topographical and geological map of an area of Lafayette and Ray counties in Missouri adjacent to the Missouri River. The towns of Lexington, Mayview, and Odessa are included, as are railroads, mine shafts, and information about bedrock type and mineral locations.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Map

Title: Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing the area south of Blue Valley Park including parts of Interstate 70 and Highway 40, the railroad, and Big Blue River. Map identified from set as Section 13, Township 49N, Range 33W, S-59.
Date: 1964-04
Object Type: Map

Title: 1931 Road Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map showing roads in Jackson County, Missouri. Legend indicates kind of road (macadam, graded, etc.). Section lines, electric lines, railroad lines, schools, and streams are also shown. Only a few major roads in Kansas City are identified. Shows townships and ranges.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Map

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