Maps

Title: Aboriginal America East of the Mississippi
Description: Map, apparently taken from a book, showing locations in eastern U.S. of the following tribes: Abnaki, Pequot, Narraganset, Mohegan,Delaware (Lenni Lenape), Nanticoke, Pohawtan, Tuscarora, Woccon, Catawba, Cherokee, Yuchi (Uchee), Creek (Muscogee), Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Natchez, Shawnee, Dakota, Illinois, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Miami, Erie, Andaste, Seneca, Cayuga, Onandaga, Oneida, Mohawk, Wyandot (Huron), Ottawa, Menominee, Ojibwa (Chippewa).
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: Route of Chief Joseph and Major Indian Tribes
Description: Two maps are included. One shows Chief Joseph's route toward Canada in 1877; the other shows major Indian tribes on an outline map of the United States.
Date: 1975
Object Type: Map

Title: Delaware Lands Belonging to the Union Pacific Rail Way Company, Eastern Division
Description: Map of ceded Delaware lands in Kansas, which the Union Pacific, Eastern Division was selling to settlers at the time of the map's creation. Residences of individuals, apparently tribal officials, are indicated, as well as the Council House, the Agency, and the village of Secondine, just east of Grinter Ferry. Train stations along the Kansas River to Lecompton are shown, as well as some major roads. In evidence are the villages of Tonganoxie and Sarcoxiville, and the the towns of Oskaloosa, Lawrence, and DeSoto. An inset map shows the route of the Union Pacific past Topeka and Junction City, down the Smoky Hill Fork.
Date: 1867~
Object Type: Map

Title: A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies
Description: Reprint of a map appearing opposite the first page of the first chapter of Josiah Gregg's _Commerce of the Prairies_ (New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844). Map shows westward routes, locations of Native American tribes in the middle west and western United States in 1844, and some particular notations probably referring to details of Gregg's narrative.
Date: 1844
Object Type: Map

Title: A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies
Description: Photo reprint of a map showing westward routes, locations of Indian tribes in the middle west and western United States in 1844, and some particular notations which probably refer to details of Josiah Gregg's narrative.
Date: 1844
Object Type: Map

Title: Northeast Corner of Kansas Territory
Description: Map showing area immediately west of the Missouri River, in present-day Doniphan, Atchison, and Leavenworth counties, Kansas. The right-hand side of the page is north. Map shows Indian lands, including the Iowa lands, Iowa Reserve, Sac and Fox lands recently ceded, Kickapoo Reserve, and "Half Breed lands" (i.e. Indians of mixed descent). Indicates many creeks and some towns (e.g. Fort Leavenworth, Atchison, Doniphan, Saint Joseph). The agency is indicated near Wolf River. Ink on lined paper, signed by Major Daniel Vanderslice, who served as Indian Agent from 1853 until Lincoln became President in 1861.
Date: 1854
Object Type: Map

Title: United States
Description: Map of the United States showing Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory (stretching to the west coast), and a large area comprising the southwest, including present-day northern Mexico. Names of many Indian tribes, and some Indian villages, appear on this map, as well as towns and rivers. The state of Missouri is shown as stretching well into present-day Iowa.
Date: 1822
Object Type: Map

Title: U. States' Indian Frontier in 1840, Shewing [sic] Positions of the Tribes that have been removed west of the Mississippi
Description: Map of areas assigned to various tribes just west of the states of Missouri and Arkansas as of approximately 1840. Approximate locations of other tribes in the West (U.S. and a portion of Canada) are indicated. Some of the tribes named in the map are Kickapoo, Shawnee, Delaware, Peoria and Kaskaskia, Piankashaw and Wea, Oneida, Tuscarora, Quapaw, Seneca, Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chocktaw, Chickasaw, Osage, Arapaho, Comanche, Pawnee, Kiowa, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Crow, Dakota, Omaha and Oto, Sac and Fox.
Date: 1841
Object Type: Map

Title: Historical Landmarks, Trails & Monuments in and around Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Historic areas marked with associated dates including Indian campsites, battle fields, churches, cemeteries, forts, bridges, fords or ferries. Includes Clay, Jackson, and parts of Cass County in Missouri and Indian Territory in Kansas showing the Delaware, Wyandotte, and Shawnee Inidan areas. Along the left side is a chronological list of events, "Kawsmouth Chronology," from 1797 to 1869.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Map

Title: Amplissima Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae
Description: Continuation of catalog title: "A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss. in America septentrionali anno 1687 detectae, nunc Gallorum coloniis et actionem negotiis toto orbe celeberrimae." Map shows the eastern states, Florida, the Great Lakes, Louisiana Territory, and portions of Mexico and Canada. Locations of Indian tribes are shown, as well as rivers, mountains, and towns.
Date: 1763~
Object Type: Map

Title: Iowa
Description: Map of Iowa showing twenty counties in eastern Iowa, with the rest of the area depicted divided between the Sioux (mostly in present-day Minnesota), and Neutral Ground, Sauks and Foxes, Iowas and Pottawattamies.
Date: 1840~
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western Frontier
Description: Map of United States territory west of the Mississippi River, including lands making up present-day Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Lands claimed and ceded by various Native American tribes, and lands assigned to tribes are indicated, as well as proposed forts and railroads.
Date: 1838
Object Type: Map

Title: Iowa
Description: Map of Iowa showing thirty counties in eastern Iowa, with lands of Sauks and Foxes, Iowas, Pottawattamies indicated in the western sections.
Date: 1846
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississipi
Description: Facsimile edition of an early map of the Mississippi River Valley, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Includes Indian tribe locations, explorers' routes, towns, rivers, pictorial indications of mountains and settlements, as well as written commentary.
Date: 1718
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western and North Western Frontier
Description: Map of the areas that would become the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, indicating lands alotted by treaty to various Native American tribes. Includes rivers, towns, railroads, and forts.
Date: 1837-10-31
Object Type: Map

Title: MacLean & Lawrence's Sectional Map of Kansas Territory Compiled from the U.S. Surveys by C.P. Wiggin
Description: Map of Kansas Territory indicating counties, towns, rivers, and Native American lands.
Date: 1857-04
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 an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 - Oregon * North California in the Years 1843-44
Description: Map showing the territories explored by John C. Fremont on his journey from the mouth of the Kansas River to the Pacific Ocean in 1843. An elevation profile of the route is provided along the top of the map. A quote from Fremont's report and accompanying note is included.
Date: 1845
Object Type: Map

Refine Search

Object Type

Local Subject

TGM Subject

Date

Creator