Maps

United States
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
Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western Frontier
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
Map Illustrating the Plan of the Defences of the Western and North Western Frontier
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
Map of California, Oregon, Texas, and the Territories Adjoining with Routes Etc.
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