Maps

Title: Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Description: Plat map of the greater Kansas City area, including north Independence and southern Clay County.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
Description: A reproduction of the 1887 Case and Norman's Stranger's Guide which appeared in The Kansas City Star around 1927 that shows an aerial view of business and industrial districts of Kansas City as seen from the northwest. Indicates population in 1887 as 160,000 and in 1880 as 57,000. Prominent landmarks, buildings, and businesses are numbered to correlate with list at the bottom. Portion of text on map reads: "The map reproduced above shows the city of 'Forty Years Ago' whose social and industrial activities are reflected daily in the familiar column under that caption in the Star's morning edition. Supplement to the Kansas City Commercial."
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Ottawa County
Description: Topographical map of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, including segments of the Spring River and Five Mile Creek. Map also depicts roads, highways, schools, and railroads.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Official Road Map of Missouri
Description: Road map of Missouri showing state highway system including route numbers, road conditions, and points of interest. Various types of roads are included, as are counties, cities, and state parks. Reverse side of map depicts highway routes, scenic views of Missouri, and details of Kansas City and St. Louis.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Ottawa County Topography
Description: Topographical map of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, depicting the area of Township 29 North, Range 22 East, Sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36. Map shows roads, buildings, railroads, altitude, streams, lakes, and mills. Elm Creek, White Bird School, and Buffalo School are also represented.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Clay County, Missouri
Description: Photocopy of map found in Hixson's "Plat Book of Clay County, Missouri" (MVSC Q 912.778 C62H). Shows townships, towns, railroad lines, schools, and churches.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Shell Knob Quadrangle
Description: Topographical map of areas of Barry and Stone counties in Missouri, including segments of the White River. Map also depicts schools, roads, and assorted river crossings and geological features.
Date: 1927
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

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