Maps

Title: Cram's Railroad and Township Map of Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas
Description: Map shows numerous rivers, creeks, and towns, as well as railroad lines and county boundaries. Territories of individual Indian tribes are outlined in the area south of Kansas.
Date: 1879
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: Johnson's United States
Description: Map of the United States, Lower California, northern Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. State and territorial boundaries, railroad lines, rivers, and towns are indicated for the U.S., as well as forts, explorers' routes, pioneer trails, and Indian tribe locations for western U.S. Numeral 20 found in upper left corner; numeral 21 found in upper right corner.
Date: 1862
Object Type: Map

Title: Johnson's North America
Description: Map of all land forms in the northern half of the western hemisphere, including the farthest reaches of northern Canada, the west coast of Greenland, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Bahama Islands, with states or provinces shown in the largest countries. Indian tribe locations are indicated on the United States map. Cities, rivers, major roads, and some railroad lines are shown.
Date: 1862
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: Map of Eastern Kansas
Description: Photoreproduction of a map of eastern Kansas including a sketch of three buildings in Lawrence. Legend indicates towns, trading posts, post offices, Native American villages, missions, and government forts.
Date: 1856
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: MacLean and Lawrence's Sectional Map of Kansas Territory
Description: Continuation of title: Compiled from the U.S. Surveys by C. P. Wiggin.Photocopy of a map of Kansas Territory including the counties of Leavenworth, Johnson, Lykins, Franklin, Douglass, Jefferson, and Atchison. Shows Indian reservations, some towns and roads, with townships and ranges noted.
Date: 1857-04
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

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: 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

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