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Title
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Jackson County, Missouri
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Description
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Historical map with illustrations depicting various events in the history of Jackson County, Missouri; includes the route of the Santa Fe Trail.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico, Showing the Great Western Prairies
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1844
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Westport Mo. and Its Additions
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Description
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Early map of Westport, Missouri, shows streets with names and width; some residences like Col. A. Boone; and the Godfrey Vineyard. A “Table of Distances” gives miles from Westport to places like San Francisco; Salt Lake City; Astoria, Oregon; Santa Fe; etc. It notes population of Westport in 1846 as 300 and in 1855 as 1500. It includes an inset map of Missouri, beginning around Jefferson City, and Kansas, showing rivers and roads, especially the Salt Lake City and California road.
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Date
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1855-07
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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National Old Trails Road
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Description
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Map includes 11 roads or trails that spanned the United States. Key cities on trails are indicated.
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Date
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1916
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Santa Fe Trail
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Description
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Illustrated map of the Santa Fe Trail, including parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico. Illustrations of travelers and geographical landmarks adorn the map, and numerous towns and cities are marked.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Santa Fe Trace From Independence to the Crossing of the Arkansas
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Description
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A facsimile of the map "drawn by Capt. P. St. G. Cooke, Drags. From Notes carefully taken by him while in command of the Excursion to protect the Santa Fe Trade, 1843." Covers the trail from the Independence/Weston/Ft. Leavenworth area to the crossing 375 miles from Fort Leavenworth in western Kansas. The rivers and creeks along the trail are drawn and named. Military Road from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott is also shown. Handwritten at bottom of the map: "No. 252 - Capt. Cook's journal - recd. October 2nd 1849, R. Jones A-G."
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Date
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1843
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Object Type
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Map