Maps

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: General Plan of Distribution System
Description: Map showing the water distribution system of Kansas City, Missouri, showing distribution lines, discharge lines, and low service lines. The Turkey Creek and proposed East Bottoms pumping stations and the Holly Street and Northeast reservoirs are indicated.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - LEXINGTON TO BAKERS, MILE 323.0-289.0
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covers Lexington to Bakers, "Mile 323.0-289.0"
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - DELAWARE TO BLUE MILLS, MILE 398.8-358.3
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. Map covers Delaware to Blue Mills, "Mile 398.8-358.3"
Object Type: Map

Title: Geologic Cross Sections of Kansas City and Jackson County
Description: Six cross sections of areas of Jackson County, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri, illustrate altitude above sea level and types of bedrock. Labels display locations of creeks and rivers, as well as major city thoroughfares including Southwest Boulevard, Armour Boulevard, and 75th Street.
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - BLUE MILLS TO LEXINGTON, MILE 358.3 - 323.4
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covered is Blue Mills to Lexington, "Mile 358.3 - 323.4."
Object Type: Map

Title: Geological Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Geological Map of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Kansas Compiled from the United States Surveys and Other Authentic Sources
Description: Map depicting counties and townships with sectional subdivisions, of the state of Kansas. Includes rivers and towns.
Date: 1869
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: Shewey's Map - City St. Louis
Description: Map of the city of St. Louis showing streets, parks, ward boundaries, public buildings and institutions, railroad lines and depots, the Mississippi River, and routes for cable cars, electric cars, horse cars, and proposed elevated lines. Includes an inset map of Carondelet.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Map

Title: Tuttle Creek Reservoir - Big Blue River, Kansas
Description: Map of Tuttle Creek Reservoir showing surrounding towns, roads, and proposed recreation areas. Inset map shows reservoir's location in Kansas. Reverse of map includes project data, mileage from various locations, and recreation information.
Date: 1961-05
Object Type: Map

Title: 1924 Road Map of Jackson County, MO.
Description: Map showing different types of roads (macadam, graded, oiled, and earth) as well as railroads, electric lines, section lines, towns, and streams in Jackson County, Missouri.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

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