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Title: Westport Mo. and Its Additions
Description: 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.
Date: 1855-07
Object Type: Map

Title: Pictorial Map: Society Is Selling Photographic Reprints
Description: Photos and article about the news of the reprinting for sale of the Grinter pictorial map of Jackson County by the Jackson County Historical Society. Biographical information also about the map's creators, the late Mr. John Grinter (?-1960), a photographer and surveyor, and his wife Mrs. Sallie Grinter (ca. 1880-1967), a teacher and surveyor, both residents of Independence.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Geological Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Geological map of Jackson County, Missouri, including color-coded indications of alluvium, limestone, and shale types.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Plat map of Jackson County, Missouri. Cities and towns, rivers, and parcels of land labeled with their owners' names are shown. A list of rural routes is included.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Map

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