1879 WESTERN UNITED STATES Map ORIGINAL (32x44) Military Topographical Survey

LARGE ORIGINAL 1879 ANTIQUE MAP OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND MIDDLE STATES. TITLE- SKETCH INDICATING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS AND THE MILITARY TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. RARE AND VERY LARGE 1879 GEORGE WHEELER SURVEY MAP EXTENDING FROM THE PACIFIC COAST AT LEFT TO JUST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RIGHT. MAP SHOWS THE EXTENT OF THE LANDS SURVEYED UNDER 1ST LIEUT. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND STANLEY KING.

ALSO SHOWN ARE TOWNSHIPS, WATERWAYS, INDIAN RESERVATIONS, LANDS GIVEN TO THE RAILROADS INCLUDING THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC, ROUTES OF EARLIER EXPLORATIONS THROUGH THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND MANY MILITARY FORTS. OKLAHOMA IS SHOWN AS THE INDIAN TERRITORY WITH TRIBAL LOCATIONS AND NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA ARE YET TO BE SPLIT. LARGE AND VERY DETAILED WHEELER SURVEY MAP.

MEASURES 44 X 32 INCHES. GOOD CONDITION, VERY MINOR DISCOLORATION, SMALL TEAR AT TOP LEFT (LAST PIC) HAS BEEN REPAIRED IN REVERSE WITH ARCHIVAL TAPE, EDGE TEAR AT LEFT(DOES NOT AFFECT MAP) AND CREASING AS ISSUED, MISFOLD AT TOP LEFT.

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