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Title: Colton's Utah & Colorado; Utah and Colorado;Colton's Kansas

• Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901. General atlas
• Dahl, James, former owner
• G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

Dates

• Coverage: 1874
• Coverage: 1874 to 1874

Summary

Relief shown by hachures. In lower left-hand corner: 82. Has ornamental border. Longitude west from Greenwich on top, west from Washington on bottom. Shows 20 counties, including Greenwood. Inclusion of Greenwood County indicates publication date of between 1870 and 1874, since county was only in existence for a short time. Shows D. & R.G. and Kansas Pacific Railroad lines. Colorado River shown as both Bunkara and Grand River; Gunnison River shown as South Fork of Grand River. Shows part of Nevada as south of Utah (pre-Arizona). Included in Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton... New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. On verso: No. 80 Colton's Kansas. Kansas: Includes county lines and approx. 80 counties, with established and proposed railroad lines marked. Kansas: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1866 by G.W. & C.B. Colton in the Clerks office of the District of the United States for the Southern District of New York." 2 maps on 1 sheet: hand col.; 29 x 36 cm on sheet 35 x 44 cm.

Subjects

• Railroads
• Clark Library Map Collections
• 2022-creator-sprint
• United States of America
• Maps

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (-114,-102,42,36)

Provider

University of Michigan

Rights

• Access rights: Public
• This map is in the public domain.

Citation

Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901. General atlas, Dahl, James, former owner, G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Colton's Utah & Colorado; Utah and Colorado;Colton's Kansas. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clark1ic/x-012527555/39015095390863_01

Format

JPEG

Languages

• eng