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  1. Title: Wetland resources of the United States, 1991

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    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1991 paper map entitled: Wetland resources of the United States published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

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  2. Title: GIS data for the Watersheds mapping series

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    Summary: Contains 10 vector shapefiles as well as preliminary maps of geologic and geomorphic features (landslide maps) compiled from mapping conducted between 1982 and 2001 in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). A preliminary map of landslide potential in the JDSF, based on landslide potential mapping conducted in 2001 in the Noyo river watershed, is included. California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey. Title from CD cover. Compiled from multiple sources, including published maps and reports. System requirements: Intel Pentium processor or Macintosh Power PC or later with CD-ROM drive; Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2.0, Windows 98SE, Windows Millenium, Windows NT 4.0 wit service pack 5, or Windows 2000, Macintosh OS8 or later; 64 MB RAM for any Windows platform; 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended) of RAM for Macintosh; 24 MB available hard disk space; Acrobat Reader 5.0 (included on disc) to view the reference images; Arcview or Arcinfo to view GIS data. Graphics files (.gra, .rtl and .pdf formats) for three maps; Arcinfo export files; Arcview shapefiles; metadata files (.rtf and .txt).

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  3. Title: Rand, McNally & Co.'s Business Atlas Map of Arizona; Rand, Mcnally & Co.'s Arizona

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Shows roads, railroads, county and township divisions. Listed on verso and accompanying sheet: Arizona railroads; Arizona counties, lakes, mountains, reservations, rivers, towns, etc.; Nevada railroads; Nevada counties, lakes, rivers and towns. Sheets numbered 289-292. 1 map: hand col.; 47 x 32 cm. Includes index sheet.

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  4. Title: County map of the state of California

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. Plates 96-97 from Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc., embraced in ninety-three quarto maps. Inset maps: San Francisco, San Francisco Bay and vicinity. Shows roads, railroads, county divisions, San Francisco city wards. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1882 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." 1 map: col.; 34 x 55 cm.

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  5. Title: County map of the state of California

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. Plates 96-97 from Mitchell's new general atlas, containing maps of the various countries of the World, plans of cities, etc., embraced in ninety-three quarto maps. Inset maps: San Francisco, San Francisco Bay and vicinity. Shows roads, railroads, county divisions, San Francisco city wards. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." 1 map: col.; 34 x 55 cm.

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  6. Title: County and township map of Arizona and New Mexico; S. Augustus Mitchell.; Arizona and New Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1881 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Plate 92 from Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc., Embraced In Ninety-Three Quarto Maps. 1 map: col.; 35 x 55 cm.

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  7. Title: County and township map of Utah and Nevada; S. Augustus Mitchell.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. At lower left: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Plate 91 possibly from Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc., Embraced In Ninety-Three Quarto Maps. Shows county borders. 1 map: col.; 36 x 55 cm.

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  8. Title: County and township map of Utah and Nevada; S. Augustus Mitchell.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. At lower right: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Plate 91 from Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc., Embraced In Ninety-Three Quarto Maps. Shows county borders. Includes inset of southern portion of Nevada. 1 map: col.; 36 x 55 cm.

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  9. Title: Map showing routes of the river and land parties engaged in exploring the Grand Cañon of the Colorado; under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; P.W. Hamel and L. Nell, Topographers; Weyss, Thompson & Lang del. [i.e. delineator or engraver].

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridian: Washington. Shows exploration routes, state borders. At lower left: "Issued Feb. 4th, 1878." "By order of the honorable, the Secretary of War, under the direction of Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army." Includes table of "dates of camps of river party in 1871." 1 map: 37 x 45 cm.

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  10. Title: Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Montana.; Mitchell's Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and part of Montana 1876

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Shows roads, trails, county borders. Plate no. 93 from Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc., Embraced In Eighty-Three Quarto Maps. At lower left: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1876 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." 1 map: hand col.; 22 x 30 cm

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  11. Title: County map of Utah and Nevada.; County map of Arizona and New Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. Decorative borders. Plates 91 and 92. Possibly from Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc. Utah & Nevada map: includes inscription "Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Gamble, Philadelphia." On verso: "County map of Arizona and New Mexico". At bottom left: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1876 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Shows boundary lines, mountain ranges, trails and routes, rivers, lakes, military outposts, and locations of Native American tribes. 2 maps on 1 sheet: col.; both 26 x 34 cm.

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

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    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.

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  13. Title: Gray's atlas map of North America.; Central America.;West Indies.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. On verso: maps of Central America and West Indies with insets of Isthmus of Panama and City & Harbor of Havana. Plates 83 and 84 in Gray's Atlas Of The United States, With General Maps Of The World. Accompanied By Descriptions Geographical, Historical, Scientific and Statistical...Philadelphia. Published By Stedman, Brown & Lyon, No. 10 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia. 1873. 1 map: hand col.; 32 x 32 cm and 37 x 33 cm.

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  14. Title: Green River from the Union Pacific Rail Road to the Mouth of White River. 1873.; Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Second Division, J.W. Powell in charge.

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    Summary: From Atlas accompanying the report on the geology of a portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto by J.W. Powell, Geologist in charge 1876. Julius Bien Lith. Department of the Interior, U.S. Relief shown by form lines. 1 map; 73 x 47 cm.

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  15. Title: Colton's New Mexico and Arizona.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington and Greenwich. "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1873 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Plate No. 85-86. Text on the verso includes information regarding the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Dakota and the state of California. Includes populated places, administrative divisions, and proposed railroad lines. 1 map: col.; 38 x 59 cm

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  16. Title: Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Shows railroad surveys and locates Native American tribes. Numbers in upper margin: 80-81. Text on verso describing New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Dakota, California. "Boundary Line between United States & Mexico according to the Gadsden Treaty June 20th, 1854. This line was run by Major Emory under the Treaty of Dec. 30th 1853." From 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. 1 map: col.; 41 x 67 cm.

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  17. Title: Colton's map of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Shows railroad surveys and locates Native American tribes. On plates 65-66 possibly from Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Eight Imperial Folio Sheets. Text on verso includes details about the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, and Dakota. Also includes deatiled information about the state of California, including population, land allotment, and crops. 1 map: col.; 41 x 67 cm.

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  18. Title: Map of Explorations and Surveys in New Mexico and Utah; made under the direction of the Secretary of War by Capt. J.N. Macomb, Top'l. Eng'rs, assisted by C.H. Dimmock, C. Eng'r, 1860.; New Mexico and Utah

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    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Shows survey routes and location of Native American tribes and towns. Includes portions of Colorado and Arizona. Bottom right corner includes text on "Central Gold Region" attributed to Egloffstein. Text in lower margin: "Geographical Institute, Baron F.W. von Egloffstein, No. 164 Broadway, N.York, 1864." From "Report of the Exploring Expedition From Santa Fe, New Mexico, To The Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, In 1859, Under the Command of Capt. J.N. Macomb, Corps of Topographical Engineers" 1 map: 71 x 87 cm

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  19. Title: Johnson's new military map of the United States showing the forts, military posts & all the military divisions with enlarged plans of southern harbors; from authentic data obtained at the War Department, Washington; Johnson & Browning.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Insets: New Orleans and delta of Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile Bay, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida -- Key West, Florida -- Savannah River -- Charleston Harbor, S. Carolina -- Hampton Roads and Norfolk Harbor, Virginia -- Washington and vicinity -- Baltimore and vicinity. Possibly from Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, With Physical Geography, And With Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, And Historical. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year one thousand eight hundred & sixty one by Johnson & Browning in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the southern Distrct of New York." 1 map: hand col.; 31 x 49 cm., on sheet 46 x 66 cm.

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  20. Title: Johnson's California, territories of New Mexico and Utah; by Johnson & Browning.

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and bathymetric isolines. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Shows California/Nevada border as irregular, following the Sierra Nevada Mountains; Arizona below New Mexico with an unhighlighted border; and county borders extending beyond state boundaries. Includes rivers, roads, towns, and locations of Native American tribes. Numbered 54 and 55. From "Johnson's New illustrated (steel plate) family atlas ... / compiled, drawn, and engraved under the supervision of J.H. Colton and A.J. Johnson. New York, Johnson & Browning." 1 map: hand col.; 42 x 62 cm.

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