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(8) MAP Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in Kansas and Nebraska, To accompany Annual Report of the Surveyer General 1862

84th Infantry Division in the Battle for Germany.1. Book, 84th Infantry Division in the Battle for Germany, Viking Press, 1946. Book has 260 pages with history, maps, photos, paintings of the 84th Infantry Division during WWII. Appendix's include commendations, citations, and commanders. Has dust jacket in plastic cover. Dust jacket use wear and tear associated with age.Comes complete with book, roster, mini pamphlet and hard cover sleeve.

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good detailCheyenne County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 9,998. Its county seat is Sidney. The county was formed in 1871 and named for the Cheyenne Native American tribe.

Colton's Kansas and Nebraska Rare Large Format Territorial Map 1857 large originally colored map in a vertical configuration that depicts standard parallels covering only the eastern quarter of these territories. Thirty-three counties are organized in Nebraska and 37 in Kansas this map also depicts Indian reservations.

LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO., Philadelphia, 1852. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 487 pp., plus 34 lightly tinted lithographs 3 folding, 23 black and white plates, [Howes S884; WCB 219:2; Graff 3947; Field 1940; Goetzmann, p. 468; Sabin 90372; Meisel III, p. 115; MTW 764 and 765;]. Also separate atlas containing two very large maps, 111 x 76 and 72 x 172.5 cm. Atlas and text in one volume . An extensive survey of the Great Basin and a major landmark in the cartography of the American West. In 1846 Stansbury received the orders for the cornerstone of his career: the expedition to the Great Salt Lake in 1849-1850. On 31 May 1849 he left Fort Leavenworth with eighteen men, including Lieutenant John W. Gunnison, artist John Hudson, and Albert Carrington, a leading Mormon official. The company proceeded by way of South Pass in Wyoming to Fort Bridger, where Stansbury engaged Jim Bridger as a guide for the expedition. Dividing his men into two groups, Stansbury explored a new route to the Great Salt… Read More

288 pp., numerous maps, frontis, color & b/w photos, b/w illus., end notes, bib. A fascinating look at Custer's expedition in the Black Hills. The book reproduces the b/w photos from the 1974 expedition and shows contemporary color photos of the same views put together by the authors.small bump at lower corner of bindingtear at

This map is from The Official State Atlas of Nebraska published in 1885 by Everts & Kirk. It was "compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations". there are also plans of the leading Cities and Villages throughout the State, which have been carefully prepared from the official records of each". "Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the State". Back of Print H856 A

This map is from The Official State Atlas of Nebraska published in 1885 by Everts & Kirk. It was "compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations". there are also plans of the leading Cities and Villages throughout the State, which have been carefully prepared from the official records of each". "Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the State".

This is "compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations". Cities and Villages, the principal Streams and much topography, not heretofore obtainable". In the atlas, there are also plans of the leading Cities and Villages throughout the State, which have been carefully prepared from the official records of each". "Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the State". reverse is Print on H860 and copy of print in photosReverse print recorded here and listed as H860 A

reverse side of H861 picture of reverse included here State Atlas of Nebraska. Map is from the Official State Atlas as well as from government surveys, personal investigations and conversations with the best and oldest residents of the state

This is "compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations". Cities and Villages, the principal Streams and much topography, not heretofore obtainable". In the atlas, there are also plans of the leading Cities and Villages throughout the State, which have been carefully prepared from the official records of each". "Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the State".

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Reverse side of map is H858. This is from the Official State Atlas of NE. Published by Everts and Kirk. Carefully prepared from Official records of each, Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the state.

Original City of Brooklyn Map 1776-7 showing ground levels and waterways. Page 16 Map in pristine condition. free of soil, tears or marks

Flat with plastic against dirtExcellent early map of the region. Kansas counties cover only the eastern third of the state. Nebraska counties cover less than half the state. Colorado has only approximately 15 counties. The gold regions near Denver are shown, as are a number of Indian tribes, early towns, forts, etc. Dakota includes all of Wyoming.
The map shows early proposed railroads, forts, Indian tribes, rivers, mountains, etc. The plains region is still very much in transition, with the results of several major explorations commenced immediately after the civil war are not yet in evidence.
Also shows portions of New Mexico, Texas and Indian Territory.

John Calhoun was appointed Surveyor General, in 1856.Original surveys of Kansas: The Public Land Survey System ... of the General Land Office to appoint a Surveyor General for the two territories. ... by John Calhoun, Surveyor General for the Kansas and Nebraska Territories (appointed ... The chain had to be held taut and not allowed to follow the natural contour of the terrain.

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