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Profiles of passes in the State of California surveyed in connection with a Pacific railroad.

Description: Map shows California mountain elevations and slopes relative to sea level. "Profile of Walker's Pass," "Profile of Hum-pah-ya-mup Pass," "Profile of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass," "Profile of route from summit of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass to the Tejon Depot Camp," "Profile of New Pass," and "Profile of San Fernando Pass." Scale [1:120,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Profiles of passes in the State of California : surveyed in connection with a Pacific railroad.

Description: Map profiles of Walker's Pass, Hum-pah-ya-mup Pass, Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass, New Pass, San Fernando Pass, and route from summit of Tah-ee-chay-pah Pass to the Tejon Depot Camp in California during the mid-nineteenth century. Elevations and slopes relative to sea level are indicated. Relief shown by profile. Scale [1:120,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Western Oregon sketch map of the Willamette Valley : with the chief towns & roads also the railroads now building.

Description: Map shows cities, roads, and existing and proposed railroads in mid-nineteenth century northwestern Oregon. Includes table of distances and text [continued from verso] advertising prices for land in Oregon. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1853..1873]
Creator: Davidson, William
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map No. 3, United States.

Description: Map shows major towns, counties, canals, and railroads for New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Includes explanation, population statistics, and river lengths. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by statement. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map No. 10, United States.

Description: Map shows major towns, geographical features, and areas of Native American habitation in California and the western territories of Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, and Kansas. Includes explanation, population statistics, and river lengths. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:8,600,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map No. 8, United States.

Description: Map shows major towns, counties, canals, and railroads in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri; shows Native American reservations in adjacent Kansas. Includes explanation, population statistics, and river lengths. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map No. 7, United States.

Description: Map shows major towns, counties, canals, and railroads in mid-nineteenth century Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Includes population statistics and river lengths. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,000,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Daniel Burgess & Co.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

United States of North America (Eastern and Central).

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century United States from the eastern coast to the Rocky Mountains. Geography, cities, towns, state borders, territory borders, locations of Native American tribes, and railway routes are indicated. Relief shown by hachures. Scale: [ca. 1:3,976 ,000].
Date: [1853..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil.

Description: Map shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements around mid-nineteenth century Niagara Falls. Includes historic notes and illustrations. Insets: "View from Point View, American side," "Horse Show Fall," "Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue," "Observatories Lundys Lane," "View from the Ferry, American side," [untitled], "Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc.," "Brock's monument," "View from Hogs Back," "The Brock Monument," … more
Date: 1853
Creator: Geil, Samuel
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

New and improved map of Louisiana.

Description: Map shows railroads (existing, proposed, and under construction), distances from New Orleans along the Mississippi River, roads, parishes, township grid, marshes, canals, lakes, and bayous. Includes text notes and tables for population and "senatorial districts and representatives by parishes." Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:579,300].
Date: 1853
Creator: Bayley, G. W. R.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of the state of Ohio.

Description: Map mid-nineteenth century Ohio roads, existing railroads, proposed railroads, canals, counties, cities, towns and notable physical features. Includes notes and explanation. Insets: "Profile of the Miami Canal" and "Profile of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami Canal." Scale [ca. 1:1,352,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

South Carolina.

Description: Map shows counties, railroads, common roads, canals, swamps, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: "Plan of Charleston, vicinity & harbor." Scale [ca. 1:1,310,000] and [ca. 1:190,080].
Date: 1853
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Virginia.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Virginia and West Virginia counties, railroads, roads, canals, swamps, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Insets: "Richmond, Henrico County, Manchester and Spring Hill, Chesterfield Co." and "Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,840,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the vicinity of Niagara Falls : from actual surveys by Samuel Geil.

Description: Map shows roads, railroads, landowners, tract numbers, marshes, vegetation, towns, and settlements. Insets: "View from Point View, American side," "Horse Show Fall," "Rail road suspension bridge at Belle Vue," Observatories Lundys Lane," "View from the Ferry, American side," [untitled], "Oliver T. Mackleins Chippewa Foundry, Stove Work, etc.," "Brock's monument," "View from Hogs Back," "The Brock Monument," "Lewiston suspension bridge," "View of the whirlpool from the Canada side," and "View fr… more
Date: 1853
Creator: Geil, Samuel
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad: Connecting the cities of Cincinnati & St. Louis, exhibiting the principal tributary lines, also the railways uniting the eastern terminus with Boston, New York, Philadelphia & Baltimore.

Description: Map shows existent mid-nineteenth century Ohio and Mississippi Railroad railway routes in the northeast and upper mid-western United States. Scale not given.
Date: [1853..1855]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Explorations and surveys for a rail road route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean route near the 35th parallel: Map no. 2: From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

Description: Map shows expeditionary trails, Native American names for mountain peaks, and potential railroad routes. Includes distance in miles points along route and notes. Insets: "Sketch of Aztec Pass" and "Sketch of Campbell's Pass" [both] drawn by C. Mahon. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:950,400].
Date: [1853..1854]
Creator: Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817-1863
Location: None
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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