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Special List 29: Kansas

Special List No. 29

Kansas


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295. Map of the Kanzas Ty., [sic] Enlarged from Map of the Corps

     of Topogl. Engs., published in 1850.

     1 inch to 20 miles. 27.5 x 49. Manuscript. Indian lands and

reservations, military posts, roads, and physical features. Faint

penciled annotations relate to Indian lands and reservations. Two

large-scale insets: (1) "Eye Sketch of Fort Leavenworth Reserve

Furnished by the Qur. Master Genl's Office." and (2)"Map of The

U.S. Reserve [pertaining to Leavenworth], August 1837," with

reductions made in 1840 and 1841 indicated in color. Filed as RG

49: Old Map File, Kansas 1.

296. [Map showing status of public land surveys in Kansas and

     Nebraska Territories. n.d.]

     1 inch to 18 miles. 20.5 x 13. Published. Filed as RG 46: S.

Ex. Doc. 1, Pt. 3, 33d Cong., 2d sess.

297. Plan of the Public Surveys in Kansas and Nebraska [Issued by

     Surveyor General's Office, Wyandott, K.T., Oct. 20, 1856].

     1 inch to 18 chains. 23 x 13. Published. Shows status of

public land surveys. Filed as RG 46: S. Ex. Doc. 5, 34th Cong.,

3d sess., 11.

298. (3) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in the

     Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany

     Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1857.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26 x 19.5. Annotated published.  Shows

status of public land surveys and locations of Indian

reservations. Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 4. 

299. Sectional Map of the Territory of Kansas, Compiled from the

     Field Notes in the Surveyor General's Office. Published by

     John Halsall . . . 1857.

     1 inch to 8 miles. 28.5 x 22. Annotated published. Map shows

eastern half of Kansas. Public surveys, towns, counties (in

color), Indian reservations and lands, military posts, roads

including the "Santa Fee Road" and "Fort Laramie Road," and

drainage. Annotated to show additional towns, and drainage. Filed

as RG 77: Q 759.

300. MacLean & Lawrence's Sectional Map of Kansas Territory.

     Compiled from the U.S. Surveys by C. P. Wiggin. . . . 1857.

     1 inch to 4 miles. 2 sheets, each 19 x 40. Annotated

published. Shows approximately the eastern half of the present

State; counties (boundaries in color), a few settlements,

township and range numbers, Indian reservations, and roads. Filed

as RG 75: Central Map File, 239.

301. (4) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in the

     Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany

     Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1858.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26 x 21. Published. Shows status of

public land surveys. Filed as RG 77: Q 68-2.

302. (5) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in the

     Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany

     Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1859.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26 x 17.5. Annotated published. 2

copies. Indian lands and reserves, towns, military posts, and

drainage features. Annotated apparently to show acreage in the

Iowa and Sac and Fox Reserves. Filed as RG 49: Old Map File,

Kansas 8 & 9.

303. (6) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in the

     Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany

     Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1860.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26.5 x 21.5. Manuscript. Indian lands

and reserves, towns, military posts, and drainage features. See

entry 304. Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 10.

304. (6) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in the

     Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany

     Annual Report of the Surveyor General, 1860.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26.5 x 21. Published. Shows status of

public land surveys and locations of Indian reservations. Filed

as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 10.

305. (7) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in Kansas

          and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany Annual Report of the

          Surveyor General, 1861.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 31 x 33. Manuscript. Indian lands and

reserves, towns, military posts, and drainage features. See entry

306. Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 11.

306. (7) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in Kansas

     and Nebraska. [Map] to accompany Annual Report of the

     Surveyor General, 1861.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 25 x 19. Published. Also shows locations

of Indian reservations. Filed as RG 46: S. Ex. Doc. 1, 37th

Cong., 2d sess., 3.

307. Gunn & Mitchell's New Map of Kansas and the Gold Mines

     Embracing all the Public Surveys up to 1862. Compiled from

     the Original Field Notes by O. B. Gunn & D. T. Mitchell. . .

     . 1862.

     1 inch to 9 miles. 28 x 29. Annotated published. Shows

Kansas east from Saline, Ottawa, Shirley, and Republic Counties.

Counties (boundaries in color), settlements, township and range

numbers, military posts, Indian reservations, and roads. Inset

map of "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines"

(in the present State of Colorado). Table also is included

showing population of Kansas by counties. Filed as RG 75: Central

Map File, 1234.

308. (11) Map Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in

     Kansas and Nebraska, 1865.

     1 inch to 18 miles. 26 x 34.5. Manuscript. Indian lands and

reservations, towns, roads, military posts, and proposed railroad

routes. Also shows drainage features. Filed as RG 49: Old Map

File, Kansas 12.

309. Map Showing the progress of the Public surveys in Kansas and

     Nebraska, 1866. Surveyor General's Office, Leavenworth,

     Kansas, August 27th, 1866. [Issued by the General Land

     Office on Oct. 2, 1866.]

     1 inch to ca. 18 miles. 23.5 x 32. Published. County

boundaries and mineral deposits are shown in color. Also shows

county names, Indian villages, towns, locations of land offices,

railroad land-grant limits, military posts, and physical

features. Pieces of the map are missing. Filed as RG 49: Special

Published, Kansas 1.

310. A New Sectional Map of the State of Kansas Showing the Route

     of the Union Pacific Railway -E. D. to Denver City, Col.,

     And complete system of projected Railroads . . . by W. J.

     Keeler, C. E., November 1866-67. Charles DuBois,

     Draughtsman. Joseph F. Gedney, Lithographer, Engraver, &

     Plate Printer . . . Washington, D.C.

     1 inch to 4 miles. 2 sections, each 47 x 32. Eastern Kansas

to western boundaries of Saline, Ottawa, Shirley, and Republic

Counties. Counties (boundaries in color), towns, military posts,

roads, and townships. Inset maps of "Proposed Extension of the

Union Pacific Rail Road E. D. to Denver City, Colorado." Inset

map also shows counties, military posts, Indian reservations, and

mineral deposits. Filed as RG 77: Q 126.

311. Map Showing the extent of the Public surveys in Kansas,

     1870.

     1 inch to 12 miles. 23 x 36. Manuscript. County boundaries

and drainage are shown in color. Public land surveys, locations

of U.S. land offices, towns, and military reservations are shown.

Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 17.

312. Map showing the progress of the Public Surveys in Kansas.

     [Map] to accompany Annual Report of the Surveyor General,

     1871.

     1 inch to 12 miles. 25 x 38.5. Manuscript. Shows county

names and boundaries, towns, public land surveys, military

reservations, and railroad lines. Also shows drainage features.

Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 18.

313. Map of Public Surveys in Kansas. [Map] to accompany annual

     report of Surveyor General, 1873.

     1 inch to 18 miles. Corrected: 1 inch to 12 miles. 24.5 x

37.5. Manuscript. County and land district boundaries are shown

in color. Public land surveys, towns, military reservations, and

drainage features. Railroad lines are shown in red. Filed as RG

49: Old Map File, Kansas 19.

314. Map of the States of Kansas and Texas, and Indian Territory,

     with parts of the Territories of Colorado and New Mexico.

     From the most recent official surveys and explorations and

     other authentic information. Prepared . . . in the Office of

     the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1867. Second Edition,

     with corrections, issued in 1874.

     1 inch to ca. 25 miles. 2 sections, 25.5 x 36.5 and 25 x

35.5. Published. Towns, railroads, routes of military

expeditions, military posts, Indian reservations and lands, roads

including the "Santa Fe Road," trails including the "Grand

Comanche War Trail" and "Comanche Trail," telegraph lines, and

physical features. Relief is shown by hachures. (Annotated copies

of several editions of this map are filed as US 318 in RG 77.)

Filed as RG 77: Published Record Set, 1874, 10. 

315. [Map of the] State of Kansas. . . . 1876. Compiled from the

     official Records of the General Land Office.

     1 inch to 15 miles. 26 x 33.5. Published. County boundaries,

Indian reservations, and railroad land-grant limits are shown in

color. Also shows status of public land surveys, military

reservations, land district boundaries, locations of U.S. land

offices, towns, railroad lines, and physical features. Also a

black and white base map for this date. 23 x 31. Filed as RG 49:

Standard Published, Kansas, 1876.

316. [Map of the] State of Kansas. . . . 1879. Compiled from the

     official Records of the General Land Office.

     1 inch to 15 miles. 26.5 x 34. Published. County boundaries

and military and Indian reservations are shown in color. Also

shows public land surveys, towns, principal railroad stations,

locations of U.S. land offices, railroad lines, railroad land-

grant limits, and physical features. Filed as RG 49: Standard

Published, Kansas 1879.

317. [Map of the] State of Kansas. . . . 1884. Compiled from the

     official Records of the General Land Office . . . Drawn by

     A. Pohlers.

     1 inch to 15 miles. 21.5 x 32. Published. County boundaries,

military and Indian reservations, and boundaries of Indian trust

lands are shown in color. Also shows public land surveys, towns,

locations of U.S. land offices, railroad lines, railroad land-

grant limits, and physical features. Also a black and white base

map for this date. 26 x 33. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published,  

Kansas 1884.

318. Preliminary Post Route Map of the States of Kansas and

     Nebraska with adjacent parts of Missouri, Iowa, Dakota,

     Colorado, Texas, and Indian Territory, showing post offices

     with the intermediate distances and mail routes in operation

     on the 1st of October, 1885.

     1 inch to 10 miles. 4 sections, each 29 x 34. Published.

Shows frequency and types of mail service, mileages between post

offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns, railroads,

military posts, Indian reservations, and physical features. Post

routes in color to show frequency of service. Filed as RG 28:

Regional Maps, Folder 11.

319. [Map of the] State of Kansas. . . . 1891. Compiled from the

     official Records of the General Land Office. . . . Compiled

     and drawn by I. P. Berthong. . . . Traced and lettered by I.

     P. Berthong.

     1 inch to 11 miles. 29.5 x 42. Shows county boundaries and

names, public land surveys, towns, boundaries of military and

Indian reservations, railroads, and physical features. Filed as

RG 49: Standard Published, Kansas, 1891.

320. [Map of the] State of Kansas. Compiled from the official

     Records of the General Land Office . . . 1898 . . . Compiled

     and drawn by I. P. Berthong. Revised and corrected to May

     1898, by M. Hendges. Traced and lettered by I. P. Berthong.

     1 inch to 12 miles. 26 x 38. Published. County boundaries,

military and Indian reservations, and boundaries of Indian trust

lands are shown in color. Also shows public land surveys, towns,

locations of U.S. land offices, railroad lines proposed and

completed, and physical features. Also a black and white base map

with drainage in blue for this date. 26.5 x 37.5. Filed as RG 49:

Standard Published, Kansas, 1898.

321. Official Railroad Map of Kansas, 1904. Issued by the State

     Board of Railroad Commissioners. . . . Copyright . . . by

     The J. N. Matthews Co.

     1 inch to 14 miles. 22 x 32. Annotated published. County

names and boundaries, towns and cities, public land surveys, and

drainage features. Railroad lines are shown in color and are

keyed to a list on the map. Map is annotated to show boundaries

of the Dodge City, Colby, and Wakeeney Districts (apparently land

districts). Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Kansas 25.

322. [Map of the] State of Kansas. Compiled from the official

     Records of the General Land Office . . . 1912. . . .

     Compiled and drawn by I. P. Berthong. Traced and lettered by

     I. P. Berthong.

     1 inch to 12 miles. 26.5 x 36.5. Published. County and land

district boundaries, military reservations, and national forests

are shown in color. Also shows public land surveys, towns,

locations of U.S. land offices, railroad lines, and physical

features. Also a black and white base map with drainage in blue

for this date. 27 x 38. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published,

Kansas, 1912.

323. Post Route Map of the State of Kansas showing post offices

     with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation

     on the 1st of January, 1917.

     1 inch to 10 miles. 2 sections, each 29 x 26. Published.

Frequency and types of mail service, discontinued post offices,

counties, towns, railroads, physical features, and parts of

adjoining States. Filed as RG 28: State Maps, Kansas, 1917.

See also entry 516 in Nebraska.

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