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| That is a nice website that makes the maps easier to find and view.
I believe all of those maps are available (for free) from https://www.loc.gov/maps/collections/ the library of congress. We got a .jpg of an 1859 survey map of the Missouri (by W.F. Raynalds, after Lewis and Clark) and had some online place (staples?) print it out for like $30 (it is 36"x48" or so, extremely detailed). Captain Raynolds story was very interesting on researching him. He went in 1859 to do this survey, completed in 1860, got home and had to go fight in the civil war where he was grieviously wounded and took years to recover. He was finally able to give his survey report to congress in something like 1866.
Fascinating to see the similar geography with sometimes slightly different names from 150 years ago (this was certainly still indian country and wild then). For example a local landmark is now called tiger butte, and is plainly visible and labeld on this 1859 map as panther butte. I particularly like the world maps from the 1600-1800s. Great stuff. | |
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for history buffs
