New transcontinental map of the Pacific R.R. and routes of overland travel to Colorado, Nebraska, the Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, California and the Pacific Coast

Item Overview

Title

New transcontinental map of the Pacific R.R. and routes of overland travel to Colorado, Nebraska, the Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, California and the Pacific Coast

Date Created

1877

Place of Origin

New York

Publisher

Williams, Henry T.

Language

English

Collection

Maps of Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World, circa 1516-1970

Notes

Description

Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stage routes, railroads completed and projected. Main lines in heavy black. Verso of map includes trans-continental time tables, rates of fares, hotel and publisher's advertisements. Map originally folded to 22 x 16.3 cm.
Digitization took place as part of the California Cultures Project.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1877 by H.T. Williams in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington"
scale: 1:3,500,000

Physical Description

Extent

1 map : col.

Dimensions

56.5 x 91.5 cm on sheet 65.5 x 95.5 cm.

Keywords

Genre

maps
cartographic

Names

Union Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroads--West (U.S.)--Maps