Correct map of Dakota. / Chicago and North Western Railway Company / 1888

Correct map of Dakota. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1888

Correct map of Dakota. / Chicago and North Western Railway Company / 1888

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Full Title: Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and territorial surveys. Augs. 1st. 1886. Published for the Chicago & North-Western Railway by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago (1888)

Author: Chicago and North Western Railway Company

Date: 1888

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Author: Chicago and North Western Railway Company

Date: 1888

Short Title: Correct map of Dakota.

Publisher: Chicago: Rand McNally

Type: Timetable Map

Object Height cm: 62

Object Width cm: 48

Scale 1: 1,330,560

Note: Relief shown by hachures. Shows townships, Indian and military reservations, railroads, etc. Includes inset map by Poole Bros. showing railroads from Chicago to Montana and Wyoming. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.

Reference: Cf: LC U.S. railroad maps, 370 (1882 ed.); Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 10-0222 and 11-0571 (1882 ed.)

State / Province: North Dakota ; South Dakota

Subject: Railroad

Full Title: Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and territorial surveys. Augs. 1st. 1886. Published for the Chicago & North-Western Railway by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago (1888)

List No: 5243.001

Series No: 3

Engraver or Printer: Poole Bros.

Published In: Answers to your questions about Central Dakota reached by the Chicago and North-Western Railway ... 3-16-88 ... Rand, McNally & Co, Printers, Chicago. (map on verso) Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and territorial surveys. Aug. 1, 1886. Published for the Chicago & North-Western Railway. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. Rand, McNally & Co., Engravers ... (untitled inset of railroad routes through Midwest States.)

Publication Author: Chicago and North Western Railway Company

Publication Date: 1888

Publication Note: Printed without color, folded into self wrappers 22 x 10.

Publication List No: 5243.000

Publication Type: Timetable Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 62

Publication Width cm: 48

Image No: 5243001

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