COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Clason, George S.
Date:
1906
Short Title:
Covers: Clason’s Industrial Map of Colorado.
Publisher:
Clason Map Co.
Publisher Location:
Denver
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
18
Obj Width cm:
11
Full Title:
(Covers to) Clason’s Industrial Map of Colorado.
List No:
15992.001
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Clason, George S.
Pub Date:
1906
Pub Title:
Clason’s Industrial Map of Colorado.
Pub Reference:
Last, Jay. The Color Explosion (Santa Ana, California: Hillcrest Press, 2005), p. 179; Tooley’s Dictionary of Mapmakers, A–D volume (Riverside, CT, 2004), p. 271.
Pub Note:
"First published in 1905, Clason’s map shows the whole of Colorado and includes small portions of neighboring states along its boundary. Above the map title is the text, “Colorado possesses the most extensive and varied natural resources of any state in the union—Watch her grow!” The color-coded legend identifies Irrigated Lands, Gold Belts, Coal Fields, Forest Reserves, Indian Reserves (Ute, Navajo, etc.), and Private Land Grants. Much detail is accorded to the historic mining areas in southwestern and central Colorado. Other details include national parks (including of the Cliff Dwellings National Park), railroads (Denver & Rio Grande R.R., Santa Fe R.R., Union Pacific R.R., Burlington R.R., etc.), bodies of water, towns and cities, U.S. land offices, post offices, and roads. Relief is shown by spot heights and shading. Flanking the map are lists of villages, railroad stations, and post-offices; principal towns (including miles from Denver, their population, and their elevation); principal mountain peaks; railroad and express companies; and Colorado state institutions. Additional text provides information on Colorado’s Coal Fields and Gold Belt; Colorado as “the Natural Industrial and Commercial Centre of the Growing West”; and the three cities of Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver, as well as Denver County. The value of Colorado products and figures of mineral output for the year of 1904 are presented in tables. Born in Louisiana, Missouri, George Samuel Clason (1874–1957) attended the University of Nebraska and served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War (1898). In 1900 he moved to Denver where he started two companies, the Clason Map Co. and the Clason Publishing Co., the former publishing an early road atlas of the U.S. and Canada. At this time, the Clason Map Co. offered services including drafting, blue printing, and map mounting. On the present map the company advertises maps currently for sale: Clason’s Sectional Map of Colorado; Clason’s Extra Large Wall Map of Colorado; sectional maps of any portion of Colorado; and U.S. Geological Survey Maps. Beginning in 1926, George Clason wrote and published a series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success, which were distributed by banks and insurance companies. His most famous book, The Richest Man in Babylon (1926), compiled these pamphlets. He moved to Napa, California in 1949 and died there in 1957. The Clason Map Co. also published Clason’s Map of the European War Zone (1914) and Clason’s War Map of the Western Front (1918). Based in Denver, Ebenezer Worrall was a lithographer at Collier & Cleaveland prior to founding the Denver Lithography Company (1886–1914) with Edward Rolandet. The company produced advertising posters, labels, sheet-music covers, fine show cards, and around 1900 they created box labels for the California citrus industry. OCLC records only three copies, at History Colorado, University of Utah, and Northern Illinois University.(Arsenault, 2024)
Pub List No:
15992.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
18
Pub Width cm:
11
Image No:
15992001.jp2
Authors:
Clason, George S.
