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A. J. Johnson, 1863, Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Idaho ( Includes Montana which is not yet established) and Kansas.  Handsome in full hand color, about 12 3/4 by 15 1/2 inches. A handsome map showing no established counties in any of these territories.  Shows Indian nations, exploration routes, forts, settlements, proposed rail lines, established rails, rivers and mountains.      Different editions of the identical map may have a slightly different decorative border to the one pictured.  $180 Seldom available, so we recommend that you place your name on the waiting list for this map.

        A. J. Johnson, c. 1864, Minnesota and Dakota. Hand colored map with detailed early county (each differently colored) information.  About 12 1/2 by 16 inches. This is a wonderful, handsomely colored county map of Minnesota & Dakota.  It shows the territory/states and there counties, just as they were just forming.  Dakota Territory lacks almost any sign of settlement except on the very edge where it borders Minnesota.  One of the earliest, and consequently important, map of the Dakota Territory showing the first county forming in the south.   There are many cities and towns and counties within Minnesota.    Johnson's maps from this series are particularly handsome because they include a handsome decorative border.  Different editions of the identical map may have a slightly different decorative border to the one pictured. $195 

Samuel Augustus Mitchell, c.1871, Dakota (includes Montana), Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado.  Hand colored 20 by 15  inches. A few counties have been established in the most eastern part of Dakota Territory, Wyoming and Montana.  Kansas and Colorado are nearly complete. Nebraska and Kansas. No counties yet in Colorado. Wyoming not yet established and still a part of Nebraska. Montana not yet established and this area is still Dakota Territory. Indian tribes are located. Well detailed showing early settlements, forts, and landforms.   Mitchell's maps from this series are some of the more attractive maps from this period, this map is enhanced with a decorative "garland" of flowers which provides a handsome border, making this an especially attractive map. Different editions of the identical map may have a slightly different decorative border to the one pictured.  $225  Seldom available, so we recommend that you place your name on the waiting list for this map.

George Cram, 1884-1899, Montana. Printed color, about 12 1/4 by 18 3/4 inches. A map depicting landforms, counties, rail road lines, cities and towns. Also locates several Indian reservations and names the Indian Nations in them. A detailed and interesting map. Cram's family atlases were very popular with American families in the late 1800's.  Different editions of the identical map may have a slightly different coloring.  Later editions are fully colored.  $45

Rand McNally, c. 1895, Montana. Printed color, about 9 1/4 by 12 1/2 inches. A detailed map depicting landforms, counties, rail road lines, cities and towns.    No road system is shown as yet.  The rail system evidences its importance.    Also includes a table (not included in the picture) on the left and right of the map of land area, counties and chief cities.  The technology used to develop this map was so advanced that it made all other similar maps obsolete. $25

(Because the size of the scanner is slightly smaller than the map, some of the border does not appear in the photograph)

Matthew Northrup's Century Atlas, c. 1900,  Montana.  Printed color, about 10 1/2 by 15 inches. A very fine "modern" looking map.  Printed color, about 15 by 10 1/2 inches. A very fine "modern" looking map with a "piano key" border. The map depicts landforms, including contours showing elevations above sea level. Includes counties, rail lines, roads, cities and towns.   These are superb maps for accuracy and detail.  A map of choice for many collectors.   $45  

(The map is a uniform green color.   The brown area and line at center of the picture is created from joining two scans)

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