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Map Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah

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Title

  • Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah

Names

  • Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883, cartographer, reporter.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. War Department], 1858.
  • [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1858.

Headings

  • -  Roads--Utah--Maps
  • -  Utah--Discovery and exploration--Maps
  • -  Trails--Southwest, New--Maps
  • -  United States--Utah
  • -  United States--Southwest, New

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours.
  • -  Shows camps, forts, early trails through Great Salt Lake region, wagon roads, springs and mountains.
  • -  From: Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory (35th Cong. 2nd Session Senate Ex. Doc. no.10).
  • -  LC copy: Signed on cover: No. 249. Millard Fillmore. May 15. 1861.
  • -  LC copy: Mounted on cloth backing, sheet sectioned into 30 panels to enable folding.
  • -  Includes "Note."
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map ; 79 x 114 cm, folded in cover 13 x 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4341.P2 1858 .S5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588072

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Simpson, J. H. , Cartographer, Reporter, and Millard Fillmore. Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. War Department, . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1858] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588072/.

APA citation style:

Simpson, J. H. & Fillmore, M. (1858) Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. War Department, . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588072/.

MLA citation style:

Simpson, J. H. , Cartographer, Reporter, and Millard Fillmore. Preliminary map of routes reconnoitered and opened in the Territory of Utah. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. War Department, . Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1858] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018588072/>.