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Map Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th, 1859.

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Title

  • Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th, 1859.

Summary

  • Outline map of the south-central states from Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Shows the "Wheat Region of Texas." Indicates completed, located and proposed lines. Table of distances in left side of map.

Names

  • Bayley, G. W. R.
  • New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company.

Created / Published

  • New Orleans, 1859.

Headings

  • -  New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Southwest, Old--Maps
  • -  United States--Southwest, Old

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:1,267,200.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 479
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • map 64 x 94 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3991.P3 1859 .B3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688729

Online Format

  • image

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Bayley, G. W. R, and Opelousas New Orleans. Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th. New Orleans, 1859. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688729/.

APA citation style:

Bayley, G. W. R. & New Orleans, O. (1859) Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th. New Orleans. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98688729/.

MLA citation style:

Bayley, G. W. R, and Opelousas New Orleans. Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad of Louisiana, together with its proposed branches, connections and extensions in Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas; also its connecting steamship routes from Berwicks Bay to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, together with the advantages in point of directness & diminished distance to the Pacific Coast, New Orleans, La. January 24th. New Orleans, 1859. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98688729/>.