Map Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compiled from English, Canadian, and American official sources and original surveys by Edward H. Knight, Jan. 1st 1871.

Title

• Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compiled from English, Canadian, and American official sources and original surveys by Edward H. Knight, Jan. 1st 1871.

Summary

• Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the proposed Northern Pacific Railroad. The line was constructed under an act of Congress approved by Abraham Lincoln, July 2, 1864. It was completed in 1883 and approximates the route of exploration taken by Lewis and Clark in 1804-06.

Names

• Knight, E. H. (Edward H.)
• Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

Created / Published

• [n.p., 1871]

Headings

• -  Northern Pacific Railroad Company--Maps
• -  Railroads--Northwestern States--Maps
• -  Coal mines and mining--Northwestern States--Maps
• -  Coal mines and mining--Canada--Maps
• -  United States--Northwestern States
• -  Canada

Notes

• -  Scale ca. 1:3,000,000.
• -  LC Railroad maps, 499
• -  Description derived from published bibliography.
• -  2 copies

Medium

• col. map 98 x 116 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G4126.P3 1871 .K58

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4126p.rr004990

Library of Congress Control Number

• 98688747

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/98688747

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