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S. Augustus, Mitchell

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

County Map of Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado, 1870

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Summary

From an atlas produced by S. Augustus Mitchell of Philidelphia, this 1870 rendering reflects the construction of the Denver Pacific Railroad, joining the Union Pacific at Cheyenne from the south.

Dates: 1870

Map of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, & Southern Portion of Dacotah, 1861

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Most of the area that now is Wyoming, except for a small attachment remaining with Idaho territory, became part of Dakota territory in May of 1864, for a four year period until Wyoming, itself, became a territory in 1868. Note the lightly engraved "Attached to Dakotah". This is an updated version of an A. J. Mitchell map with and 1861 copyright date.

Dates: 1861