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| Keywords: 1866 Mitchell Map of Utah and Nevada - Geographicus - UtahNevada-mitchell-1866.jpg A beautiful example of S A Mitchell Junior ™s 1866 map of Utah and Nevada Covers both the state of Nevada and the Territory of Utah Highly detailed with notations on proposed railroads topographical features springs and cities Identifies a number of important east-west routes including the Overland Mail Route the Telegraph Route Beckwith's Route the Hastings Road and the Emigrant Road to California the Wagon Road to Owyhee Mines and others Notates mineral deposits of gold and silver just across the border in Idaho as well as Salt Beds in Nevada and Utah Color coded at the county level One of the most interesting and ephemeral maps of this transitional region to appear in the mid 19th century Surrounded by the attractive floral border common to Mitchell atlases between 1860 and 1866 This map was prepared late in the production of Mitchell's atlas and is identified in the index as plate number 43 1/2 though is itself unnumbered Prepared by W H Gamble for inclusion in the 1866 issue of Mitchell ™s New General Atlas Like many American map publishers of this period though he did update his maps Mitchell did not update his copyrights consequently this map is dated and copyrighted to 1865 Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1865 by S Augustus Mitchell Jr in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the U S for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1866 dated 1860 Size in 14 11 5 object history credit line accession number UtahNevada-mitchell-1866 Mitchell S A <i>Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc embraced in Fifty-Five Quarto Maps Forming a series of Eight-Seven Maps and Plans together with Valuable Statistical Tables</i> 1866 edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Samuel Augustus Mitchell Old maps of Nevada Old maps of Utah 1866 maps | ||||
