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Library of Congress1909

Plat book and complete survey of Dickinson County, Kansas : containing plats of townships and incorporated towns, also maps of the state, United States and world, with an outline map of Dickinson County showing location of townships, villages, roads, schools, churches, railroads, streams, etc., etc

Copyright: 1909 by The Kenyon Company, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa. Includes indexes and advertisements. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4761 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2008-149

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Library of Congress1914

Real Estate Map Publishing Co's atlas of township of Proviso, Cook County, Illinois : including Riverside : being sections 1 to 36 inclusive, township 39 north, range 12 east of the 3rd principal meridian : embracing the villages of Maywood, Melrose Park, Forest Park, River Forest, Riveside, Brookfield, Bellwood, LaGrange Park, and Hillside : showing subdivisions, dedications, and vacations of streets and alleys with complete marginal notes pertaining thereto acreage owners, schools, railroads and stations electric railroads and stations, street railways, parks, boulevards and all incorporate city and villiage limits

"Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1914 by Real Estate Map Pub. Co." "Published in two volumes." Includes index. Copy imperfect: Looseleaf, portfolio, title page torn and repaired, fragile, torn along fold lines in center of other pages. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1869

Map of the Erie Railway and its connections

Map of the northeastern and north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated in 1832 as the New York and Erie Rail Road. See entries 481-483. Became Erie Railway in 1861. In 1878 was known as the New York, Lake Erie, and Western Railroad. Incorporated again as the Erie in 1895.

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Library of Congress1887

History of the First Maine cavalry, 1861-1865.

Introduction by Col. C.H. Smith. Eight companies of the First D.C. cavalry were recruited in Maine and later incorporated with the First Maine cavalry. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1858

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Incorporates note and surveys added after Jan. 8, 1858. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Includes "Note" and "Authorities." Scale 1:3,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in color to show boundaries, black ink to show place names, and blue ink to show routes. Vault AACR2

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Library of Congress1879

Map of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R.R.

Map of the north-central United States showing relief by hachures, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, wagon roads, and railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated February 12, 1849, as the Aurora Branch Railroad. Known popularly as the Burlington Route.

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Library of Congress1881

Map of the railroads and extensions of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

Detailed map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with names and emphasis on the main line. Incorporated in 1863 as the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. See items 464 and 465. In 1874 the word Chicago was added to the name. LC has a Rand McNally and Company map, measuring 35 x 45 cm., which uses the new name for the first time.

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Library of Congress1892

Map of Illinois Central R.R.

U.S. central states from Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico, showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, roads and railroads. Principal north-south line, chartered in 1850 and incorporated in 1851. 706 miles opened for traffic in 1856. First railroad to receive lands granted by the passage of the "Illinois Central Land Grant Bill."

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Library of Congress1850

Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches & connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, Jany. 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engr

Map of eastern Massachusetts covering the area from Boston to Wood's Hole and west to Providence, R.I. Shows drainage, place names and counties, and indicates mileage between stations. The Old Colony Railroad is double-tracked from Boston, south to South Braintree. The line was incorporated in 1844.

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Library of Congress1865

Union Pacific Rail Road, map of a portion of Nebraska Territory, showing surveys and location of lines by Peter A. Dey, C.E.

Sectional map of part of Nebraska showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the survey lines. "Drawn by J.J. O'Brien." Incorporated in 1862 by Act of Congress providing for the construction of a continuous line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. The connection of the line with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah, completed the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.

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Library of Congress1900

The Union Pacific system of railroad and steamship lines, 1900

Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network coded by color. Shows lines as reorganized by Edward H. Harriman after the business depression of 1893. It was incorporated again in 1897 and assumed operation February 1, 1898.

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Library of Congress1828

Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way

Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It is listed as one of the "Rail Roads Never Before Delineated" by Henry S. Tanner in his Memoir on the Recent Surveys ... (Philadelphia, 1829). It was incorporated in June 1831 and was first intended forhorse-drawn power. [From published bibliography]

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Library of Congress1909

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 25, 1909

Nearly Three Centuries Of Temperance Agitation and Legislation in Maine16361909 BY FRANK W GOWEN NO 6 In 1891 the Peoples Prohibitory En forcement League of Maine was organ ized and incorporated by the legislature Although this organization was rather shortlived yet it did much good in strengthening our prohibitory law and aiding in a more rigid enforcement of the law Dr John C Stewart of York was president of this organization and John W Mitchell of Freedom was its secretary Both gentlemen were promi nent members of the Good Templar or der and the best of feeling and harmony existed between these temperance or ganizations Dr Stewart is still living and only the past winter I met him at the State House in Augusta He is the same earnest and zealous champion of prohibition as in the days when he was an active Good Templar and a power as a debater in our grand lodge John W Mitchell the able secretary of the En forcement League was one of the most fearless temperance workers we have ever had in the State of Maine and his sad ar d tragic death by drowning in the Kennebec at Augusta in 1894 brought

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Library of Congress1940

Image 2 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), March 28, 1940

The Western News AND LIBBY TIMES mg a ifa _ A news item that appeared in the Sunday SpokesmanReview should be an object lesson to the people of this district The item told of the liquidation of the two sawmills of the Panhandl e 1 u mber Company at lone Wash and Spirit Lake Ida a S7000 000 t 1 11 1 The Spint Lake mill Was established in 1906 and the lone mill in 1908 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT LIBBY MONTANA BY THE WESTERN MONTANA PUBLISHING COMPANY INCORPORATED CHAS D ROWE Editor and Manager HAROLD HALL Associate Editor Entered at the postoffice at Libby Lincoln County Montana as second class matter I MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Subscription rates One year 200 SLx months 125 Single Copy 5c THE OFFICIAL PAPER FOR LINCOLN COUNTY One More Object Lesson For This District would buy the mills and operate them as timber holdings in the vi cinity of the plants were not large enough to warrant the venture It is said that closing of the mills will make virtual ghost towns of lone and Spirit Lake lone has approximately 500 residents while Spirit Lake has about 2000 T This is the very

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