H.R. Page & Co. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. cartographic map Maps. ilu 1879 monographic Chicago c1879 eng

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col. map 15 x 49 cm. Stylized, diagramatic strip map in three sections: Chicago to Omaha; Omaha; Omaha to Salt Lake and Ogden (via the Union Pacific); Ogden to San Francisco (via the Central Pacific) Description derived from published bibliography. See entries 373-375. Contains profiles and elevation of lines, indicates geographic regions, industry and agriculture, mileage, stage connections, and railroads. "The above three sections, showing the line of railroad from Chicago to San Francisco giving distances, elevations above the sea, quality of soil and country, population of towns and cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, connecting railroad lines, and all items of interest of which a traveller would desire to know, in regard to the Great Route Across the continent. Armed with this Guide, the passenger needs to further information." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Maps Railroads West (U.S.) Maps United States West G4051.P3 1879 .H15 Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4051p.rr003560 356 98688607 hdl:loc.gmd/g4051p.rr003560 DLC 980520 20250607184520.9 5572188 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)