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Map of desert area in southern Nevada and southeastern California, circa 1955

Date
1953 to 1957
Description
Covers the desert area in the Owens Valley, Death Valley, Las Vegas and Lake Mead region; bordered by Bishop and Inyokern, California, and Pioche and Lake Mead, Nevada. 'Cartography by W.T. Taylor, W.A. Neely. Color separation by H.P. Pflum; Relief by F.M. Burke; Typography by W.R. Williams. Field mapping by H.A. Cline, G.L. Boyd, K.R. Reed., W.A. Neely, R.P. Conklin.' 'Copyright by Automobile Club of Southern California.' Scale 1:483,537. 1 in. to approx. 8 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 39°--N 33°). 'Map number 2217.'.

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Map showing location of the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad from Las Vegas to Bullfrog, Nevada, 1906

Date
1906
Description
'Office of Chief Engineer' printed on map above date.

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Map showing eighteenth- and nineteenth-century pioneer routes through the state of Nevada

Date
1941 to 1951
Description
Compliments of Harolds Club, Reno. Published between between 1941 and 1951? Scale [ca 1:1,250,000].

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Map of Region 3 projects, Arizona-California-Nevada-New Mexico-Utah, September 1967

Date
1967-09
Description
25 x 39 cm. United States, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Relief shown pictorially. "Map no. X-300-738." "September 1967." Shows completed, under construction and proposed dams and reservoirs, canals, and aqueducts, power plants, pumping plants, substations, transmission lines, tunnels and siphons. Also shows non-Bureau of Reclamation dams, reservoirs, tunnels, pipelines and irrigated lands. Includes inset map of location of Region 3 and key map of drainage basins. Original Publisher: Interior.

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Map of part of central Colorado, May 7, 1877

Date
1877-05-07
Description

38 x 48 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 53(C)." "Issued May 7th 1877." "1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Includes sectional diagram that shows how atlas sheets fit together. "Weyss, Herman & Lang, del." "Louis Nell, J. J. Young, topographical assistants." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." "Expeditions of 1873 and 1876 under the command of 1st. Lieutenant William L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1st Lieutenant Eric Bergland, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Executive Officers and field astronomers." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." Original publisher: Graphic Co. photo., Scale: 1 inch to 4 miles or 1:253440.

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Map of economical features of Southwest Colorado, San Juan mining region, circa 1877

Date
1872 to 1880
Description
37 x 49 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Atlas sheet no. 61(C)." "Expeditions of 1874 & 1875 under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army." "Louis Nell, del." "By order of the honorable the Secretary of War." "Under the direction of Brig. General A. A. Hunphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army." Original publisher: U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles or 1: 126720.

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Map and operational diagram, lower Colorado River, Lees Ferry to Gulf of California, May 1957

Date
1957-05
Description
83 x 43 cm. "Drawing no. 423-300-59." "May 1957." "Supercedes 423-306-183." "Map compiled from Coast and Geodetic Survey sectional aeronautical charts, and Bureau of Reclamation data." Includes index to gaging stations. Shows dams, canals, levees, pumping plants, etc. Insets: [Salton Sea]--Operational diagram, no scale. "Revised June 1967." Original publisher: Bureau of Reclamation, Region 3.

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