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Map of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and The Strip, 1956

Date
1956
Description
1956 ed. 'Compiled by Redwood Publishing Co. Copyright 1956 by Robert E. Barringer ... Las Vegas, Nevada.' Panel title: Welcome map, greater Las Vegas area and scenic routes to and from there. Map of California from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Las Vegas drawn by Beth Bergh. Includes notes and street index. Includes advertisements for Las Vegas and California businesses. Scale [ca. 1:35,640. 1 in. to approx. 0.56 mile].

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Map of California, territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah, circa 1863

Date
1861 to 1865
Description
40 x 62 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Historical and statistical view of the United States, 1860"--Verso. Atlas page numbers at top: 58-59. Arizona became a territory in 1863, and Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, so this map was either published in 1863 or in 1864 before the end of October. Original publisher: Johnson and Ward.

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Map of territories of New Mexico and Utah, 1855

Date
1855
Description
29 x 36 cm. Shows natural features, and populated places, wagon route, proposed railroad routes and explorers' routes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Hand colored. Atlas p. number in lower-right margin: 51. Decorative border. The geographic region of Southwest is referred to as the New Southwest. Original publisher: J.H. Colton .

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Generalized geological map of the Boulder Reservoir floor and adjacent areas, 1936

Date
1936
Description
At top of map: 'Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 47. Longwell, Pl. 21.' Scale [ca. 1:190,080. 1 in. to approx. 3 miles]. Published as plate 21 in Longwell's Geology of the Boulder Reservoir floor, Arizona-Nevada (1936). Includes a cross-section.

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Map of Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada, showing locations of gages used to establish water-stage elevations during 1947-49 survey

Date
1960
Description
Scale [ca. 1:274,349. 1 in. to approx. 4.33 miles] (W 114°54?--W 113°54?/N 36°36?--N 35°58?). 1 map ; 27 x 34 cm. United States Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey

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Road map of Hoover Dam and vicinity, circa 1949

Date
1947 to 1951
Description
'Cartography by W. C. Kainsinger, W.T. Taylor. Field mapping by K. R. Reed, G. Boyd. Typography by W. R. Williams.' 'Copyright by Automobile Club of Southern California. C-21351.' 'C-1352'--Panel. Index on verso. In lower right corner: 'Map number 1959.' Scale 1:415,210 (W 116°--W 114°/N 37°--N 35°). Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows mines, ranches and springs. Not the same as the 1948 edition of this map. Cartographers', field mappers', typographers' names are different, and 2 out of 3 numbers on maps are different. Probably after 1947 as Boulder Dam has been changed to Hoover Dam, but before 1950 as Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range has not been changed to Nellis Air Force Base. Automobile Club of Southern California.

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