Map Showing the Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska

Civil War

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Title: Map Showing the Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Alternate Title: Map Showing the Progress of the Public Surveys in the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska to Accompany Annual Report of the Surveyor General 1859.
Creator: J.Bien (Lithographer)
Description: This black-and-white map, signed by Ward B. Burnett, Surveyor General, was issued by the Surveyor General’s office in Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory on October 1, 1859. The map shows the progress of the public surveys in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and was produced to accompany the Surveyor General’s 1859 annual report.
Date: October 1, 1859
Local Subject: Picturing the War
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
American Indians
People: J.Bien (Lithographer)
Geographic Subject: St. Joseph, Missouri
Atchison, Kansas
Atchison County, Kansas
Doniphan County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Wyandotte County, Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri
Topeka, Kansas
Shawnee County, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Fort Scott, Kansas
Bourbon County, Kansas
Johnson County, Kansas
Buchanan County, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Object Type: Map
Owning Organization: Lecompton Historical Society
Location: Raymond W. Gieseman Collection, Library Storage, 1854-1861
Rights: For more information on using this image, contact the Lecompton Historical Society at: P.O. Box 68, Lecompton, KS 66050, Phone: (785)887-6285, E-mail: lanemuseum@aol.com Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Lecompton Historical Society. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Lecompton Historical Society.