Map of the California State Telegraph, and Overland Mail road : Austin to Great Salt Lake City : from actual survey, Aug., 1866

"Drawn by E.W. Welton."
Strip map detailing postal road and telegraph lines between Autin, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes table of "Distances", "Explanation", and illustration of Overland Mail Company carriage drawn by 4 horses along road lined with telegraph poles.
Inscribed on verso: Austin, Nevada, Dec. 1866, E.W. Welton.
Scale [ca. 1:688,000]
Mounted on linen, edges bound with brown ribbon; rolled in metal tube, 47 cm in length, 6.5 cm in diameter.

Original Collection:

Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana (Newberry Library)

Citation

Welton, E. W., "Map of the California State Telegraph, and Overland Mail Road : Austin to Great Salt Lake City : From Actual Survey, Aug., 1866" (manuscript, 1866). VAULT oversize Graff 4589

Newberry Call Number:

VAULT oversize Graff 4589

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Geographic Area Covered:

Nevada, Utah

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : manuscript, hand colored, pen-and-ink on paper, mounted on linen ; 334 x 864 mm.

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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