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Auction 193, Lot 306

"Yellowstone National Park and Part of Abutting Forest Reserve from Maps by the U.S. Geological Survey", U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Subject: Yellowstone, Wyoming

Period: 1904 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
19.9 x 17.9 inches
50.5 x 45.5 cm
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This beautifully-colored topographical map was issued by the Park Superintendent after maps by the U.S. Geological Survey. It shows the entire park in great detail at a scale of four miles per inch. Legend identifies ranger stations, snowshoe cabins, existing roads, unused roads, trails and more. It locates the remote Shoshone, Lewis and Heart Lakes; names the Upper, Shoshone, Gibbon, and Heart Lake Geyser Basins, Mud Geysers, Mammoth Hot Springs and more. There is terrific detail of topography with contour intervals at 100 feet, watershed and numerous features.

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Condition: A

Issued folding on a clean sheet.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 6/21/2023

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