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Auction 204, Lot 157
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"Map of the Rocky Mountain Region Showing the Approximate Location and Extent of Forest Areas and Irrigation Ditches in 1885...", U.S.D.A.

Subject: Western United States

Period: 1885 (circa)

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Color: Printed Color

Size:
19 x 31 inches
48.3 x 78.7 cm
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This uncommon map of the Intermountain West features forest lands in green and main irrigation canals in red overprinting. The map stretches from Canada to Mexico and includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado New Mexico, and most of Arizona. Remarkable detail throughout includes surveyed townships, towns, forts, Indian reservations, rivers, and topography via hachure. An important map documenting the canal and irrigation systems eventually created in the West. Finely lithographed by the firm of A. Hoen in Baltimore.

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Condition: A

Issued folding on a clean bright sheet.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 6/18/2025

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