This early Cram pocket map exemplifies Cram's desire to impart as much information as possible in his maps. It is highly detailed with hundreds of place names. The railway system is well developed and fills much of the state. Embellished with a Victorian-style title. The map carries the date of 1879 with a copyright date of 1878. The imprint is Cram's Western Map Depot, 66 Lake St. Chicago, Ills. There was a close relationship between the Cram and Watson firms, who also published from this address. This Lake Street address was the home to Cram's publishing company between 1873 and 1879, thereafter moving to Wabash Avenue. Folds into brown cloth boards with gilt title on the front cover.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with scattered foxing and light dampstaining along a few folds and the left border where the map was glued down to the rear cover. Front cover is nearly detached with some small loss of cloth.