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Auction 105, Lot 196

"Montana Territory", General Land Office

Subject: Montana

Period: 1887 (dated)

Publication: Senate Doc. 58, 52nd Cong., 1st Session

Color: Printed Color

Size:
39 x 26.2 inches
99.1 x 66.5 cm
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This is the rarely seen large edition that shows in great detail the extent of Public Surveys. Hydrology and topography are well developed on this colorful map. Shows Indian reservations (Blackfeet, Flathead etc.), military posts (Forts - Assinniboine, Keogh, Maginnis, Custer, Camp Baker, etc.). Completed and proposed railroads are also detailed and named. Locates Custer Hill, Custer's Monument, and the Reno battlefield. Good detail also of Yellowstone National Park.

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Condition: A

Issued folding, now backed with archival tissue. Trace of toning on one fold.

Estimate: $350 - $400

Sold for: $325

Closed on 12/3/2003

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