Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Map showing Crofutt's (new series) descriptive overland tours

Barcode: 59199

Image Number: 59199.0001

Creator: Rand McNally and Company

Publishing Location: Chicago, IL

Brief Description: Map that accompanied the travel guide Crofutt's Overland Tours. The book was issued in two volumes (No. 1 and No. 2) and the map shows routes related to each. The green lines highlight "Crofutt's Overland Tours no. 1" with routes along the "Union Pacific Railway system, complete, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and their auxiliary lines by rail, water, and stage, 13,850 miles." The red lines highlight "Crofutt's Overland Tours no. 2" with routes along "portions of the Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, and the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railways, and auxiliary lines by rail, water, and stage, 10,000 miles." The map depicts the region west of Chicago, and includes mountains, rivers and other bodies of water, U.S. state and territory boundaries in 1888, Indian reservations, roads, cities and towns.

Physical Description: 1 map : color ; 41 x 56 cm, on sheet 44 x 58 cm

Publisher: Rand McNally and Company

Date/Date Range Published: 1888

Language: English

Region Depicted: United StatesWestern United States

Map Type: Tourist maps

Dimensions: 41 x 56 cm, on sheet 44 x 58 cm

LC Call Number: G4051.P3 1888 .R3

OCLC: 1097556563

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/59199.0001