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Map showing the township lines of the United States surveys by John Calvin Smith in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas. The map has an inset table of census statistics for 1850, including population, number of livestock, principal crops, products, and state finances. This map is provided through a co-operative project between the Lecompton Historical Society and the Kansas Historical Society. Partial funding was provided by the Ross and Margaret Wulfkuhle Charitable Trust and the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area.
Creator: J. H. Colton & Co.
Date: 1857
Item Number: 305799
Call Number: Z55
Holding Institution: Lecompton Historical Society
Agriculture - Crops - Hay
Agriculture - Crops - Tobacco
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Corn
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Potatoes
Agriculture - Crops - Wheat
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Agriculture - Livestock - Mules
Agriculture - Livestock - Pigs
Agriculture - Livestock - Sheep
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Food and Drink - Butter
Business and Industry - Manufacturing - Food and Drink - Cheese
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Cartographers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Lecompton Historical Society
Collections - Map
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Other States - Illinois
Places - Other States - Indiana
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Michigan
Places - Other States - Minnesota
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Places - Other States - Ohio
Places - Other States - Wisconsin
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Maps
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