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Title
A name given to the resource
Basic information and non-spatial information
Description
An account of the resource
This layer presents the organization, basic elements, and decorations. This map was organized into three different parts: the main map, an inset in the upper-right corner, and a cartouche at the bottom. Basic elements in the map comprised the topic, the scale, and the compass roses. The compass roses were drawn not only on the main map but also in the inset. In the decorations, much valuable non-spatial information was presented. For example, the cartographer showed the important merchandises at that time by literally writing their names down.
cartouche
compass rose
inset map
maritime trade
political symbols
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Title
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Elkhorn Ranch
Subject
The topic of the resource
Westward Expansion; Ranching in the Dakota Territories in the 1880s; Theodore Roosevelt; Little Missouri River
Description
An account of the resource
My curated map collection helps analyze how a particular space, the basin of the Little Missouri River in present day North Dakota, took on special personal meaning to Theodore Roosevelt in the 1880s. My project investigates how the land and people in the Little Missouri created a unique cultural and historical phenomenon that endured not just in Roosevelt’s conscience but also in the national imagination. My project will answer such questions as: what were the cultural and economic forces that led to a ranching boom in the Little Missouri Basin in the 1880s? How did the space change Roosevelt? How did he and others change the space? What cultural, ideological, and personal meaning did Roosevelt attach to the space, and how, and why? How did what happened there reflect or influence understandings of national identity in the latter half of the 19th century? I include these maps as texts and tools to provide context and analysis in answering these and other questions.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Josiah Corbus
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
November 2016
Historical Map
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Type
individual map, atlas sheet, book figure, part of bound collection, born-digital
Separate Map
Format notes
"This is one of the earliest Rand McNally maps that we have seen. The date of 1873 is determined from the only date on the map, in the inset map of Cincinnati. Uncolored sectional map with 8 insets: New mining map of Utah, St. Louis, Railroads around Baltimore and Washington, Philadelphia, New York and vicinity, Chicago, Railroad around Cincinnati, 1872-3, Denver. Showing boundaries of township, counties, states and territories, and detail diagram of township numbering system. Includes references, illustrations and advertisements. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich." - David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Collection
Name of collection of which the map is a part
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
URL or Unique Identifier
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~254028~5519109:Rand-McNally-&-Co--s-sectional-map-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No#
Image number: 6878001
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Title
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Rand McNally & Co.'s sectional map of the Dakota and the Black Hills
Subject
The topic of the resource
The Dakota Territories; Railroad networks in major U.S. cities; Westward expansion in the 1870s
Description
An account of the resource
Full Title: "Rand McNally & Co.'s sectional map of the Dakota and the Black Hills. Printed expressly for J. Bride & Co.'s Great American 25 Cent package, 767 and 769 Broadway, New York City. A.W. Barber, Del. Rand McNally & Co. Printers, engravers and electrotypers, 79 Madison Street, Chicago. (with 8 insets). (on verso) Rand McNally & Co.'s new railway guide map."
From the David Ramsey Collection Notes: “This is one of the earliest Rand McNally maps that we have seen. The date of 1873 is determined from the only date on the map, in the inset map of Cincinnati. Uncolored sectional map with 8 insets: New mining map of Utah, St. Louis, Railroads around Baltimore and Washington, Philadelphia, New York and vicinity, Chicago, Railroad around Cincinnati, 1872-3, Denver. Showing boundaries of township, counties, states and territories, and detail diagram of township numbering system. Includes references, illustrations and advertisements. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich.”
My description: This map provides a view into the settlement and organization of the Dakota territories. It depicts the division of the territories into townships and counties. The division into townships ceases about halfway across the territories moving East to West, allowing us to see how at this time, in the 1870s, the land in the Western part of the Dakotas had yet to be surveyed and settled.
The map also provides extensive information about railway lines in U.S. cities (St. Louis, Baltimore and Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver). The placement of these railway networks next to the map of the Dakota Territories implies an intention on the part of the map-maker to tell a story of how the cities connect, or soon will, to the sparsely populated territories. Indeed, the bottom right (Southeast) corner of the main portion of the map shows a rail line into Yankton, a town in the territories, with a note that says, "Chicago to Yankton, 575 Miles 31 Hours."
Finally, the advertisements for revolvers and watches sold by "J. Bride & Co.," a New York retailer, indicate a particular audience for the map: Easterners looking to go West to the Dakota territories. Seeing as Theodore Roosevelt was a New Yorker who did just that, this map seems to speak faithfully to Roosevelt's historical moment.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Rand McNally & Co.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Rand McNally & Co.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1873
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Historical Map
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Scope:
Main map: Dakota Territory (regional)
Insets: city-wide/metropolis
advertisement
Baltimore
Black Hills
British America
Chicago
Cincinnati
county
Dakota Territory
Denver
illustrations
inset map
Nebraska
New York
Philadelphia
railways
Rand McNally & Co.
revolver
St. Louis
township
uncolored
Utah
Washington D.C.
watch
westward expansion
Wyoming