(CO.) Map of Colorado Territory ~Catalog 55~ Showing the Through Lines of

Showing the Through Lines of Communication From The Atlantic to the Pacific

This map is interesting in several ways

Joseph Dixon U

Decorative and brilliant

The surrounding vignettes touch on the flora and fauna of the areas as well as some of the indigenous cultures (shows an Aztec pyramid)

(CO.) Map of Colorado Territory ~Catalog 55~ Showing the Through Lines ofMap of Colorado Territory, Compiled from Government Maps & actual Surveys. This map created just a few months after the territory's establishment, has been called an "exercise in good intentions", as little cartographic information had been accumulated, but just shows the major features as best as they were understood. The recently appointed Francis Case, who made this map had experience in the region as he worked on the Pacific Railroad Survey, and