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Rocky Mountains

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: The Thesaurus of Geographic Names\World\continents\North and Central America\mountains\

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America, 1824

 Item — Drawer MC-5, Folder: 447
Identifier: 3916.180
Description

This map is in two sections.



Dates: 1824

A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies, 1842 or 1844

 Item — Drawer MC-7, Folder: Map 148
Identifier: 3926.802
Description Josiah Gregg was the trader and writer.From catalog info:Indian Territory/Western United StatesJosiah Gregg (1806-1850)Scale: 1:3,500,000Atlas plate #29 from Sidney E. Morese & Samuel Breese Cerographic Atlas of the United States, 1842, 32 maps. This map also appears in Josiah Gregg's book, Comerese of the Prairies, 1850, facing p.58.Phillips Atlases, vol.1, p.773 (entry #1383).Phillips Maps p.332. ...
Dates: 1842 or 1844

Chaffee County Republican Newspaper, 1927

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8377
Description Chaffee County Republican Newspaper. Newspaper from December 16, 1927. Transcript (DCI) The Chaffee County Republican Established 1881 –No. 2344 Buena Vista. Colorado, Friday, December 16, 1927 $2.00 per year Buena Vista – The Gem of the Rocky Mountains Some of The Old Time Stories Told in Pictures and Words – How, in the Early Days, Some Progressive Citizens Made a Pilgrimage to Granite and Swiped the County Records – Some Successes and...
Dates: 1927

Letter from John Ridge to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1832

 Item — Folder 68: [Barcode: 187.68]
Identifier: 4026.104
Description

Letter from John Ridge, who is on tour with Elias Boudinot, to Chief John Ross commenting on the political situation and condition of the Arkansas Cherokees, etc. Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 68

Dates: January 12, 1832

List of Leigh's paintings organized by the types of sky compiled by Mrs. A. Connett, early 20th century

 Item — Folder 499: [Barcode: 127.499]
Identifier: 5327.526.1-.9
Description Folder 499 Transcript (DCI) [at top right of page in pencil it is noted “This list compiled by Mrs. A. Connett, Sec’y to WRL.”CUMULUS CLOUDS1. Coming Shower — Arizona2. Rain Cloud — Arizona3. Desert Shower — Arizona4. Clouds Over The Rockies — Wyoming5. Polacca, Arizona — First Mesa6. El Capitain — Kayenta, Arizona7. Distant Showers — Ganado,...
Dates: early 20th century

Louisiana, 1804

 Item — Drawer E-12, Folder: Map 80
Identifier: 3926.257
Descriptive Title

Map of Louisiana Territory



Description

From catalog info:
Samuel Lewis, Cartographer
Henry Schenk Tanner, Engraver
Philadelphia: J. Conrad & Co. 1804
1:15,000,000
Atlas plate from Arrowsmith & Lewis' New & Elegant General Atlas... 63 maps, 1804
Shows drainage patterns, place names, some Indian Tribes
Phillips Atlases VI p.421 (entry #702, #55)






Dates: 1804

Map of the United States and Territories, 1866

 Item — Drawer MC-6, Folder: Map 209
Identifier: 3926.707
Description

From catalog info:
McClelland, D. Engraver & Publisher.
A map of the United States and territories showing the extent of public surveys...
Washington, D.C.: General Land Office, 1866.
Theodore Franks, Draftsman.
Scale: one inch equals 60 miles.
Phillips, Maps, p.915.





Dates: 1866

Map of the United States, Northern Mexico, and Southern British America, 1850

 Item — Drawer MC-5, Folder: Map 160
Identifier: 3916.214
Description

From catalog info:
U.S./Canada/Mexico
Boynton, George W., Engraver.
(on exhibit April 1980: Trappers & Traders)
[Philadelphia: Boynton's Stylography, [ca.1850]]
Scale: one inch equals 200 miles.
Not in Phillips, Maps, 1901.





Dates: 1850

On the Side with E. V. Durling, March 25, 1934

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 255.Unknown]
Identifier: TU2009.39.8073
Description

Newspaper articles by E. V. Durling about 'Good Medicine'.

Dates: March 25, 1934

Transcript titled "Extract from California Diary" describing the journey from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, March 26 - May 29, 1849

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 3616.149
Description The excerpt was written by Phineas U. Blunt, a member of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company en route to the gold fields in California. The author spends a great deal of time discussing the trials and obstacles faced on the trail—including quicksand, lack of clean drinking water, sand flees, hail, and loss of livestock. The author details the different people groups he encountered during his travels; a variety of individuals from various states such as Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and...
Dates: March 26 - May 29, 1849