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Map of the lands of the Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Company in Carbon and Albany Counties, Wyoming Territory : comprising 600,000 acres

Historic Map Collection
Call Number

G 4263.A4 G46 1885.O9

Title

Map of the lands of the Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Company in Carbon and Albany Counties, Wyoming Territory : comprising 600,000 acres

Creator(s)

Owen, W. O. (William Octavius), 1859-1947.

Type of Resource

cartographic

Publisher

A. Gast

Place of Publication

St. Louis

Date Created

1885

Genre

map

Extent

60 x 53 cm.

Form

1 map : hand col., mounted on linen

Note

No key given for color coding on map. Colored sections are chiefly in a checkerboard pattern, probably indicating lands purchased for resale by Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Co. from the Union Pacific Railway Co.

Relief shown by hachures.

W.O. Owen, draftsman, Laramie, Wyoming.

Shows railroads, roads and irrigation canals.

Shows township, range, and section lines from Township 12 North to Township 24 North and Range 70 West to Range 80 West. Range 70 West is in Laramie County, Wyo.

Contains handwritten annotations in pencil and ink.

Coordinates

41.808278, -106.073420

Topics

Laramie County (Wyo.) -- Maps.

Wyoming Central Land and Improvement Co. -- Maps.

Union Pacific Railway Company -- Maps.

Land tenure -- Wyoming -- Albany County -- Maps.

Land tenure -- Wyoming -- Carbon County -- Maps.

Railroad land grants -- Wyoming -- Albany County -- Maps.

Railroad land grants -- Wyoming -- Carbon County -- Maps.

Albany County (Wyo.) -- Maps.

Carbon County (Wyo.) -- Maps.

Rights Statement

The University of Wyoming provides access to these public domain materials for educational and research/scholarly purposes. If you wish to publish or reproduce materials from these collections, please attribute each item to University of Wyoming. Laramie, WY.

Local Identifier

Special Collections Digitized Maps