Johnson, Edwin F. Map of the Proposed Northern Route for a Railroad to the Pacific. Hartford, CT, 1853. email Information for the printed map

Information for the printed map was compiled at least as early as 1727

Sheet size: 13 7/8 x 17 7/8

Hand-colored lithographs

A variety of maps were produced to both depict this contested area and to make

consisting of more than five million acres

Johnson, Edwin F. Map of the Proposed Northern Route for a Railroad to the Pacific. Hartford, CT, 1853. email Information for the printed mapEdwin F. Johnson Map of the Proposed Northern Route for a Railroad to the Pacific Hartford, CT, 1853 35" x 22" Highly detailed railroad map of the United States, illustrating a number of different proposed Northern Routes for a railroad line to the Pacific, by Edwin F. Johnson, C. E. Johnson's map is one of the most interesting and important early maps to illustrate the prospective routes to the Pacific: As noted by Wheat: This is in many ways an