US West

Historical maps and views of the American West and Frontier.

Archival Category: Regional Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 26 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

  • DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS TO THE ASSINIBOINS.

    Cartographer / Artist: John Mix Stanley (artist), Julius Bien (lithographer)

    Date: c. 1855–1860

    Medium: Print

    Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 inches

    Location: Fort Union, Montana, United States

    Depicting an important diplomatic moment on the Northern Plains, this lithograph after artist John Mix Stanley illustrates the distribution of treaty annuity goods to a large encampment of Assiniboine people during Isaac Stevens' Pacific Railroad Survey along the 47th and 49th parallels.

  • The Buffalo Hunt No. 26

    Cartographer / Artist: Charles M. Russell (1864–1926)

    Date: 1899 (c. 1960s reproduction)

    Medium: Print

    Dimensions: 9.1 x 11.0 inches

    Location: Montana, United States

    This fine art reproduction depicts Charles M. Russell's dynamic 1899 painting of Native American hunters on horseback pursuing a stampeding herd of bison across the Northern Great Plains.

  • Lost In a Snowstorm — We Are Friends

    Cartographer / Artist: Charles M. Russell

    Date: 1888 (c. 1970 reproduction)

    Medium: Print

    Dimensions: 11.0 x 11.0 inches

    Location: Montana, United States

    Created in 1888, Charles M. Russell's evocative Western painting depicts a peaceful encounter between mounted Native Americans navigating a blinding winter blizzard on the Northern Plains.

  • Oklahoma

    Cartographer / Artist: L. L. Poates Engraving Co.

    Date: c. 1912

    Medium: Wax engraving (cerograph) with printed color

    Dimensions: 11 x 14.5 inches

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    This early 20th-century statehood map of Oklahoma highlights county divisions in delicate pastel tones while comprehensively detailing regional rail lines, rivers, and settlements, complete with a panhandle inset.

  • The Interior of Oklahoma

    Cartographer / Artist: W. V. Herancourt (sketches), Charles Graham (artist)

    Date: 1889

    Medium: Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 11 x 16 inches

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    Published days before the historic Land Rush of 1889, this composite wood engraving from *Harper's Weekly* depicts six scenes of "Boomers" waiting along the border lines and establishing settlements in Indian Territory.

  • An Oklahoma Home-Seeker

    Cartographer / Artist: Wm. Clarke (William M. Clarke)

    Date: 1901

    Medium: Halftone print / Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 11 x 16 inches

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    A dramatic cover-page illustration from the April 20, 1901 issue of Harper's Weekly depicting a pioneer family gathered around a campfire beside their covered wagon in the Oklahoma Territory.

  • MAP OF INDIAN TERRITORY

    Cartographer / Artist: Ormando Willis Gray / G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.

    Date: 1872

    Medium: Lithograph with hand coloring

    Dimensions: 17.0 × 15.2 in (43.2 × 38.6 cm)

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    This detailed 1872 atlas map from Gray's National Atlas depicts the Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma), illustrating the tribal nations including the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapahoe, and Kiowa, Comanche & Apache reservations alongside early wagon roads and railway lines.

  • The Century Atlas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

    Cartographer / Artist: The Century Co. / The Matthews-Northrup Co.

    Date: 1897

    Medium: Color lithograph

    Dimensions: 16.0 × 14.5 in (40.6 × 36.8 cm)

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    Published in 1897 by The Century Co., this detailed map illustrates Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory prior to statehood, highlighting tribal reservation lands, early counties, rail networks, and towns.

  • INDIAN TERRITORY

    Cartographer / Artist: S. Augustus Mitchell

    Date: 1884

    Medium: Lithograph with original hand coloring

    Dimensions: 11.5 x 14.5 inches

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    Published by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1884, this detailed map illustrates the Indian Territory prior to Oklahoma statehood, highlighting the reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes alongside Western Plains tribes, major rivers, and historical treaty lines.

  • Oklahoma [and Indian Territory]

    Cartographer / Artist: Rand McNally & Co.

    Date: 1892

    Medium: Color printed cerograph (wax engraving)

    Dimensions: 19.0 × 12.5 in (48.3 × 31.8 cm)

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    This detailed late 19th-century atlas map depicts Oklahoma and Indian Territory during a pivotal transitional period, illustrating early territorial counties, tribal nation lands (including Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Kiowa, and Comanche reservations), railroad lines, and early towns prior to statehood.

  • Plan of the Route of the Expedition of Major Beall, 1st Drag's for the Relief of the Wagons of Mr F.X. Aubrey against the Apaché Indians.

    Cartographer / Artist: H.R. Wirtz (Med. Staff U.S.A.) / Ackerman Lith.

    Date: c. 1850–1860

    Medium: Lithograph

    Dimensions: 5.2 × 8.25 in (13.2 × 21.0 cm)

    Location: Northern New Mexico & Southern Colorado, USA

    A scarce mid-19th-century U.S. Military lithographic map illustrating Major Benjamin Beall's 1st Dragoon expedition to relieve Santa Fe Trail merchant François Xavier Aubry's wagon train from Apache attack.

  • Map of the Country Upon Upper Red-River Explored in 1852

    Cartographer / Artist: Capt. R. B. Marcy and Bvt. Capt. G. B. McClellan

    Date: 1854

    Medium: Lithograph

    Dimensions: 33.6 × 17.3 in (85.3 × 43.9 cm)

    Location: Texas and Oklahoma, United States

    This detailed 1854 military survey map chronicles Randolph B. Marcy and George B. McClellan's 1852 expedition exploring the headwaters of the Red River across North Texas and Indian Territory, featuring early depictions of the Llano Estacado, Wichita Mountains, and native tribal territories.

  • Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande

    Cartographer / Artist: J. Wilkinson

    Date: 1854

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 📐 15.6 × 15.7 in / 39.6 × 39.9 cm

    Location: Brownsville, Texas, United States

    A survey of the mouth of the Rio Grande, documenting the treacherous coastal entrance.

  • Oklahoma

    Cartographer / Artist: E. F. Fisk (engraver)

    Date: c. 1892

    Medium: Wax engraving (cerograph)

    Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches (28 x 36 cm)

    Location: Oklahoma, USA

    An informative late 19th-century map of Oklahoma depicting the newly organized Oklahoma Territory alongside Indian Territory lands, detailing counties, early rail lines, and territorial capital Guthrie shortly after the initial Land Runs.

  • Oklahoma (Indexed Atlas of the World)

    Cartographer / Artist: Rand McNally & Co.

    Date: 1892

    Medium: Color Lithograph

    Dimensions: 19.7 × 17.2 in (50.0 × 43.7 cm)

    Location: Oklahoma, United States

    An authentic 1892 color lithograph map by Rand McNally depicting the Oklahoma Territory alongside the Indian Territory prior to statehood, detailed with county borders, tribal reservation boundaries, rail lines, and township grids.

  • Gray's Atlas Map of Texas

    Cartographer / Artist: Frank A. Gray / O.W. Gray & Son

    Date: c. 1876

    Medium: Hand-colored lithograph

    Dimensions: 14.8 × 14.4 in (37.6 × 36.6 cm)

    Location: Texas, United States

    A detailed Reconstruction-era atlas map of Texas showcasing evolving county formations, early railroad routes, the expansive "Young Territory" across the Llano Estacado, and inset harbor plans of Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake.

  • Johnson's New Map of the State of Texas

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward

    Date: 1862

    Medium: Hand-colored lithograph

    Dimensions: 26.6 × 17.3 in (67.6 × 43.9 cm)

    Location: Texas, United States

    An iconic Civil War-era map depicting Texas with hand-colored county divisions, historical stage routes, and detailed insets of Sabine Lake, Northern Texas, and Galveston Bay.

  • Johnson's Texas

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson

    Date: c. 1864

    Medium: Hand-colored lithograph

    Dimensions: 24.6 × 15.5 in (62.5 × 39.4 cm)

    Location: Texas, United States

    An iconic Civil War-era map of Texas detailing massive early western county configurations, Indian territory borders, and insets of Galveston Bay and Northern Texas.

  • JOHNSON'S NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson / Johnson and Ward

    Date: c. 1862

    Medium: Hand-colored lithograph

    Dimensions: 26.5 × 17.0 in (67.3 × 43.2 cm)

    Location: Texas, United States

    A detailed Civil War-era map of Texas featuring early county boundaries, Indian Territory, and insets of Galveston Bay, Sabine Lake, and the Texas Panhandle.

  • Fort Brown, Texas; Fort Lancaster, Texas; The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas

    Cartographer / Artist: Unidentified "Government Draughtsman"; published by *Harper's Weekly*

    Date: 1861

    Medium: Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 11.0 × 15.5 in (27.9 × 39.4 cm)

    Location: Texas, United States

    Published on March 23, 1861, this iconic folio page from *Harper's Weekly* illustrates three key Texas military and historic posts—Fort Brown, Fort Lancaster, and the Alamo—at the onset of the American Civil War following General Twiggs's surrender.

  • SURRENDER OF EX-GENERAL TWIGGS, LATE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, TO THE TEXAN TROOPS IN THE GRAN PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 16, 1861

    Cartographer / Artist: Harper's Weekly

    Date: 1861

    Medium: Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 16.0 × 10.8 in (40.6 × 27.4 cm)

    Location: San Antonio, Texas, United States

    A dramatic Civil War-era wood engraving from *Harper's Weekly* depicting Major General David E. Twiggs surrendering U.S. military property in the main plaza of San Antonio to Texas Confederate state forces in February 1861.

  • Utah

    Cartographer / Artist: George F. Cram

    Date: 1887

    Medium: Color Lithograph

    Dimensions: 12.5 × 13.7 in (31.8 × 34.8 cm)

    Location: Utah, United States

    A vibrant late-nineteenth-century territorial map of Utah published by George F. Cram, displaying county divisions, mountain ranges, rail routes, and early settlements prior to statehood.

  • UTAH

    Cartographer / Artist: L. L. Poates Engraving Co.

    Date: 1921

    Medium: Color cerograph (wax engraving)

    Dimensions: 10.2 × 11.6 in (25.9 × 29.5 cm)

    Location: Utah, United States

    A detailed 1921 atlas map of Utah by the L. L. Poates Engraving Company, depicting counties in distinct soft hues alongside early 20th-century railroad lines, topographic relief, and key settlements.

  • UTAH

    Cartographer / Artist: Rand McNally & Co.

    Date: 1881

    Medium: Color Cerograph (Wax Engraving)

    Dimensions: 16.9 × 18.5 in (42.9 × 47.0 cm)

    Location: Utah, United States

    A detailed late-19th-century map of Utah showcasing county boundaries in pastel color, early railway networks, topographical features, and designated Native American reservations.

  • Map of Utah.

    Cartographer / Artist: Rand, McNally & Co.

    Date: 1883

    Medium: Wax engraving (cerograph) with printed color

    Dimensions: 10 x 14 inches (25 x 35.5 cm)

    Location: Utah, United States

    A detailed late 19th-century territorial map of Utah published by Rand McNally, showcasing early county configurations, topography, Indian reservations, and expanding railway networks prior to Utah's statehood.

  • Rand, McNally & Co.'s Utah

    Cartographer / Artist: Rand McNally & Co.

    Date: 1898

    Medium: Wax engraving (Cerograph) with printed color

    Dimensions: 11 x 14.5 inches

    Location: Utah, United States

    A detailed late 19th-century commercial atlas map of Utah featuring county subdivisions, township lines, topographical relief, railroad networks, and Indian reservations.