Dakota Territory Railroad Map 1888 – Rand McNally Antique Lithograph

Name: Dakota Territory Railroad Map 1888 – Rand McNally Antique Lithograph
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-53
Price: 515 USD
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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 52.5 × 36 cm (20.7 × 14.2 in)
Condition: Good. With some age toning, light foxing, and minor edge wear consistent with age. Plate mark faintly visible. No major tears or losses; paper remains strong.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: North Dakota, South Dakota
Reference: BG-12794-53

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Dakota Territory in 1888, the year before it was divided into North and South Dakota, on an original map by Rand, McNally & Co. The sheet is printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in blue and red, and the running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Dakota" appears at the right between atlas page numbers 488 and 489.

The territory is covered by a grid of counties, including several that no longer exist under those names, such as Wallace, Garfield and Boreman. The Missouri River runs down through the middle of the sheet, and railroad lines cluster thickly in the eastern counties toward Minnesota and Manitoba. Reservation lands and agency names fill the west and center, and the Black Hills lie at the lower left. Above the northern boundary the sheet shows part of Manitoba and the North West Territory (lettered "Assiniboia"), and Nebraska appears along the bottom.

Dakota gained statehood as two states in November 1889, and the sheet records the last form of the territory, with its county boundaries and reservation lands before the breakup.

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