Hand-drawn land surveys made from 1869-1941 to determine and identify land ownership and/or section boundaries in various parts of Washington County. The volume includes an index on pages 638-641 that lists each township and section and the pages in the volume on which information is provided. A transcript of that list accompanies this document and can be found at the beginning of this document.
Duluth Heights Third Division; Duluth Heights First Division; street names; 11 street west; 14 to17 avenues west; Grand View Mountain; Enger Golf course; Alice Street; Helen Street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
brochure; plat; prices; financing terms; London Addition; Lester Park; Lakeside; agricultural development; 36 Avenue East; Howard's Road; Amity Creek; Lester River; Motor Line Improvements; Duluth Street Railway; Duluth and Iron Range Railway; Tischer's Road;
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume IV includes the west side of the City of Saint Paul, South Saint Paul, and South Park. Maps are listed on numbered pages, 331-392. There are a total of 31 maps. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm (vertical) x 50.8cm (horizontal). The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the forms of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the designated location. There is a Key Chart to the signs used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional index page dated May 1895. This volume also provides detailed maps of the Minnesota Packing & Provision Co, and the St. Paul Union Stock Yards Co. both located in South Saint Paul. These are found on pages 387 and 388.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891-01
Description:
Volume I includes parts of White Bear Lake, North St. Paul, Gladstone (Maplewood), Newport and St. Paul Park. The plat maps are on pages numbered 1 through 100, with an additional map numbered 99a, found after page 100. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm x 50.8cm. There are a total of 51 maps. The contents pages show a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the forms of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the designated location. There is a Key Chart to the signs and symbols used in Rascher's Maps. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional index page dated April 1896.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume III includes the following boundaries for this section of the City of Saint Paul. From the south west corners of Otto Avenue and Lexington Avenue, north to Minnehaha Street. East to Brewster Street and south on Brewster Street to Roberts Street and to the Mississipi River. Following the Mississippi River south east to the area of the intersections of Otto Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The plat maps are on pages numbered 211 to 230. Each map is composed of two pages, each page is 69.215cm (vetrical) x 50.8cm (horizontal). There are a total of 60 maps. The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the form of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildngs and pasted onto the map for the designated location.There is a Key Chart to the signs and symbols used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional street index dated May 1896.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume II includes Como, Warren Dale, Hamline, Merriam Park, Midway, Union Park, St. Anthony Park, New Brighton. Maps are listed on numbered pages, 101 through 210, with two additional maps numbered 210a and 210b. There are a total of 56 maps. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm (vertical) x 5.8cm (horizontal).The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the form of pieces of paper cut to the designated outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the needed location.There is a Key Chart to the signs used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additonal index page dated May 1896.
Dakota County atlas, 55 pages of colored maps, 48 cm. Scale of tounship maps 1:31,680. 2 inches to the mile. Patron's Directory is located on pages 53-55. Drawn from actual survey and county records by Bertine F. Pinkney.
This is chart number 211 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne, Stearns and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 210 and 212.
This is chart number 212 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Stearns counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 211 and 213.
This is chart number 213 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Stearns counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 212 and 214.
This is chart number 214 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne, Stearns, and Benton counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 213 and 215.
This is chart number 206 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 205 and 207.
This is chart number 205 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 204 and 206.
This is chart number 207 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 206 and 208.
This is chart number 208 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 207 and 209.
This is chart number 209 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 208 and 210.
This is chart number 210 containing a portion of the Mississippi River bordered by Sherburne and Wright counties. The chart also includes an Authorities and Notes section. The scale of the chart is 1:10000. The chart includes an index showing this chart's coverage area in context with adjacent charts numbered 209 and 211.
Hardcover book containing township and village plats; History of Cottonwood County; Real Estate Dealers; Illustrations of Buildings; Map of United States; Map of Minnesota; Map of Cottonwood County; and Reference Directory.
Standard Atlas of Fillmore County Minnesota including a plat book of the villages, cities, townships, schools, churches, railroads, streams, roads, cemeteries of the county. Map of the State, United States, and World. Farmer's Directory, Reference Business Directory, and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of the U. S. land surveys, and digest of the system of civil government.
George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers
Date Created:
1896
Description:
Standard Atlas of Mower County, Minnesota, 1896. George A. Ogle and Company, Publishers and Engravers, created this book, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, a map of the State of Minnesota, a map of the United States and of the World. There is a farmers directory, illustrations of early residents, a business directory and general information about the county. An analysis of the system of U.S. Land Surveys, a digest of the system of Civil Government, and a chronological calendar of events from medieval times to 1896.
Standard atlas of Wabasha County, Minnesota, including a plat book of the villages, cities, and townships of the county; also includes directory of residents.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library
Plat Book of Morrison County, Minnesota, 1892. Title page says, "Drawn from actual Surveys and the County records by C. M. Foote & J. W. Henion, Surveyors and Draughtsmen. Published by C. M. Foote & Co., 309 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn., 1892." 58 pages of colored maps of 20 townships and 27 cities, towns, post office drops, and railroad stations. Includes an outline map of Morrison County on pages 6 and 7 that scales at 2 1/2 miles to 1 inch. Color map of the State of Minnesota on pages 52 and 53. A Patron's Directory organized by township is in the back of the book.
Complete set of surveys and plats of properties in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, compiled and drawn from official records and actual surveys, index to additions and sub-divisions included.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Winona County atlas, 60 pages of maps, some on double plates, 46 cm. Patrons' Directory is located on pages 52-60. Scale of township maps [ca. 1:31,680].
Plat book of Stearns County, Minnesota, 1896.Title page names North West Publishing Co., but other copies include a title page that names Pinkney & Brown, successors to C.M. Foote & Co. as publisher. This alternative title page includes Complied from Offical Records and Actual Survey, by C.M. Foote & Co. 64 pages of color maps all of 37 Stearns County townships and 36 cities and towns. Includes patron directory (6 pages) and miscellaneous maps, diagrams, reports and road laws (6 pages) and 1 large insert, a fold-out map of the city of St. Cloud.
1 atlas (102 p.), colored maps, 59 cm. Compiled and drawn from official records and actual surveys. Includes index and patrons' directory. Scale of township maps [1:31,680]. Hennepin county comprises the first 77 p., Ramsey county starts from the backside and is 25 p. in length.
Bureau of Mines, Department of Crown Lands, Toronto, Ontario
Date Created:
1897
Description:
The Bureau of Mines created this map to study Canadian geologic details as well as locations of Indian reserves. From Sturgeon River on the west to Potato Lake on the east. And from Kah-petogamak Lake on the south to Crow Lake on the north. There is much detail in identified land plots (or allotments?) around Bad Vermillion Lake and south of Little Turtle Lake. It projects the route of the Ontario and Rainy River Railway. Its geologic legend tells of soil and rock types. This is a map of Ernest Oberholtzer's home watershed and made a full decade before he arrived to canoe it. Shows water levels before the dam at International Falls.
Book of plat maps of all the townships in Olmsted County, Minnesota, with owners' names. Maps of the United States and the world are included along with a chronological history of the world. There is also a section detailing the system of land surveys and the system of civil government in the United States.
A Plat Book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, Map of the State, United States and World, Farmers Directory, Reference Business Directory and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the System of US Land Surveys, Digest of the System of Civil Governments and more.