This tourism map shows locations of resorts and lodges, hotels, and eating places along the North Shore, on the Gunflint Trail and in the border country of the Arrowhead region.
This is an original plat of Olmsted County with many handwritten notes and drawings showing early Minnesota settlers, farmers and other town landscape features. This map is the earliest documentation we have found in our collection of the farms, towns, and topography of Olmsted County, Minnesota.
These sketches supplement the International Boundary Commission's report to survey and delineate the border between the United States and Canada. The Commission's efforts were concentrated on the traditional voyageurs highway, which now divides the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area and Quetico Provincial Park.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1957
Description:
Two Harbors NE quadrangle topographic map (N4707.5-W9130/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Silver Creek township area.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1957
Description:
Two Harbors quadrangle topographic map (N4700-W9130/15) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the area north of Two Harbors.
A map showing Union City, including streets, blocks, and lots. The town was located, or was to have been located, in Section 4, T109N, R28W of Nicollet County, Minnesota. Wm. G. Wells was the surveyor for this map, which was created in 1856 for Thomas Gunn, one of the proprietors. Very little is known about Union City, which has not survived. It can now be regarded as a part of Lost Minnesota.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission;
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Virginia quadrangle topographic map (N4730-W9230/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps in the Virginia area.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Administration
Date Created:
1970
Description:
Wabana quadrangle topographic map (N4722.5-W9330/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines, pencil regarding logging camps in the Wabana Lake area.
A map of a proposed community named Waheoka, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included. The community was apparently to be located in Nicollet County, with southern and eastern boundaries along the Minnesota River, apparently near St. Peter and Traverse des Sioux. Spring Lake, looking more like a small stream on the map, divided the community into an east section and a west section. Waheoka was surveyed by Z. Wise in 1854 for Lyman Leach and Monroe Wright.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Department of Administration
Date Created:
1970
Description:
Warba quadrangle topographic map (N4707.5-W9315/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Trout Lake and Feeley Township areas.
Includes descriptions of Washburn Park's improvements, Minnehaha Creek, transportation, prices and terms for lots, and homeowners listed; with photo of """"Washburn Memorial Home""""
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
A map showing the proposed community of Washington, Minnesota Territory, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included. Washington was to be located in Section 4, T110N, R26W in Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was surveyed by Chas. Snyder in 1858. The Minnesota River would have been at the southeastern corner of the community, and the southern boundary would have bordered a proposed canal that would have entered the river.
This 1912 atlas provides eleven detailed plat maps showing Duluth streets, divisions, tracts, and additions. A key map in the beginning shows the location of each of the plat maps.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey
Date Created:
1956
Description:
Whiteface quadrangle topographic map (N4707.5-W9215/7.5), featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines near Cloquet Valley State Forest area. The hand written notations include information on the following: logging camps noted with ‘C’.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Whyte quadrangle topographic map (N4715-W9130/15) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroad lines in the Superior National Forest area near Silver Creek Township.
United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey; State of Minnesota, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Commission
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Zim quadrangle topographic map (N4715-W9230/7.5) featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines in Clinton Township.
The Farmer, A Journal of Agriculture (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Description:
Atlas and Farmers' Directory of Sibley County Minnesota, 1914. Drawn and engraved by the Anderson Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois. The atlas contains plats/maps of all 17 Sibley County townships (plus Farmers' Directory of each township), a topographical map of Sibley County, map of Minnesota, and map of the United States. All maps in color.
Atlas of Sibley County Minnesota, March 15, 1952. Containing plats of each township, a county road map, rural directory of farmers and a map of Minnesota and other features.
Atlas of Sibley County Minnesota, 1958. Containing plats of each township, a county road map, a rural directory of farmers, a farm numbering system and other features.
Topographic map of the Finland State Forest area of Lake County featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink regarding logging railroad lines and camps. Includes hand-drawn map extension along the southern edge. The hand written notations include information on the following: Duluth and Northern Minnesota (DNM), Duluth and Iron Range (D&IR), Railroad line; logging camps noted with ‘C’; Lumber Company; Drummond Br., Red Cliff Lumber Co., McAlpine Br., Split Rock Lumber, Greenwood Br., Swan O'Toole Br., Darsy Br., Webster Br., Scott Br., N. Star, General Logging, and Enright Br.
Topographic map of the area between Bemidji in the west and Keewatin in the east featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red, blue and black ink and colored pencil regarding logging railroads and camps in the region. The hand written notations include information on the following: Burlington, Northern, Bass Brook, Crookston Railroad line; Davis, Old Wakefield logging camp noted with ‘C’; Scanlon-Gipson, Walker Timber, Bemidji Timber, Bagley Logging Company; and the Niels Mill.
Topographic map of the area between Lower Red Lake in the west and Net Lake in the east featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroads and camps in the region. The hand written notations include information on the following: Crookston, MRL&M Minneapolis Red Lake and Manitoba Railway, Cook and O'Brien, International, Red Lake transportation line; logging camps noted with ‘C’; International lumber, Itasca Lumber Company, Douglas, Crookston, Webster lumber; White Cedar Timber Co.
Topographic map of the area between Lake of the Woods in the west and Black Bay in the east featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in pencil and red ink regarding logging railroads and camps in the region. The hand written notations include information on the following: International Rail and Galvin Line, Bradley, Romans, JL Trevers spur lines and Bear River, Virginia Railroad line; logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Topological map of the Cook County Region featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and pencil regarding logging railroads and camps in the area. The hand written notations include information on the following: Timberline Rail, Torgerson, Rice Lake Railroad, Duluth and Northern Minnesota (DNM), Superior Railroad lines; logging camps noted with ‘C’.
Topographic map of the area between Park Rapids in the west and the Swan River in the east featuring handwritten notations in red ink by Ray Segar regarding logging railroads and camps in the region. The hand written notations include information on the following: B&N Northern, Red River, B&N , Railroad line; logging camps noted with ‘C’; Walker Timber, Oak Timber, Pine Tree Lumber, Nichols Lumber companies; Lumber Company owned St. Anthony Lumber, Cross Lake Logging, Mississippi River Lumber railroad lines.
Topographic map of the Lake County region featuring handwritten notations by Ray Segar in red ink and colored pencil possibly regarding the location railroads and of logging camps in the area north of Finland.