Special List 29: Arkansas
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No. 29
Arkansas
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65. [Map of] Arkansas [Issued by Surveyor's Office, Little Rock,
Oct. 31, 1837].
1 inch to ca. 19 miles. 15 x 18. Published. Shows status of
public land surveys. Filed as RG 46: S. Doc. 11, No. 5, 25th
Cong., 2d sess., 7.
66. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Sept. 30, 1839].
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 19 x 24. Published. Shows extent of
public land surveys. Map includes an explanation of the colors
and symbols used to indicate the status of township surveys.
Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 1st sess., 20.
67. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Sept. 30, 1840.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 18 x 19. Published. Shows the extent
and status of public land surveys. Map includes an explanation of
the colors and symbols used to indicate the status of township
surveys. A copy of this map is published in S. Doc. 61, 26th
Cong., 2d sess., Serial 377. Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d
sess., 10.
68. [Map of] Arkansas . . . Entered according to Act of Congress
in the year 1844 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breese.
1 inch to ca. 22 miles. 18 x 14. Published. Counties,
township and range numbers, towns, mills, ferries, roads, an area
in Mississippi County "Sunk by the Earthquake of 1811 ," and
physical features. Parts of adjoining States and Territories also
shown. Filed as Ref. Coll.: Arkansas, 1844.
69. No. 6 [Map of] Arkansas.
1 inch to ca. 40 miles. 8½ x 9½. Published. Shows names and
boundaries of land districts and locations of land offices in
1841. For an explanation of map and 1828 land district boundaries
see S. Doc. 92, 26th Cong., 2d sess., Serial 377. Filed as RG 49:
Special Published, Arkansas 1.
70. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Sept. 30, 184
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 17 x 18½. Published. Shows the
extent and status of public land surveys. Filed as RG 49: Special
Published, Arkansas 2.
71. Langtree's New Sectional Map of the State of Arkansas.
Showing the Sections, and Fractional Sections, on all
Navigable Streams, the Military Land District in which are
located all those Forfeited Lands which are now subject to
Donation to Actual Settlers. . . . Drawn and Published by C.
Langtree, Draughtsman, Surveyor's Office, Little Rock, 1850.
1 inch to 8 miles. 37½ x 41. Annotated published. Counties
(in color), public land surveys, towns, land districts, locations
of land offices, drainage features, and roads. Annotated to show
additional roads. Filed as RG 77: MD 50.
72. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Dated Oct. 20, 1852, Surveyor's
Office, Little Rock.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 17 x 19. Annotated published.
Annotated to show land district boundaries and the location of
land offices. Filed as RG 49: Old Map File, Arkansas 5.
73. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Oct. 12, 1853.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 18 x 18½. Published. Shows the
extent and status of public land surveys. Filed as RG 49: Special
Published, Arkansas 3.
74. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Oct. 18, 1854.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 17½ x 18. Published. Shows the
extent and status of public land surveys and "boundaries of the
principal bodies of Swamp and overflowed lands." A copy of this
map also is filed as S. Ex. Doc. 1, Pt. 3, 33d Cong., 2d sess.,
in RG 46. Filed as RG 49: Special Published, Arkansas 4.
75. A (1) [Map of] Arkansas. [Issued by the Surveyor's Office,
Little Rock, Oct. 28, 1856.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 18 x 18½. Published. Shows extent
and status of public land surveys, locations of land offices, and
"boundaries of the principal bodies of Swamp and overflowed
Lands." A copy of this map is filed also as S. Ex. Doc. 5, 34th
Cong., 3d sess., in RG 46. Filed as RG 49: Special Published,
Arkansas 5.
76. Langtree's New Sectional Map of the State of Arkansas.
Showing the Sections, and Fractional Sections, on all
Navigable Streams, the Military Land District in which are
located all these Forfeited Lands which are now subject to
Donation to Actual Settlers . . . Drawn and Published By C.
Langtree, Draughtsman, Surveyor's Office, Little Rock, Arks.
1859. Engraved by Edwin O. Reed.
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 2 sections, each 39 x 21½. Counties
(in color), township and section lines, land districts and
locations of land offices, towns, roads, railroads, and physical
features. Also shows numbers and boundaries of what appear to be
congressional districts. Filed as RG 77: Q 81.
77. Map of the District [State] of Arkansas Compiled from
Surveys and Military Reconnaissances [sic] by order of
Lieut. Col. H. T. Douglas, Chief, Engineer Dept.. Richard M.
Venable, Capt. and Chief of Topographical Engineers, Dist.
West La. and Arks. [1864-5]
1 inch to 4 miles. 2 sections, each 35 x 77. Manuscript.
Roads shown in red were reconnoitered; roads shown in blue were
taken from township maps and other sources. Double, dotted, and
broken lines differentiate between public or main roads,
settlement roads, and trails. County boundaries and prairies are
shown in color. Also shows swamp or overflowed lands, drainage
features, railroad lines, and names of some residents. Some
relief is indicated by hachures. Noted "Engineer Department,
Washington, July 17, 1865. Received with Maj. McAlester's letter
of July 5, 1865." Title is preceded by "Dep't. Trans. Miss.,
Topographical Bureau." Map also has the emblem of the
"Topographical Bureau, Dist. Arks., Mar. 21st, 1864." Filed as RG
77: drawer 123, sheet 15 (SF OS).
78. Map of Arkansas. [Issued by the General Land Office on Oct.
2, 1866.]
1 inch to ca. 20 miles. 17½ x 21½. Published. County
boundaries, railroad land-grant limits, and coal regions are
shown in color. Also shows public surveys, county seats, and
physical features. Filed as RG 49: Special Published, Arkansas 6.
79. [Map of] Arkansas By Frank A. Gray . . . Copyright, 1876,
by O. W. Gray & Son.
1 inch to 15 miles. 31 ½ x 19. Published. Counties (in
color), towns, township and range numbers, roads, railroads,
battle sites and dates, and physical features. Filed as RG 77: US
373-53.
80. [Map of the] State of Arkansas. . . . 1878. Compiled from
the official Records of the General Land Office.
1 inch to 12 miles. 27 x 34. Published. Public land surveys,
counties, towns, railroad lines, railroad land-grant limits,
locations of land offices, and physical features. County
boundaries in color. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published,
Arkansas, 1878.
81. [Map of the] State of Arkansas. . . . 1886. Compiled from
the official Records of the General Land Office. . . .
Compiled and Drawn by A. F. Dinsmore.
1 inch to 10 miles. 29 x 36½. Published. Public land
surveys, counties, towns, railroad lines, railroad land-grant
limits, locations of land offices, and physical features. County
boundaries in color. Also a black and white copy of this map. 26
x 36, Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Arkansas, 1886.
82. Post Route Map of the State of Arkansas and of Indian and
Oklahoma Territories with adjacent portions of Mississippi,
Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Showing
post offices with the intermediate distances and mail routes
in operation on the 1st of August 1891. . . . Published . .
. under the direction of C. Roeser Jr., Topographer, P. O.
Dept.
1 inch to 10 miles. 2 sections, each 44 x 28½. Published.
Frequency and types of mail service, mileages between post
offices, discontinued post offices, counties, towns, railroads,
Indian reservations, and physical features. Post routes in color
to show frequency of service. Filed as RG 28: Regional Maps,
Folder 26.
83. Map of the State of Arkansas Compiled from the official
Records of the General Land Office . . . 1901. Compiled and
Drawn by E. B. Olney. Lettered by Wm. Bauman, Jr.
1 inch to 12 miles. 26 x 31. Published. Public land surveys,
counties, towns, railroad lines, railroad land-grant limits,
locations of U.S. land offices, and physical features. County
boundaries in color. Also a black and white copy of this map. 25
x 29½. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Arkansas, 1901.
84. [Map of the] State of Arkansas . . . Compiled [in the U.S.
Geological Survey] in 1912 and 1913.
1 inch to ca. 8 miles. 34 x 40. Published. County names and
boundaries, towns and cities, township and range numbers, steam
and electric railroad lines, and drainage features. Noted:
"Advance sheet. Subject to corrections." Filed as RG 57:
Published State Maps, Arkansas, 1913.
85. [Map of the] State of Arkansas Compiled from the official
Records of the General Land Office . . . 1914.
1 inch to 12 miles. 21 x 26. Published. County boundaries,
land district boundaries, national forests, U.S. reservations,
and relief in color. Also shows county names, public land
surveys, towns, and locations of U.S. land offices. 2 copies; 1
copy also in black and white. 25 x 29½. Filed as RG 49: Standard
Published, Arkansas, 1914.
86. [Map of Arkansas compiled in 1912-13 and issued by the U.S.
Geological Survey, 1916.]
1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 18 x 20. Published. County names and
boundaries, township and range numbers, towns and cities, steam
and electric railroad lines, and drainage features. Filed as RG
57: Published State Maps, Arkansas, 1916.
See also entries 443, 450 in Mississippi.
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