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File:Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the LOC gm71000953.tif

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English: Outline map of North America showing proposed railroad routes within the present limits of the United States. This is one of the earliest promotional maps for a transcontinental railroad to come before the United States Congress and claimed by the author to have been "conceived as early as 1830."
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Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi.
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G3701.P3 1849 .W5
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Source https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000953/
Author Whitney, Asa; Miller & Co.
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under the digital ID g3701p.rr000140.
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American Memory · Catalog · Railroad Maps, 1828-1900 · Geography And Map Division · Transportation And Communication
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United States · Maps · Railroads

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