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| Keywords: 1866 Johnson Map of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nebraska and Dakota - Geographicus - WyomingMontanaIdaho-johnson-1866.jpg This is Johnson and Ward ™s significant 1866 map of the Idaho Montana Wyoming Dakota and Nebraska Johnson first introduced this map in 1865 to accommodate a renewed interested in this region following the close of the American Civil War During the Civil War period the vast Washington and Nebraska territories had been divided up into smaller territories including Idaho 1863 Montana 1864 and Dakota 1861 Though largely controlled by various American Indian nations this region was becoming increasingly attractive for settlement and development The proposed Governor Stevens route for the Northern Pacific Railroad passed through this region as this region as did the more favorable Central Pacific Railroad route and to a lesser extent the proposed Union Pacific Railroad route This is also the first Johnson map to incorporate Wyoming - which is absent from the 1865 edition of this map Note that though Wyoming is demarked as a territory the lettering of the territorial title is in a light outline typeface - a sharp contrast to the bold titles for Montana Dakota and Idaho This is due to the fact that though the territory of Wyoming had been proposed by Representative J M Ashley of Ohio in 1865 it was considered a temporary measure The region was not officially incorporated as a territory until 1868 This early configuration of the territory also truncates the border with Montana at 44 5 degrees north latitude giving Wyoming a curious ephemeral western panhandle Within Montana the western portions beyond the Rocky Mountains are highlighted and identified as Missoula In 1865 this region had only recently been settled by traders and missionaries Nonetheless by 1866 it has become a stopping point for the Mullans Wagon Road which is also identified Throughout this map Johnson offers spectacular detail identifying explorers routes mines American Indian Nations springs forts mountain passes and an assortment of additional geographical and political elements In particular he identifies all three proposed routes for the Pacific Railroad the Emigrant Road gold deposits in Montana and Idaho Pike's Peak Fremont's Peak and Yellowstone Lake Though copyrighted to 1865 this map was updated by Johnson for publication as plate nos 62-63 in the 1866 edition of his New Illustrated Atlas ¦ This is the last edition of the Johnson ™s Atlas to bear the Johnson and Ward imprint and the first to include Wyoming 1866 dated 1865 Size in 18 object history credit line accession number s Geographical Statistical and Historic including The Latest Federal Census A Geographical Index and a Chronological History of the Civil War in America</i> 1866 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Alvin Jewett Johnson 1866 maps Old maps of Idaho Old maps of Montana Old maps of Nebraska Old maps of North Dakota Old maps of South Dakota Old maps of Wyoming | ||||
