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Yellowstone National Park. Northern Pacific Railroad.
[St. Paul.?]: Northern Pacific Railway; Poole Bros. Engr’s, Chicago, 1893. Chromolithograph, 23.75” x 17.75” plus margins; text, small format map and illustrations on verso. CONDITION: Very good, original folds now flattened. A striking and extensively detailed map of Yellowstone National Park, in a Northern pacific Railway brochure promoting travel to both Yellowstone and Alaska. This map depicts the park and its surrounding areas, with relief represented pictorially. At the top of the map, the Northern Pacific R.R. runs parallel to the northern boundary line of the park, passing through the towns of Livingston and Bozeman, with a spur extending south along the Yellowstone River from Livingston to the Cinnabar, at the park’s northern boundary. The principal road into the park runs from Mammoth Hot Spring to Norris Geyser Basin, then loops by Canon Hotel, Yellowstone Lake, the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins, and Gibbon Canon & Falls, before returning to Norris Geyser Basin. The territory of Yellowstone progresses from a gray-green in the north to a rich brown hue at the bottom. A great multitude of peaks, springs, domes, buttes and other topographical features are identified. Pitchstone Plateau and Two Ocean Plateau occupy the bottom left and right corners of the map. A black dotted line delimits the territory of the National Park, which comprises the majority of the map. The text on the verso offers a brief history of the park and describes how to reach it via the Northern Pacific, which is the only railway leading there. Extensive information is provided concerning park activities (e.g., fishing, biking, tours) and hotel accommodations, along with three tables of elevations, distances, and notable geysers and springs. Five photo-illustrations show the Great Falls of the Yellowstone, Old Faithful, the Grand Canon of the Yellowstone, Cleopatra Terrace and a fishing scene on the Yellowstone. A map depicts the Northern Pacific Railway and its many points of connection spanning from St. Paul, Minnesota to Portland, OR. Also included is text on excursions to the Pacific Coast and Alaska.
Item #9932
Price: $950.00
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