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Kansas : early routes, old trails, historic sites, landmarks, etc.

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Creator: Root, George A. (George Allen), 1867-1949

Date: 1939 December

Level of Description: Item

Material Type: Map, Manuscript

Call Number: R G4201.S1 1939 .R6

Unit ID: 208625

Summary: This map, created by George Allen Root and later reproduced by the Kansas Turnpike Authority, depicts trails, landmarks, and historic sites in the state of Kansas. The original map was compiled by George Allen Root and delineated by W. M. Hutchinson from information obtained from the Kansas State Historical Society.

Summary: Map shows cattle & other trails; expeditions; stage, military, & other roads; express lines; Indian & exploration routes; Fort Leavenworth Santa Fe Trail to Wilmington; Holladay-Overland State Line; Old Trail to Camp Supply; and Survey of Trail.

Space Required/Quantity: 1 ms. map : photocopy ; 44 x 82 cm

Title (Main title): Kansas : early routes, old trails, historic sites, landmarks, etc.

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Related Records or Collections

Related materials:

Map with Kansas Turnpike added: [Topeka, Kan. : Kansas Turnpike Authority] 1956. -- ms. map : photocopy ; 45 x 81 cm -- Scale [ca. 1,861,000]; R G4201.S1 1939.R6 1956. Blue line drawing.

Map with Kansas Turnpike and description: R G4201.S1 1939.R64 1956. "A map of the old trails was :compiled by George A. Root from the best available information at the time, according to Nyle Miller, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society.--Kansas Turnpike Authority." "… Obtained from the Kansas State Historical Society with the newest state trail, the Kansas Turnpike, imposed thereon."

Undated reprint: M G4201.S1 1939.R64 z. [Wichita, Kan. : Kansas Turnpike Authority, not before 1956]. -- 1 colored map ; 23 x 42 cm -- Scale [ca. 1:1,590,000]. Route of the Kansas Turnpike, "Note, Kansas Turnpike : the modern Kansas trail," and Kansas Turnpike authority logo overprinted on map.

1961 reprint: M G4201.S1 1939.R64 1961. [Wichita, Kan. : Kansas Turnpike Authority] 1961. -- 1 colored map ; 32 x 54 cm -- Scale [ca. 1:1,220,000]. "Kansas centennial, 1861-1961," added to overprinting.

Index Terms

Subjects

    Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company -- History -- Maps
    Thematic maps
    Black Dog Trail (Kan. and Okla.) -- History -- Maps
    Chisholm Trail -- History -- Maps
    Chisum Trail -- History -- Maps
    Elwood and Marysville Road (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Fayetteville Road -- History -- Maps
    Fort Dodge-Camp Supply Trail (Kan. and Okla.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Harker-Fort Gibson Road -- History -- Maps
    Fort Hays and Fort Dodge Trail (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Leavenworth-Fort Scott Military Road (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Leavenworth-Kennekuk-Marysville Road (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Lyon Trail (Colo. and Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Riley-Fort Kearny Military Road (Kan. and Neb.) -- History -- Maps
    Fort Zarah-Harker Road (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Great Osage Trail -- History -- Maps
    Kansas -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
    Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Kansas -- Surveys -- Maps
    Kansas Turnpike (Kan.) -- Maps
    Lane Trail -- History -- Maps
    Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century -- Maps
    Mount Jesus Trail (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Oregon National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century -- Maps
    Palo Duro-Dodge City Trail -- History -- Maps
    Parallel Road (Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Pikes Peak Express Road -- History -- Maps
    Ponca Trail -- History -- Maps
    Pony Express National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century -- Maps
    Santa Fe National Historic Trail -- History -- 19th century -- Maps
    Shoo Fly Trail -- History -- Maps
    Smoky Hill Trail (Colo. and Kan.) -- History -- Maps
    Texas Cattle Trail -- History -- Maps
    Aubry, François Xavier, 1824-1854
    Boone, Nathan, 1781-1856
    Green, Cannonball, 1839-1922
    Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864
    McCoy, Joseph G. (Joseph Geiting), 1837-1915
    Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
    Sibley, George Champlin, 1782-1863
    Coaching (Transportation) -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Indian trails -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Cattle trails -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Historic sites -- Kansas -- Maps
    Military roads -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Overland trails -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Roads -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Roads -- Kansas -- Surveys -- Maps
    Trails -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Dull Knife Raid, Kan., 1878 -- History -- Maps
    Express service -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas -- History -- Maps
    Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- History
    Pony express -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Maps

Creators and Contributors


Additional Information for Researchers

Scale: Scale [ca. 1:847,000]

Ownership/Custodial Hist.: Photocopy of original in private hands.

Add'l physical form:

Also available via Kansas Memory, Electronic resource. Topeka, Kan. : Kansas State Historical Society, c2007-14. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208625

Photograph, microfiche negatives; PHOTOS: GA.4201 S1. 1939.R6

Blueprint. -- 49 x 91 cm; P G4201.S1 1939.R6

[Eastern half.] Photocopy. -- 45 x 53 cm -- Scale [ca. 1:554,000]; D G4201.S1 1939.R6 E/2

Notes

General Note:
"Delineator: W. M. Hutchison."
Black line drawing.