Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book Through the Western States and Territories [Colton's Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide]; Containing Brief Descriptions of Each, With the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, Etc.
New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856. Hardcover. Sixmo size, 137 pp. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) founded the mapmaking company known as "J.H. Colton and Company", known internationally and highly regarded for the quality of their maps, which were printed using engraved steel plates and often hand-coloured, recognizable for their..... More