North & South Dakota Fargo Rapid City Bismarck Badlands c. 1890 old color map
Brian DiMambroNorth and South Dakota With Part of Manitoba etc.
(Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, Americana, United States, North Dakota, South Dakota, Fargo, Rapid City, Bismarck).
Issued Philadelphia, c. 1890-3 by Milton R. Brown (O.W. Gray).
Lovely and uncommon late-19th century antique folio-sheet map of these two western states mere historical moments after their separation in 1889. Engraved and lithographed with detailed original hand color.
Note the surprisingly extensive railways system for this date, as well as within the Dominion of Canada.
Sheet measures c. 27" x 17 1/2"
Engraved area measures c. 23 1/2" x 16"
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, vol. I, pg. 196.
[R35708].