Tusayan Arizona Winslow Dilkon USGS Topo Map 1901 Antique
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Tusayan Arizona Winslow Dilkon USGS Topo Map 1901 Antique

$145

This USGS Reconnaissance Topo Map is an 1886 edition printed in 1901, a very good, thick-stock sheet that was never folded and shows only very light age-toning. At a scale of 1:250,000, it takes in a broad stretch of northern Arizona from the Hopi Villages south to Winslow along the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, with the quad area including Oraibi, Polacca, Keams Canyon, Leupp, and portions of the Navajo and Hopi reservations. Drawn from an 1883 field survey under geographer Henry Gannett and part of the historic Powell Survey of the 1880s, it records this high desert country as it was mapped in the reconnaissance era, and comes from the vintage map collection of Art Christiansen of Tempe, Arizona. The reverse carries printed reference material on the mapping program and how to read the contours.

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MAP DETAILS
TITLETusayan
STATEArizona
LOCATIONVicinity of Winslow, 70 miles east of Flagstaff, AZ
SERIES60-minute
SURVEYED1883 Field Survey
GEOGRAPHERHenry Gannett
EDITION1886
PRINTED1901
SCALE1:250000
CONTOUR INTERVAL200 feet
SHEET DIMENSIONS16 1/2 x 20 inches
MAP DIMENSIONS14 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches
COVERAGE AREA56 x 69 miles
SOURCEFrom the vintage map collection of Art Christiansen, Tempe, Arizona
SHEET CONDITION
For maps of this vintage, effort is made to note all visible flaws, no matter how minor.
OVERALL CONDITIONVery Good
SHEET NOTESlightly handled, never folded, very lightly age-toned sheet
MAP AREAminor wear, no markings, no blemishes
COLLARSvery minor wear or tears, no markings, no blemishes
MAP COVERAGE
Quadrangle extent overlaid on current basemap.
BACKSIDE LEGEND
A map summary is printed on the back side of the Tusayan sheet similar to the one shown in the picture. It outlines the history, purpose, and status of the USGS mapping program at the time of the printing in 1901. It also provides instructions on how to read contour lines and a description of how they are used to depict the terrain. At the bottom of the page is a legend showing all of the symbols used to represent the cultural, relief, and water features found on the map.

This antique sheet is an 1886 edition of the Tusayan Arizona USGS topographic map. It is an authentic 125-year-old 1901 United States Geological Survey print in very good condition.

HOW THIS MAP CAN BE USED
In addition to making a fascinating conversation piece, this sheet would look great in a frame or on display, make a unique and prized gift for anyone interested in this area, be perfect as a reference for genealogy studies or general historical research, or fill that missing piece in your collection.

FEATURES SHOWN ON THE MAP
The Tusayan 60-minute map shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, elevation contour lines, public land survey lines, county, state, and other administrative boundaries as they existed at the time of the survey in 1883.

A VALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD
Maps from the 60-minute series have been out of print for many years. They have never been common and original prints are increasingly difficult to find. Only about 85 quadrangles (covering about 10% of the continental US) were mapped in this series, all in western states. For the limited areas where the 60-minute map was produced, it was generally a product of the very first USGS survey done for that area. These quadrangles are a valuable historical record, as they contain many placenames and features that have been dropped from more recent series’ and editions.

PLACENAMES
The following places are found within the boundary of this quadrangle. They may or may not be shown or labeled, depending on the map series and vintage.
* Cities and Towns-> Dilkon, First Mesa, Hotevilla, Hotevilla-Bacavi, Jeddito, Keams Canyon, Kykotsmovi Village, Leupp, Leupp CornerOraibi, and others
* Counties Covered-> Apache, Coconino, and Navajo
* Federal Land Units-> Hopi Indian Reservation and Navajo Indian Reservation
* Rivers and Streams-> Beshbito Wash, Bidahochi Wash, Billy Wash, Blairs Spring Wash, Bluebird Canyon Wash, Burnt Corn Wash, Canyon Diablo Wash, Corn Creek Wash, Cottonwood WashDigger Wash, and others
* Water Bodies-> Bighams Lake and Tobenayoli Pond

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