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Packet III, Maps of the Territory of New Mexico and the State of New Mexico, and miscelleneous maps, 1851-ca. 1955

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Packet III, Map 24, 1851 - Map of the Territory of New Mexico, by Richard A. Kern, photocopy, black and white, negative. This map extends from the area south of El Paso and Chihuahua north to Pike’s Peak, and eastward into Indian Territory, Colorado and Oklahoma. It includes the New Mexico settlements and forts along the Rio Grande and west as east of the main valley. On the southwest corner it runs from Sonora, the Santa Cruz Mountain and Arizona up to Salt Lake, and on the west side from the Colorado River to the Pecos River toward Texas. Included are such locations as Canyon de Chelly, Atrisco, Albuquerque, spelled with one r, Los Padillas, Placer or Golden, Mount Taylor, etc. The old Spanish trail, U.S. Army wagon roads and some mines are marked as well as the Santa Fe Trail. Several areas are marked as unexplored. Also included on the Native American lands of the Arapahos, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Apaches, Pueblos, Hopis, Mohaves, etc. A tag on the map notes it is from the National Archives, Records of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Map. 8904, Tube 1252.

Packet III, Map 25, 1853, Sketch of the Navajoe [sic] Country, by First Lieutenant William Dennison Whipple, Topographical Officer, Navajoe - Navajo [sic] Expedition, photocopy, black and white, negative. This is a hand drawn map showing the Navajo country with several boundary lines set by United States officials, Meriwether, Bonneville and Collins. Also noted are the road from Fort Defiance to Albuquerque and Atrisco, Chusca, El Moro, the Zuni’s Pescado Spring wheat fields, the Jemez, Zuni, and Hopi Pueblos, San Mateo Mountain, etc. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 26, 1862 - Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico, 1862 by surveyor general, John A. Clark, photocopy, black and white, negative, in English, Sheet 18, from the National Archives, Washington, D.C., Record Group 49. This map extends from the Fort Yuma to the eastern border of New Mexico. It has the modern boundaries for the two states. It shows towns, Pueblo villages, roads, mines, forts, water holes, etc. Also it has the townships are already laid out and assigned, with private land grants claims surveyed, and Pueblo Indian land grants surveyed. Included are reservations and lands for the Pimas and Maricopas, the Gila Apache, the Pueblo Indians. There are lands around Dona Ana, Fort Stanton and Anton Chico that have been surveyed and assigned for developers. The map belonged to Frank D. Reeve. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 27 a, 1864 - Map of the Military Department of New Mexico, 1864 by Captain Allen L. Anderson, U.S. Fifth Infantry, Acting Engineer Officer, photocopy, black and white, negative, in English, from the Bancroft Library, University of California. This map has two parts, it is a map of the Arizona Territory and New Mexico Territory. It was composed from other United States military and government maps made between 1859 and 1863. It includes modern state boundaries. Part 27 a, on the left side, extends from the upper Gulf of California north to the line of the Old Spanish Trail and Escalante Route to Utah. From the west it runs from the Colorado River to Tubac and the Moqui Villages. It includes the lands of the Apaches, Hualpais, Mohaves, Cohninos, Tontos, Moquis and other groups. The map legend notes symbols for roads, trails, forts, mines and water sources. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 27 b, 1864, Military Department of New Mexico, photocopy, negative, from the Bancroft Library. On the right side, it is a map of New Mexico and bordering lands, extending north to south from Casas Grandes to the Rio Castilla, in the state of Colorado. On the west it starts in Eastern Arizona and runs east to Chihuahua and on to the Western border of Texas. Included are towns, roads, water holes, and landmarks. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 29, 1870 - Territory of New Mexico, 1870 drawn by R.G. Huzarski, 1949. This map is a base map, composed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Region 6, printed blue on tan paper, in English. It was recast and researched by Katharine Nutt. It shows towns, forts, roads, rivers, streams, mines, and landforms, state boundaries, and early county lines before they were broken up into smaller areas, but not land grants. Map is also at MAGIC, CSEL. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 30, 1874 - Sketch of General Crook’s Trail from Camp Apache to Moqui Villages, Arizona Territory, October 1874 by John G. Bourke, Second Lieutenant, Third Cavalry, Aide-de-Camp, photocopy, sepia, white ink, in English. The route shows the Hopi villages, streams, springs, forests, ranches and landmarks along the Little Rio Colorado.

Packet III, Map 31 1874 - 1875 - A Section of Lieutenant Wheeler’s Map Showing the Mora Grant, 1876, by Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, Corps. Of Engineers, United States Army, photocopy, black and white, in English. This map has the Mora Land Grant, patented in August 15, 1876. It shows the county lines and parts of Colfax County and San Miguel County that border on the grant. Included are towns, Fort Union, rivers, streams, elevations of peaks and mountains, roads, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line, etc. The map is part of the Central New Mexico Atlas Sheet Survey No. 70. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 32, n.d. - Map of New Mexico with data pertinent to text, photocopy, black and white, negative, in English. This map belonged to Frank D. Reeve and probably accompanied one of his articles about Indian affairs ca. 1860s-1880s. The map has the New Mexico state boundary lines with Arizona, Colorado and Utah. It also shows the locations of a few towns, Pueblo villages and landmarks, but mainly the United States military sites, army forts, the Bosque Redondo reservation and the later Indian reservations for the Utes, Navajos, Jicarilla Apaches and Mescalero Apaches. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 33, 1881 - untitled map, 1881, from the Records of the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Letters Received, 1881, File 12618, photocopy, black and white, negative. The maps covers New Mexico from Socorro on the south to the Colorado border on the North, and from Zuni on the west to San Ildefonso and Manzano on the east. It shows the Navajo Reservation, a propose Zuni Reservation, Fort Wingate, the lava beds, the surveyed land east of Farmington, the Laguna Pueblo tracks, the land grants of the Pueblos, the Spanish land grants, towns, roads, rivers, springs, landmarks and survey lines. There are lines running east to west beyond Jemez and Sevilleta called “Forty Mile Limits” and “Fifty Mile Limits.” The map belonged to Frank D. Reeve.

Packet III, Map 34, Copy 1, 1894 - Official Map of New Mexico, Bureau of Immigration, 1894, photocopy, black and white, in English. This map was prepared for Max Frost, Secretary of the Bureau of Immigration. It shows the U.S. survey grid lines, land districts, the certified land grants, unconfirmed land grants, county lines, the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad line and the United States Land Offices. There is a list on the right side of numbered land districts, where property was available, and there are a hundred given, which are marked on the map. The map also gives the Spanish land grants and towns, the Pueblo villages, the Navajo, Apache and Mescalero reservations, roads, mines, rivers and water sources. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 34, Copy 2, 1894 - Official Map of New Mexico, Bureau of Immigration, 1894, photocopy, black and white, negative.

Packet III, Map 35, ca. 1936 - Relief Model: State of New Mexico, n. d. by the Security Wage Workers Regional Office, United States Forest Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of the New Deal, WPA, ca. 1936. This is a photograph, black and white, of a relief model map constructed by the Security Wage Workers of the Forest Service. It shows the topography of the state as well as forest service facilities. The map belonged to Frank D. Reeve.

Packet III, Map #36, ca. 1950s - untitled map, n. d. This hand drawn map is based on the United States Geological Survey Map of 1955, black ink on white tissue paper, in English. It covers the area from Chaco Canyon and Cuba on the north to Acoma Pueblo and Quelites on the south, and from runs west from San Mateo and Mount Taylor west toward Cabezon, Jemez and Santa Ana Pueblo. There is some rough hand writing across the map. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 37, 1916 - Geologic Map of the Navajo Country: Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, 1916 by Herbert E. Gregory, printed, color, in English. The map extends from Winslow on the south to the Grand Canyon and toward the border with Utah on the north. From the Grand Canyon it runs east to Farmington and south to Thoreau. This map indicates the sedimentary rock compositions, mines, quarries, prospects, roads, rivers and towns within those parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It also indicates the Navajo Indian Reservation, the Hopi area, and the Apache area. The base map was compiled by the United States Geological Survey, with additional information provided by Herbert E. Gregory in 1908-1913. United States House of Representatives Document, 64th Congress, First Session. This map is scanned on New Mexico Digital Collection.

Packet III, Map 38, n.d. - Mapas de Cartegena: Promotora de Turismo de Cartagena, La Ciudad Heroica, n. d., printed, cream paper, in Spanish. This travel brochure, ca. 1930s -1960s, contains three sub-maps of Cartegena, Colombia - a map of the city laying along the coast of the Caribbean Sea, a general plan of the city; and a view of the business district. Accompanying the maps are brief narratives of the history of the city, written in Spanish and English, and information on the major places for the tourist to visit.

Example: Map of New Mexico province and Navajo country, undated (Map # 7, Padre Juan Miguel Menchero, ca. 1744)

Scope and Contents Example: Map of Rio del Norte, north and west, northeast quandrant, undated (Map 19 a, 1778, Bernardo Miera y Pacheco)

Scope and Contents Example: Map of Rio del Norte, north and west, northwest quadrant, undated (Map 19 d, 1778, Bernardo Miera y Pacheco)

Scope and Contents Example: Map of Rio del Norte, north and west, southeast quadrant , undated (Map 19 b, 1778, Bernardo Miera y Pacheco)

Scope and Contents Example: Map of Rio del Norte, north and west, southwest quadrant, undated (Map 19 c, 1778, Bernardo Miera y Pacheco)

Dates

  • 1851-ca. 1955

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 20 boxes (14.25 cu. ft.), plus 1 oversize folder

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451