Chicago to San Franciso via the Burlington Route.
Summary
Stylized, diagramatic strip map in three sections: Chicago to Omaha; Omaha; Omaha to Salt Lake and Ogden (via the Union Pacific); Ogden to San Francisco (via the Central Pacific)
Scale ca. 1:3,000,000.
LC Railroad maps, 356
Description derived from published bibliography.
See entries 373-375.
Contains profiles and elevation of lines, indicates geographic regions, industry and agriculture, mileage, stage connections, and railroads.
"The above three sections, showing the line of railroad from Chicago to San Francisco giving distances, elevations above the sea, quality of soil and country, population of towns and cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, connecting railroad lines, and all items of interest of which a traveller would desire to know, in regard to the Great Route Across the continent. Armed with this Guide, the passenger needs to further information."
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
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