This video gallery includes Railroad Maps from 1861 – 1898 from the New York Public Library – Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Collection – public domain.
Tag Archives: railroad maps
Building the Rulo Rail Bridge: 1886-1887
Building the Rulo Bridge over the Missouri River – 1886-1887
Union Pacific Railroad: The Great National Highway – 1867
If you like early Nebraska Territory history or early railroad history you will love this little booklet from the Union Pacific Railroad from 1867.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Otoe County – Nebraska City, Talmage & Syracuse – 1883 – 1939
These Southeast Nebraska maps come from the collections of the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps provide an historical database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company.
Settlement of the West: Omaha – 1838-1906
This gallery contains images and maps of the beginning of Westward Expansion into Nebraska Territory and the City of Omaha under the motto:
“Fortiter in Re” – Courageously in Every Enterprise.