Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1868 – Vintage Map Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This antique map of Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1868 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1868
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Cheyenne was barely a year old in 1868, a railroad town the Union Pacific had established on the high plains when its tracks reached the spot in late 1867. Its streets followed a grid laid out by the railroad, and its economy rested on freight, on wagon trains outfitting miners and settlers bound for Montana and the Black Hills, and on the soldiers and railroad crews who passed through or were stationed nearby. That summer Congress organized Wyoming Territory, and Cheyenne quickly positioned itself as the territory's center of government and commerce. Residents knew the town for its saloons and gambling halls as much as for its new banks and stores, and its population rose and fell with each train that came through.
| Created / published | 1868 |
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| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Cheyenne, Wyoming, drawn in 1868. Bird's-eye view maps were drawn by travelling artists who walked a town street by street, sketching every building from an imagined vantage point in the air, then sold the finished lithograph door to door by subscription. Roughly five thousand American towns were recorded this way between the 1860s and the 1920s, and for many of them the panoramic map is the most complete picture of the place that survives. Reproduced from the original in the Library of Congress collections. Printed to order on archival paper. Free shipping on all US orders. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Wyoming |
| Source | Library of Congress |
| Original scan | 6,089 × 4,494 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-491539 |
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