Fort Reno, Oklahoma, 1891 – 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 Fort Reno, Oklahoma, 1891 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory 1891
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Fort Reno, Oklahoma, 1891
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Fort Reno, Oklahoma, in 1891 was a military post and a small civilian town on the North Canadian River, in the Cheyenne and Arapaho country of the Indian Territory. The Army had established the fort in 1874, and its cavalry garrison kept watch over the reservation agencies and the old cattle trail that ran north past the river crossing. By 1891 the region was changing quickly: Oklahoma Territory had been organized the year before, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho lands were soon to be opened to white settlement, which drew merchants, freighters, and land seekers to the edges of the post. Residents of the time would have known Fort Reno as a place where soldiers, cattlemen, and newcomers crowded together while waiting to see how the coming land opening would reshape their lives.
| Created / published | 1891 |
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| Creator | moyer, james b., fowler, t. m. (thaddeus mortimer) |
| Notes | An original bird's-eye view map of Fort Reno, Oklahoma, drawn in 1891. 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--Oklahoma |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 7,624 × 3,936 px · prints to 25 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory 1891 |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-OYK-490404 |
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