Des Moines, Iowa, 1875 – Historic Map Reproduction
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Description
This rare antique map captures Des Moines, Iowa, 1875 in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Des Moines, Iowa, 1875
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Des Moines in 1875 was a county seat and state capital that had outgrown its river bottomlands, with its streets spreading up the bluffs above the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers. Construction of a new state capitol, begun in the early 1870s, gave the town a prominent building on the high ground, and state offices, lawyers, merchants and railroad agents filled the blocks around it. Local businesses depended on the grain, livestock and hog trade moving through the rail yards, and the mid-1870s grasshopper plagues that stripped crops in western Iowa were a worry that reached the town's banks and grocers. Residents of the period would have known Des Moines as the place where state government met the commerce of the surrounding farms.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Iowa |
| Original scan | 5,104 × 4,176 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | IA-DesMoines-1875 |
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