Young America, Illinois, 1869 – Antique Map Print
(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 rare antique map captures Young America, Illinois, 1869 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Bird's eye view of Young America, Warren County, Illinois 1869
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Young America, Illinois, 1869
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Young America, Illinois, was a small farming community in 1869, when this bird's-eye view was drawn by the Chicago firm Ruger & Stoner. Like many towns across northern and central Illinois, its fortunes rested on corn, wheat, and livestock, with grain moving out by wagon to the nearest depot. The decade after the Civil War brought new rail lines and steady settlement to the prairie, and the transcontinental railroad, completed in May of that year, drew national attention to the Midwest's farm output. Residents would have measured their town by its churches, schools, stores, and rail connections, and by how far those links reached toward Chicago's markets.
| Created / published | 1869 |
|---|---|
| Creator | ruger & stoner, ruger, a., chicago lithographing co |
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 6,400 × 5,408 px · prints to 21 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Bird's eye view of Young America, Warren County, Illinois 1869 |
| Reference | IL-YoungAmerica-1869 |
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