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Map of Michigan showing the Toledo, Ann Arbor, & North Michigan Railway and connecting lines. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1886. SUMMARY Shows drainage, cities and towns, townships, counties, and the railroad lines in red. Includes descriptive text on traffic connections.

Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies north of the parallel of South Bend of Lake Michigan. It will be seen at a glance, that the unbroken line of communication with the Atlantic seaboard, and the only winter route for northern Indiana, northern Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, will be by the Michigan Southern Railway, and south shore of Lake Erie. . Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, [1850] SUMMARY Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in 1831.

Railroad map of Michigan prepared for the commissioner of railroads. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED Philadelphia, 1876, c1874. NOTES Scale 1:1,267,200. SUMMARY Shows drainage, cities and towns, and railroads in color.

Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Southern Rail Road (from Toledo to Chicago) with the several great rail road routes to the Atlantic seaboard and New York City via the south shore of Lake Erie. . Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. CREATED/PUBLISHED N[ew] Y[ork], 1850. NOTES Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. SUMMARY Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the name Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad.

Railroads in Michigan, with steamboat routes on the Great Lakes. Drawn and engraved for Doggett's railroad guide & gazetteer. . Doggett, John, 1809-1852. CREATED/PUBLISHED [n.p., 1848] NOTES Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848. From Doggett's Railroad Guide (1848) SUMMARY Shows main line from Detroit to Kalamazoo and from Munroe to Hillsdale.

Calumet, Hecla & Red Jacket, Mich. : 1881 / [signed] H. Wellge, Milw. ; Beck & Pauli, lith., Milwaukee, Wis. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis. : J.J. Stoner, [1881] NOTES Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Port Huron, Sarnia & Gratiot, St. Clair Co., Michigan 1867 & Point Edwards, Lambton Co., Canada west. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1867] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Birds eye view--showing about three miles square--of the central portion of the city of Detroit, Michigan. Calvert Lith Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Detroit [1889?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Used through the kindness of the Imperial Life Ins. Co."

A map showing the route of the proposed rail road from the Copper and Iron Mining District of Lake Superior to connect with rail roads built or being constructed in the state of Wisconsin as adopted by the citizens of Ontonagon and Marquette counties Mich. at public meetings held in November and December 1855; (subject to such changes of location of the road as a general survey of the line shall prove to be desirable.) . W. Endicott & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED [New York, 1855] NOTES Scale not given. At left of map: "Facts and Figures." SUMMARY Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads.

East Saginaw, Michigan, 1867 / drawn & published by A. Ruger ; Chicago Lithographing Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago : Ruger, [1867] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest.

Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Niles, Berrien County, Michigan. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Grand Rapids, Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Saint Johns, Clinton Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Muskegon, Michigan 1874. . [Ruger, A.] CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] Chas. Shober & Co. props. Chicago Lithographing Co. [1874] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Ionia, Ionia Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Saginaw City [Michigan 1867] Drawn from nature by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1867] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Bird's eye view of the city of Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] Chicago Lith. Co. [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Marshall, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Lansing, Michigan 1866. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1866] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Albion, Calhoun Co., Michigan. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1868?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Bird's eye view of Bay City, Portsmouth, Wenona & Salzburg, Bay Co., Michigan 1867. Drawn by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] Chicago Lithographing Co. [1867] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed to points of interest.

Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. Chicago Lithogr. Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] E. S. Glover [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Kalamazoo, Michigan 1874. Chas. Shober & Co. props. Chicago Litho. Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis., J. J. Stoner [1874] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. Indexed for points of interest.

Bird's eye view of Saint Clair, St. Clair Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. Chicago Lith. Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] E. S. Glover [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Panoramic view of the city of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan 1880. Beck & Pauli Lith. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis., J. J. Stoner [1880] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Indexed for points of interest.

Panoramic view of the city of Jackson, Michigan 1881. [By] A. Ruger. Beck & Pauli Lith. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis., J. J. Stoner [1881] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. "Looking north east." Indexed for points of interest.

Wyandotte, Michigan 1896. Drawn by T. M. Fowler. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Morrisville, Pa., T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer [1896] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes 2 views and index to points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Grand Haven, Ottawa Co., Michigan 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. Merchants Lithographing Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, E. S. Glover [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

Mills & manufacturing establishments of the city of Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Battle Creek [1869?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Shows buildings along the river. Includes illus. and advertisements.

Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan 1874. Chas. Shober & Co. props. Chicago Lithographing Co. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis., J. J. Stoner [1874] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Proposed route for a rail road from Copper Harbor, to Fond Du Lac, Winnebego. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Clev[elan]d. O., 1853. NOTES Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. From Proceedings and Report of a Meeting held at Ontonagon, November 15, 1853, in Reference to a Rail Road from Lake Winnebago to Lake Superior. A. C. Davis, Secretary, D. S. Cash, Chairman. SUMMARY Outline map centered on Green Bay showing the area between Detroit, Mich. and Fond du Lac, Wis. Contemplated and proposed railroad routes are shown.

Bird's eye view of Bessemer, Mich., Ontonagon County 1886. Beck & Pauli, litho. . Norris, Wellge & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED Milwaukee [1886] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

nton Harbor, Mich. 1889. . C.J. Pauli & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED Milwaukee [1889] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Looking north west." Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Bird's-eye view of Kalamazoo / this drawing produced by the Benford-Bryan Co. Incorporated, artists. . Benford-Bryan Pub Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED Denver, Colo. : Benford-Bryan Pub. Co., 1908 (Denver, Colo. : W.H. Kistler Staty. Co.) NOTES Oriented with north to the right. Includes ill.

Ironwood, Mich., Ontonagon County 1886. H. Wellge, sk. Beck & Pauli, litho. . Wellge, H. (Henry) CREATED/PUBLISHED Milwaukee, Norris, Wellge & Co. [1886] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Panoramic view of Mt. Clemens 1881, Macomb Co., Mich. Beck & Pauli, lith. . Stoner, J. J. CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis. [1881] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Looking northwest." Includes illus., index to points of interest, and text.

Chapman's rail road map of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, & Wisconsin. . Chapman, Silas. CREATED/PUBLISHED Milwaukee, S. Chapman, 1859. NOTES Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. "Chas. Shober Lith. 109 Lake St. Chicago." SUMMARY Outline map showing the railroad network and stations along the rail lines.

Bird's eye view of the city of Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich. Drawn and published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Battle Creek [1870?] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale.

International rail road guide of the Great Central Route. . Tunis, W. E. CREATED/PUBLISHED Niagara Falls, N.Y., [1855?] NOTES Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. SUMMARY Shows railroad lines in the north-central and northeastern United States connecting with the Michigan Central and New York Central Railroads.

Bird's eye view of Romeo 1868. Drawn by A. Ruger. Chicago Lithogr. Co. . Ruger, A. CREATED/PUBLISHED [Chicago] E. S. Glover [1868] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Indexed for points of interest.

An accurate map of the English colonies in North America, bordering on the river Ohio. . CREATED/PUBLISHED [London : s.n., 1754] NOTES Covers from Maine to South Carolina and west to Lake Michigan. Relief shown pictorially.

Bird's eye view of Kalamazoo, Mich. 1883. Drawn by H. Wellge & A. F. Poole. Beck & Pauli, lithographers. . Wellge, H. (Henry) CREATED/PUBLISHED Madison, Wis., J. J. Stoner, c1883. NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes illus. and index to points of interest.

Birds eye view of the city of Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Mich. 1866. Drawn & published by A. Ruger. . CREATED/PUBLISHED Chicago, Chicago Lithographing Co. [1866] NOTES Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Indexed for points of interest.

Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa; by J. Calvin Smith, engraved by S. Stiles, Sherman & Smith. . Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin) CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1844, c1840. NOTES Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840. LC also has 1864 edition, by J. H. Colton. SUMMARY Detailed township map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, canals, stage roads, and railroads.

Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections. . G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. CREATED/PUBLISHED New York, 1871. NOTES Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. SUMMARY Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y., on the verso. Under construction by Continental Improvement Company, George W. Cass, President.

Map of the Great Central Route and its connections, the most central, attractive, direct and reliable thoroughfare between the eastern and western states. . Noble, C. E., fl. 1856. CREATED/PUBLISHED Buffalo, N.Y., c1856. NOTES Scale ca. 1:3,250,000. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1856. At right of map: "Statistics of suspension bridge." Inset: [View of] Mammoth suspension bridge over Niagara River in view of the falls. SUMMARY Outline map of the north-central and northeastern states indicating larger cities, county boundaries, and railroad network emphasizing the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway.