State of Louisiana manhattan next to a large section

next to a large section of land noted as "Donation Lands from the Commonwealth of Virginia"

it also includes some thematic maps below

interacting with tribe after tribe

Details the towns and rail lines

An incredible gem for showing detail in the mountains

State of Louisiana manhattan next to a large sectionState of Louisiana, GLO, 1879 Early in the 19th century the U. S. founded an agency to manage the surveying, platting and sale of the public lands in the western U. S. If you think back to the massive growth and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, it was an astounding challenge to manage. Spanning from Florida and the deep south, all the way west through the trans Mississippi lands, to the West Coast, it was hundreds of millions of acres.