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1891 Montana Railroad and Reservation Map, Cram

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1891 Montana Railroad and Reservation Map, Cram
For your consideration in this lot is a 1891 two sided map with Montana on one side, Washington and Idaho on the other. Montana was admitted into statehood in 1889 as was Washington, and Idaho the following year. The maps were made by Geo. F. Cram Engraver and Publisher Chicago Ill. The map shows Montana with eleven counties; today there are fifty-six. George Franklin Cram (1842-1928) was an American map publisher of the George F. Cram Co. which became a leading map firm in the United States. The best known atlas began as The Standard Atlas of the United States which eventually was renamed the Unrivaled Family Atlas which ran for dozens of editions over many decades. His was one of the first American firms to publish a world atlas. The Montana map is 14.5"W x 21.5"L; the Idaho and Washington maps are 10.5"W x 14.5"L respectively. Age tanning and slight foxing observed.