Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1980-08-01 Printed Maps of Utah to 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography Riley Moore Moffat Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Geography Commons, History Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Moffat, Riley Moore, "Printed Maps of Utah to 1900: An Annotated Cartobibliography" (1980). Theses and Dissertations. 4947. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4947 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 11 601091ogkgog09l ll PRINTED MAPS OF UTAH TO 1900 AN ANNOTATED cartobibliography A thesis presented to the department of geography brigham young university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science by riley moore moffat august 1980 this thesis by riley moore moffat is accepted in its present form by the department of geography of brigham young university as satisfying the thesis requirement for the degree of master of science X u r i robert L layton conanitteeCOmmit06 chairmanchaichainmanman cejcvjag ricricharchrichardhRicHararahardhdH jackson comriiittelpChichach3cmember 3 U 1 yp w daidatdatejdacej Y Lyllaytonton department caismanchaichalchairman robentrobertlbrt la v cairman v robert TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES iv acknowledgements v PREFACE vi chapter I1 introduction 1 the spanish explorations 1 the fur trappers 5 the military explorations 9 the great surveys 14 commercial and other federal mapping 18 II11 1777 1849 23 Is D 0 & 39 iliillIII111 1850 1859 0 0 IV 1860 1869 60 V 1870 1879 81 VI 1880 1889 114 VII 1890 1899 140 bibliography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ff 169 INDEX 173 iii LIST OF FIGURES 1 wheelers survey 17 2 united states geological survey 20 IV AC knowledgementsacknowledgmentsKNOWLEDGEMENTS I1 wish to acknowledge the assistance of my colleagues chad flake and scott duval of brigham young university susan mortenson of the utah state historical society ruth yeaman of the university of utah karlo mustonen and steve weiss of utah state university inez cooper of southern utah state college david putnam of the genealo- gical society richard stevenson of the library of Concongressgresse grant anderson and earl olsen of the LDS church historical department for opening their collections to me and for their general encourage- ment the support and encouragement of the geography department faculty and the harold B lee library administration is greatly appreciated I1 would also like to express my appreciation to my wife connie for supporting this project through to completion and bonnie percival and valerievalericclark for their typing v PREFACE this cartobibliography has been prepared to serve as a reference and research guide and to provide a convenient means of locating and identifying nineteenth century printed maps of utah old maps are useful historical documents however they are often hard to find time and abuse having taken their toll and when found they are sometimes difficult to identify this cartobibliography will deal with printed maps of utah published before 1900 the year 1900 was set as the cut- off date to avoid many massproducedmass produced maps to somewhat coincide with the creation of the state of utah and to close the decade which saw utah adequately surveyed A major question which had to be considered was where to set the limit on maps which show utah as well as adjoining areas territories or states no hard and fast rule could be devised though date and scale were factors the older the map the more leeway was allowed to show utah in its geographical setting also the older the map a smaller minimum scale was allowed varying from about 17000000 for early maps to about 13000000 for newer maps in compiling this cartobibliography all available published lists were consulted and references to them given in each entry part of this project parallels apingppingmappingM the Transtransmississippitransmississippiwestmississippi west the five volume tour de force of carl I1 wheat the map citations vi in the introduction refer to these volumes however wheats work is limited to regional maps and ceases comprehensive coverage about 1869 all known collections of early utah maps were sought out and visited the following collections were surveyed personally and all relevant maps and atlases examined 1 brigham young university lee library provo 2 the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints historical Departdepartmentmentr salt lake city 3 the genealogical society of utah salt lake city 4 provo public library provo 5 salt lake city public library salt lake city 6 snow college library ephraim 7 southern utah state college library cedar city 8 university of utah marriott library salt lake city 9 utah state archivesanchArchivest salt lake city 10 utah state historical society salt lake city 11 utah state university merrill library logan 12 weber county library ogden and 13 weber state college library ogden other libraries were queried by mail logan public library brigham city public library davis county library salt lake county library tooelethoelepublic library american fork public library springvilleSpringville public library price public library college of eastern utah library vernal public library moab public library richfield public Librlibraryaryl cedar city public library st george public library and dixie college library none of these libraries indicated they had collections of nineteenth century printed maps of utah vii maps appearing in atlases and selected books have been included and an effort made to identify the source of those used unfortunately it is the practice of many antiquarian book and map dealers to dismember old atlases and sell the plates individually for a much greater profit this often makes establishing the maps provenance difficult especially if the publisher engraengraververrverp cop- yright date page number or title is missing dating maps of certain commercial atlas publishers can be a problem often a map is reprinted for years with no revision and perhaps only a different page number to indicate a different impression also revisions may be made but not indicated in the copyright information after about 1850 several united states atlas publishers began publishing atlases which depict utah separately or in conjunction with adjoining territories and states the atlases which supply most of the commercially printed maps of utah in the second half of the nineteenth century include the following 1 A new universal atlas by samuel augustus mitchell 17 editions between 1846 and 1864 2 atlas of the world by joseph hutchins colton four editions between 1854 and 1878 3 coltonscollonsColtons general atlas by joseph hutchins colton 22 editions between 1857 and 1888 4 johnsons new illustrated steelsteelplateplate family atlas by alvin jewett johnson 21 editions between 1860 and 1886 5 mitchells new general atlas by samuel augustus mitchell viii 31 editions between 1860 and 1893 6 asher & adams new commercial topographical and statistical atlas and Gazegazeteergazetteerteer of the united states 16 editions between 1872 and 1875 7 atlas of the united states by ormando willis gray 11 editions between 1873 and 1879 8 the national atlas by ormando willis gray 30 editions between 1875 and 1889 9 rand mcnallysmcnallyyMcNallys commercial atlas and marketing guide 9 published annually since 1876 10 gaylord watson published five atlases under various titles between 1877 and 1885 11 the rand mcnalley & cocoecow s indexed atlas of the world 17 editions between 1881 and 1899 12 crams unrivaled family atlas of the world by george FXfranklinanklin cram 14 editions between 1882 and 1891 13 bradleys atlas of the world for commercial and lilibrary reference by william M bradley 14 editions between 1885 and 1896 14 crams unrivaled atlas of the world by george franklin cramcramp 15 editions between 1887 and 1899 the entries in the cartobibliography are arranged chron- ologically by date of publication or occasionally by date of 1americanamerican library association resources and technical service division the national union catalog pre1956pre 1956 I1imprintsints london mansel 1968 ixIX information if it differs significantly from the printed copyright date the title is given as it appears on the face of the map the size of the map is given in centimeters from inside the neat lines vertical first then horizontal distinguishing features peculiari- ties inaccuracies and general description is given to help identify the map the provenance of the map and its citations in other lists are given including atlas and book titles congressional report numbers serial set numbers and superintendent of documents call numbers sources of the citations can be found in the biblio- graphy last is given the collections in utah which hold a copy of the map either in original form or permanent photographic repro- duction location symbols used are as follows BL university of california bancroft library berkeley BYU brigham young university lee library provo LDSH the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints historical department libraryLibraryf salt lake city GSL genealogical society of utah library salt lake city LC library of congress geography and map division washington SLP salt