Map of the Town of Lansing, Allamakee Co., Iowa

Houghton, H. H., & Co.

Published by Galena, IL, Galena, IL, 1854

About this Item

Unrecorded uncolored plat map, large for its type, of this small town on the Mississippi River just south of the Minnesota border. Very extensive professional restoration, with facsimile in many places, though the overall appearance is quite clean. Age-toned. The map shows lot lines and numbers, the steamboat landing along the river with a paddle-wheeler shown steaming by, and some civic features. The town was founded in 1851 by settlers from Lansing, Michigan, but this is undoubtedly the earliest plan of the town. Lithographed by Compton & Gibson in Buffalo, NY (see Peters, America on Stone, p. 145.) Houghton, the publisher, operated in Galena in the 1850's. This map is not listed in Printed Maps of the Midwest, vol 8, and no reference to it could be found. In spite of its heavily restored condition, this is an extremely rare, possibly unique, early plan of a town west of the MIssissippi River.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Map of the Town of Lansing, Allamakee Co., Iowa
• Publisher: Galena, IL, Galena, IL
• Publication Date: 1854
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