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Title: Maxwell Land Grant : Patented May 19, 1879
Alternative Title: Guide to the Maxwell Grant : 1 3/4 Million Acres in Colorado and New Mexico.
Map of Lands under the Yermejo and Springer Ditch Systems.
Creator: Maxwell Land Grant Company, creator
Contributor: Rand McNally and Company, publisher
Matthews Northrop & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1883
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Alt. title from cover. Rand McNally & Co. printed this prospectus which includes a small Matthews Northrop & Co. map of the land grant. This was originally a Mexican land grant to two Mexican families, Maxwell bought them out and obtained title through an April 1887 Court decision. The second incorporated map shows the irrigated section of the property. Submap: Irrigated lands; Colorado and New Mexico. Vignettes: 10 or more scenes both photographic and hand drawn. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Sales text on the Maxwell Land Grant.
Extent: 1 map ; 12 x 10 cm., sheet 41 x 89 cm.
Identifier: 308901
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10374
Language: English
Subject: Maxwell Grant (N.M.)--Maps
Time Period: ca. 1888
Place: North America
United States
New Mexico
Colfax (County)
Colorado
Las Animas (County)
W 104°30'/N 36°30' approx.
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library

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