Eleven 1871 Maps. Indiana County, PA. Hand-Colored Rare
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Lee Jay Stoltzfus: Rare Books. Excellent Prices. -- No Secret Reserve Price -- ________________ Eleven Maps of Indiana County, Pennsylvania Published in 1871 The Original Maps, with Original Hand-Color From the Atlas Titled: Atlas of Indiana Co. Pennsylvania Surveyed by F.W. Beers Published in New York by F. W. Beers and Company Engraved in New York by Louis E. Neuman Lithographed in New York by Charles Hart Sheet Size: 15-5/8 x 13 inches Above: Eleven Large Maps of Indiana County, PA Each Sheet Size: 15-5/8 x 13 inches _________________________________________________ Maps identify property owners, schools, churchs, busineses, etc. ________________________________________ Above: Maps Show Coal fields, Iron Ore, Limestone Outcroppings, etc. __________________________________________ Above: Includes Individual Maps of Many Towns _________________________________________________ Above: Includes Names and Occupations of Many Business Leaders & Farmers ______________________________________ ...Eleven rare 1871 maps of Indiana County, PA. ________________________________________________________ These eleven maps showcase Indiana County, as it was in 1871. Indiana County is located in Western Pennsylvania. It was created from Westmoreland County and Clearfield County. The township maps locate and identifie names of property owners, churches, schools, businesses, etc. Today Indiana County PA is the home of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. It is also known as the home of the largest privately owned drilling company in the United States, S.W. Jack Drilling Company. The town is also remembered today as the hometown of Jimmy Stewart , Edward Abbey, and Renee Fleming. The maps are: 1. East Mahoning Township, with an inset map of Georgeville: Also included is the town of Marion. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. Reverse side of map has an illustration of the Marion Methodist Episcopal Church. 2. Washington Township: Detailed map of the entire township. Includes the town of Willet, Five Points, Chambersville, Newville / Chrrkside, etc. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 3. Map showing 3 towns: Richmond / Rochester Mills, Covode, and Marion. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 4. Map showing 2 towns and illustration of first jail erected in Indiana, PA in 1807: Towns are Gettysburgh / Hillsdale Post Office and Cherry Tree / Grant Post Office. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders 5. Map showning 5 towns: Towns are Shelocta, Nolo, Strongstown, Dimondville / Mitchell's Mills Post Office, and Greenville / Penn Run Post Office. 6. Armstrong Township: Detailed map of the entire township. Includes the towns of Parkwood, Shelocta, Tannery Village, Watts, etc. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders 7. Map showning 5 towns: Clarksburgh, Kelly Station, Black Lick, Lewisville, and Bells Mills. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 8. Map showing 2 towns: Homer / Phillips Mills Post Office and Mechanicsburg / Brush Valley Post Office. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 9. West Wheatfield Township: Detailed map of the entire township. Includes the towns of Heshbon Post Office, New Washington, etc. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 10. East Wheatfield Township: Detailed map of the entire township. Includes the towns of Bakers Furnace, Nineveh, Dilltown, Armagh, Centerville, etc. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. 11. Map showing 3 towns: Centreville, Nineveh, and Armagh. Map includes a list of names and occupations of some business leaders. Rare: These maps seldom are seen on the antiquarian map market. I purchased these maps at the local estate auction of book collector A. L. Hanford, Jr., of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The Hanford family was a prominent Lebanon Valley family, for whom the YMCA A. L. Hanford Center is named. Condition: No library or institution markings. No previous owner's markings. The left side of the maps have a few stitch holes, where the maps were originally stitched into the atlas. Some maps have moderate smudges to some margins. The Armstrong Township map has some moderate stains to the lower section of the text and margin. 3 maps has a small one-inch tip cut off the lower right margin, not entering the maps' image. ---- --Check / Money Order (Credit Card Also Payable to Me By Telephone or Email. ) Check or Money Order Also Accepted. $7.00 priority mailing in U.S. and Canada. I Will Mail to Any Country. Overseas air mail is $12.00. Prompt Shipping--I Mail the Day After I Receive Payment. Shipping by Post Office, Unless Other Shipping Requested. Pennsylvania Buyers add 6 % Sales Tax, or Send Tax Number. Offered by: Lee Jay Stoltzfus - Your Family Heirlooms Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. U.S.A. 27 Lititz Run Road. Lititz, PA 17543 Telephone: (717) 371-7320 Send e-mail to me here, if you have questions. 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