Artful History Reproductions

01/12/2014

These gorgeous maps are meant to grace the walls of homes and businesses — and help our imaginations reach back in time.
Published the year Montana became a state, this map shows the hi line freshly filled in with railroad towns.
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1889 Railroad and County Map of Montana George Cram, Cram's Standard American Atlas Of The World. Chicago, 1889. 33" x 24" $145Published the year Montana became a state– after 25 years a Territory– this map is loaded with fascinating detail. Source: David Rumsey, Cartography Associates …

01/03/2014

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This beautiful, nearly-monochromatic rendition of 1879 Montana gives the map holder a sense of traveling this rugged landscape the only way one could at the time, by foot or horse power.

01/03/2014

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DeLacy's Map of Montana Territory was produced in time for the 1st Territorial Legislature in January of 1865. It's notable for it's emphasis on mining activities and illustration of routes into the mining camps from surrounding territories; the first nine counties displayed in color; and a general...

12/22/2013

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12/12/2013

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11/17/2013

Billings Gazette photo, published with article linked here: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/all-over-the-map-visual-history-of-valley-told-in/article_13f5693d-e413-5900-ad08-0d3649b5b37c.html

11/17/2013

Ed Kemmick's article for the Billings Gazette linked here. Come by the Yellowstone County Museum in Billings and see the exhibit!

Chas Weldon, director of the Yellowstone County Museum, had long harbored the idea of putting together an exhibit showing the history of the Yellowstone Valley as told through maps.

02/22/2013

This 1876 map by Raynolds has more detail along the Yellowstone. Make a list of the rivers you see, and compare to the Montana Highway map. Find your place? Locate Billings future site? What year did Billings become a town?

01/10/2013

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01/10/2013

What can you learn from this map, that will help you to determine the approximate year it was made?

12/15/2012

c. 1894 map of Montana just after statehood, with all hi-line railroad towns shown.