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This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Atchison, Kansas, the county seat of Atchison County. The legend at the bottom of the image lists the Court House, Jail, the Public School, St. Benedict's College (Benedictine), Turner Hall, the shops of the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Missouri Valley Railroad depot, and a number of churches. Two African American churches are included in the list. Several of the numbers from the legend are difficult to locate on the lithograph. The name of the artist and the publisher of the lithograph are not legible. The Missouri River forms the eastern boundary of Atchison and Winthrop, Missouri, is across the river from Atchison. A number of steamboats are shown on the river including the N. S. Turner.
Date: 1869
Item Number: 227572
Call Number: Map Drawer W
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227572
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri Valley Railroad
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Map
Community Life - Religion - Places of Worship - Exteriors
Date - 1861-1869 - 1869
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Benedictine College
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Lithograph
People - African Americans
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Missouri
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri Valley Railroad
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific Railway
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Illustrations - Lithographs and Engravings
Type of Material - Maps - Bird's-eye Views
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