(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences o -- N. Am - US Cities spanning from Archer in the

spanning from Archer in the north

California and Texas

The surrounding cartouche shows everything from a cowboy rounding up horses

Condition is good with some light age toning

Part of a current news story about the town

(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences o -- N. Am - US Cities spanning from Archer in the(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences of the Western & North Western Frontier as proposed by Charles Gratiot in his report of Oct. 31, 1837 At this time it was planned to limit western settlement to the states along the west bank of the Mississippi and to reserve for the Indians all the lands to the west. A string of forts was to preserve this division. This is one of two plans of how to accomplish the objective. It shows the