MsC 362

  Manuscript Register

PAPERS OF CHARLES WOOD IRISH

Collection Dates: 1852 -- 1927

 

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Acquisition Note: The C.W. Irish Papers include material bought at auction in Davenport, Iowa, in 1977 from the Charles Irish Preston Estate; and also material donated by the Division of the State Historical Society, Iowa State Historical Department. Materials, including the maps and many of the surveyor notebooks in the collection, were received in 2010 from the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming.

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Biographical Note

Charles Wood Irish was born in New York City on February 11, 1834, the son of Frederick Macy Irish and Elizabeth Ann Robinson. He was raised and educated in Iowa. In 1855, he married Susannah Abigail Yarbrough. They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Ruth (Mrs. Charles H. Preston).

As an engineer and surveyor, Irish served in a number of capacities. He was a city engineer for Iowa City and the first county surveyor in Tama County. In addition, he was a chapter member of both Iowa Society of Civil Engineers and the Agassiz Society of Iowa City.

Irish was involved with the first attempt to build a railroad across Iowa in the 1850s. Later he worked as a surveyor in the West during the construction of such railroad lines as the Chicago and North Western, the Dakota Railway, and the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe. He was appointed United States Surveyor General for Nevada by President Cleveland in 1886, and in 1893 was called to Washington to head the Bureau of Irrigation and Inquiry. At the time of his death in 1904, he had returned to Nevada and was serving as Deputy Mining Surveyor.

In addition to being both an engineer and surveyor, Irish was a noted botanist, geologist, and astronomer. His observations of a total solar eclipse in 1869 at Iowa City, and of one in Nevada in 1889, resulted in international recognition.

Charles Wood Irish died September 27, 1904, at Gold Creek, Nevada.

Scope and Contents

The Papers of Charles Wood Irish are arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically within each folder. Materials include correspondence, diaries, letterpress books, surveyor notebooks, terrain profiles, and maps. These papers reflect various aspects of Irish's career, including early railroad surveying done in Iowa and the West during the 1850s to the 1880s; Bureau of Irrigation activity, 1893 -- 1896; western mining data, 1889 -- 1900; and correspondence 1852 -- 1904, including letters from Joaquin Miller and John P. Irish.

Related materials

The Division of the State Historical Society, Iowa State Historical Department, has a collection of Irish-Preston Family Papers other than Charles Wood Irish. The Society also holds portraits of C.W. Irish and his wife by Isaac A. Wetherby.

Iowa Central Air Lines. Land Tract Ledger. xMs I6481la

Box List

Series I: General Materials

Box 1

"An Account of the Detonating Meteor of February 12, 1875," by Charles Wood Irish (3 copies)

Biographical Information, Charles Wood Irish, 1834 -- 1904 (5 items)

Books -- Belonging to Charles Wood Irish (6 items)

Folder 1

Burgoyne, Major-General Sir John, Rudimentary Treatise on Blasting and Quarrying Stone. London: John Weale, 1849

Burnell, G.R., The Rudiments of Hydraulic Engineering. London: John Weale, 1858

Cain, William, Symbolic Algebra or the Algebra of Algebraic Numbers. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1884

Corrections for Chaining on Slopes

Cross, C.S., Engineers Field Book. New York: Stephen Hallet, 1855

Flynn, P.J., Hydraulic Tables for the Calculation of the Discharge Through Sewers, Pipes and Conduits. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1883.

Folder 2

Morrison, R.S. and Emilio De Soto, Mining Rights in the Western States and Territories. Denver: Chain and Hardy, 1897

Proctor, Richard A., Half-Hours with the Telescope. London: Robert Harwicke, 1868

Trowbridge, W.P., Turbine Wheels. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1879

United States, Office of U.S. Surveyor General, Instructions to United States Deputy Mineral Surveyors for the District of Idaho, 1888

Folder 3

United States, Office of U.S. Surveyor General, Irrigation and Water Storage in the Arid Regions, 1891

Box 2

Business Cards, Charles Wood Irish (11 items)

Clippings, 1904, including Charles Wood Irish obituaries and funeral notice (33 items)

Correspondence

1852 -- 1878. Including John P. Irish, January 30, 1868; March 25, 1868 (57 items)

1879

1880 -- 1882. Including Joaquin Miller, May 31, 1880 (photocopy) (72 items)

1883 -- 1886. Including John P. Irish, August 10, 1885 (47 items)

1887. Including Joaquin Miller, January 10, 1887; February 3, 1887 (photocopies) (29 items)

1888 -- 1889 (12 items)

Box 3

Correspondence, cont.

           1890. Including Joaquin Miller, April 10, 1890 (photocopy) (35 items)

           1891 -- 1892 (36 items)

           1893 (56 items)

           1894 (31 items)

           1895 (34 items)

           1896. Including John P. Irish, November 12, 1896 (47 items)

           1897 -- 1898 (28 items)

           1899 -- 1900 (26 items)

1901 -- 1902. Including John P. Irish, May 6, 1902; September 19, 1902; October 24, 1902; November 22, 1902; December 14, 1902 (46 items)

1903. Including John P. Irish, March 30, 1903; May 1, 1903; May 4, 1903; May 21, 1903 (53 items)

1904. Including John P. Irish, February 18, 1904; March 7, 1904; March 27, 1904; June 26, 1904; October 10, 1904 (66 items)

1923 -- 1926. Concerning the estate of Charles Wood Irish (18 items)

1927. Concerning the estate of Charles Wood Irish (65 items)

Undated (9 items)

Box 4

Correspondence, cont.

           1901 -- 1902. Including John P. Irish, May 6, 1902; September 19, 1902; October 24, 1902; November 22, 1902; December 14, 1902
           (46 items)

           1903. Including John P. Irish, March 30, 1903; May 1, 1903; May 4, 1903; May 21, 1903 (53 items)

           1904. Including John P. Irish, February 18, 1904; March 7, 1904; March 27, 1904; June 26, 1904; October 10, 1904 (66 items)

           1923 -- 1926. Concerning the estate of Charles Wood Irish (18 items)

           1927. Concerning the estate of Charles Wood Irish (65 items)

           Undated (9 items)

           Letters, Index to Correspondence, June 1893 -- March 1896

Box 5

Diaries (30 items)

1854, 1857, 1865, 1868, 1871-1873, 1871-1873 & 1880, 1886-1888, 1890-1891, 1893-1904

Box 6

Division of Irrigation Inquiry

           News and Reports, 1879-1894

           Photographs - Western Farms' Irrigation Systems, c. 1880-1896

           Water Storage - Diagrams of Reservoir Dams in California, 1887

Iowa City Sewer Map, December 28, 1885 (2 items)

Irrigation, 1893 -- 1894 (5 items)

Letterpress Book, August 9, 1893 -- August 23, 1894 (1 item)

Box 7

Letterpress Book , August 9, 1894 -- January 3, 1896 (1 item)

Mining (Nevada), Surveyor General Forms, Reports, and Sketches, 1889 -- 1900 (9 items)

Official Documents, 1883 -- 1898 (10 items)

Photographic Notes, 1889 -- (1890s?) (4 items)

Photographs (68 items)

Postal Cards, Concerning Iowa Survey, 1874 -- 1876 (69 items)

Preston, Charles Irish (grandson of Charles Wood Irish and Susannah Abigail Yarbrough Irish), clippings concerning his estate (2 items)

Railroad Notes, Reports on Railroad Needs, 1846 -- 1881 (12 Items)

Receipts, 1886 -- 1904 (14 items)

Sales Receipt Pad, Elko-Tuscarora Mercantile Co. (1 item)

Will of Mary E. Mitchell Ede, 1901 -- 1902. (Charles Wood Irish was heir and devisee)

Series II: Surveying Materials

Box 8

Surveyor Notebooks

           Alburquerque [New Mexico], 1878

Bad River [Dakota Territory], 1880 (3 books)

Bad River [Dakota Territory] - Peg Book, 1880-1881

Bridges (1 item)

Dakota Central Railway: Dry Run Line - Transit Notes, 1880

Embankment Tables, n.d.

Expenses, 1868 -- 1871 (1 item)

Field Notes, 1855-1858, 1886-1887, 1889-1895, n.d. (11 books)

Box 9

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

           Forks Cheyenne, 1880 (2 books)

           Fort George [Dakota Territory] - Peg Book, 1880

           Geometric Notes, 1858?

           Grand Junction - Peg Book, 1873

           Iowa, 1852-1886, 1860-1863, 1864 (3 books)

           Iowa, 1867, 1869 (3 books)

           Iowa, 1870-1871, 1873 (3 books)

           Iowa, 1876, 1879-1882, 1886 (3 books)

Box 10

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

           Iowa, n.d. (4 books)

           Iowa City - Peg Book, 1875

           Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Books 1-3, 1904

           Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Books 4-6, 1904

           Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Peg Books 1 and 3, 1904

           Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Topography Books 1, 3-4, 1904

           Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Topography Books 5-7, 1904

Box 11

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

            Iowa City, Rochester and Davenport Electric Railway - Transit Books, 1-2, 1904

            James River [Dakota Territory], 1879 (4 books)

            James River [Dakota Territory], 1879 (4 books)

            James River [Dakota Territory], 1880 (2 books)

            James River [Dakota Territory], 1892, n.d. (2 books)

            James River [Dakota Territory], n.d. (2 books)

Box 12

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

             Level Notes, 1879-1880, n.d. (4 books)

             Mining Claims, n.d. (2 books)

             New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad, n.d.

             Peg Books, 1879-1880 (3 books)

             Peg Books, 1880 (2 books)

             Pierre City [Dakota Territory] - Level Notes, 1880?

             Princeton and Western Railway, 1883 (2 books)

Box 13

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

             Railroads (various), 1868, 1871, 1883, n.d. (5 books)

             Redwood Falls, 1881 (2 books)

             Reno [Nevada], 1887-1888, 1890-1893 (3 books)

             South of Missouri River, 1880

             Surveyor Handbook, 1880

             Surveyor Notebook, Location Unknown, n.d. [Also includes Index to Irish's books and journals]

             Tipton-Iowa City Line/Davenport Junction Line, 1906-1907 (3 books)

Box 14

Surveyor Notebooks, cont.

             Tipton-Iowa City Line/Davenport Junction Line, 1907 (3 books)

             Tipton-Iowa City Line/Davenport Junction Line, 1907 (2 books)

             Transit Books, 1867, 1879, n.d. (4 books)

             West of Missouri River, 1880 (3 books)

             West of Missouri River, 1880 (3 books)

             West of Missouri River, 1880 (2 books)

Surveyor Notebooks (Non-Irish)

             Rock Island Railroad from Chicago to Council Bluffs (Fred Lundahl, 1906)

Box 15

Surveyor Notes, 1888-1895

Surveyor Notes: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad- Missouri River/Iowa River Divide Data, n.d.

U.S. Surveyor General [State of Nevada]

              Applications and Forms, 1880s

              Citizens' Petition to Confirm Irish's Appointment as Surveyor, c. 1886

              Surveying Notes and Activities, c. 1886

Terrain Profiles [8 items, rolled]

             Iowa: De Witt, Huron, Iowa City (3), Johnson County, Rapid Creek, Tipton

Box 16

Terrain Profiles [8 items, rolled]

Dakota Territory
         Bad River to Forks of Big Cheyenne, 1880

         Dakota Central Railway: Big Sioux to Tracy, n.d.

         Dakota Central Railway: James River to Sioux, n.d.

         Head of Willis Creek to Forks of Big Cheyenne, c. 1880

         Summit Below James River to Medicine Creek, c. 1880

Iowa
         Clinton to Station #2460, c. 1872

         Clinton to Tipton, n.d.

          Iowa City to Oskaloosa and Sigourney, n.d.

Series III: Oversize Materials

Surveys and Maps [flat]

Box 17:

Irrigation/Water Resources, Nevada:                                                                                                                                 

           Humboldt River Drainage Basin and Canal Survey, 1891

           Truckee River, 1891

           Truckee River Dam (5 sheets), 1891

Mining Claims, Nevada:                                                                                                                                             

            Adelphi, General Washington, Gore, Kit Carson and Maria Mines (plat of survey), n.d.

            Alpha Consolidated Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1869

            Antelope, Apex, Bangor, Defiance, Glory, Homestate, Last Chance Sapphire, Western Soldier Mines (plat of surveys Nos. 43 & 59), 1888

            Bacon Mill and Mining Company's Claims on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plats of 2 claims), 1869

            Burke and Hamilton Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1868

            Cariocer & Peerless-Cortez Mines, New York Canon (plat), n.d.

            Challenge Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1868

            Claim of Daniel Bonelli (plat of claim), 1887

            Claim of Daniel Bonelli, North Division Mormon Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (3 sheets: field notes, plat of claim and plat
            of survey), 1887

            Claims of Daniel Bonelli, Virgin Queen Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (plats of 2 claims), 1887

            Claim of Jacob J. Rauer, Leo Lode, Columbus Mining District, Esmeralda County (plat of claim), 1887

            Claim of Jacob J. Rauer, Secretary Lode, Columbus Mining District, Esmeralda County (plat of claim), 1887

            Claim of O.F. Matthiessen & L.B. Ward, Copper Knob Lode, Hot Creek Mining District, Nye County (plat and blueprint of claim) 1889

            Claim of O.F. Matthiessen & L.B. Ward, Ophir Lode, Hot Creek Mining District, Nye County (plat of claim), 1889

            Claim of O.F. Matthiessen & L.B. Ward, Phenix Lode, Hot Creek Mining District, Nye County (plat of claim), 1889

            Claim of P.E. Shannon, Galena Bill Lode, Galena Mining District, Washoe County (plat of claim), 1890

            Claim of South Western Mining Company, Colorado Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (2 sheets: plat of claim and plat   
            of survey), 1886

            Claims of South Western Mining Company, South Division Mormon Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (plats of 3 claims),
            1877

            Claim of South Western Mining Company, South Division Mormon Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (plat of claim), 1887

            Claim of Starr Grove S.M. Company, Henry Logan Lode, Lewis Mining District, Lander County (plat of claim), 1881

            Comstock Lode, Longitudinal Section (2 sheets), 1874                                                                                                                                      

            Confidence Silver Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1869

            Eclipse Mill and Mining Company's Claim upon the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1868

            Empire North Mill and Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1869

            Empire South Mill and Mining Company's Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1869

            Juniata Mine and Milling Company, Juniata Lode, Esmeralda Mining District, Esmeralda County (plat), 1872

            Lot 40, Oceola Mining District, White Pine County (plat of lot and letter from T.C. Bailey), 1889

            Lot 75, Overland Lode (plat of lot), n.d.

            Lot 76, Herschell Lode (plat of lot) with two letters to Irish from Tho. J. Read, Napa, 1889

            Newburg Claim, Cortez Mining District, Eureka County (map of conflict survey), n.d.

            Reese River Mining District, Lander County (2 sheets), undated Table Mountain Mining District, n.d.

            Trench Mining Claim upon the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1868

            Umatilla Mining Claim, n.d.

            Union Mining District, n.d.

            U.S. Survey No. 37a, South Division Mormon Lode, St. Thomas Mining District, Lincoln County (2 sheets: field notes and plat), 1887

            U.S. Survey No. 83, Mt. Diablo Meridian, Diablo Lode, Secret Canon Mining District, Eureka County (plat of survey), n.d.

            U.S. Survey No. 291, Killington Lode, Secret Canon Mining District, Eureka County (2 sheets: plat and blueprint), 1889

            Winnemucca Mine in Winnemucca Peak, Humboldt County, 1888

            Winnemucca Mining Company, Tunnels in Winnemucca Peak, Humboldt County, 1888

            W. Sharon's Mining Claim on the Comstock Lode, Gold Hill Mining District, Storey County (plat), 1870

Other:                                                                                                                                                                                            

California:                

             Land Near Squaw Valley (plat), n.d.

            (Sierra) Nevada Mountains, includes 'Three Brothers' Formation in Yosemite (survey), n.d.

Dakota Territory:

             Dakota Mountains, n.d.

Note: Extremely fragile, in two Mylar sleeves, top half and bottom half

             Dakota Survey General Maps along Lake Thompson (15 sheets), 1879                                                                                                                                                                  

Nevada:

             Reno Electric Light & Power Company Building, Alhambra Mine, Silver City (floor plans), 1889

             Stampede Ranche, Humboldt Land and Cattle Company, Elko County (map), 1891

             Town of Lovelock, n.d.

             Town of Verdi, Washoe County (plan - 2 copies), n.d.


Railroad/Railway:                                                                                                                                                               

Dakota Territory:

               Proposed Change near Lonetree (survey), n.d.

               Topographical Map of the Region About the Mouth of the Bad River, Chicago & North-Western Railway Company, 1880

Iowa:

               Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway (B.C.R. & N. Rwy) Crossings at Iowa City, West Branch, Tipton and Sunbury (situation
               plans), 1905

Nevada:

               Route Changes shown on a map of the Union Canal Company's Canal Survey along the Humboldt River (drawing), 1891

               Route of the Central Pacific Railroad from the Big Bend of the Truckee River to the Humboldt Wells (map), n.d.

South Carolina:

               Map Showing Newington Tract, Colleton County; the Public and Plantation Roads Leading to the Town of Summerville; the So.C.A.R.R.
               and Station and the Configuration of the Country Between the R.R. Station and the Old Settlement (map and accompanying letter from the
               city engineer), 1881

[Surveys and Maps, rolled]

Box 18

Irrigation/Water Resources, California:
                Canal System and Lands of the Colorado River Irrigation Company, n.d.
                                                                                                                                                
                Canal Systems, Glenn and Colusa Counties, n.d.

Box 19

Irrigation/Water Resources, California:         
               Colorado River Basin, San Diego County (2 sheets), 1889                                                                                                                     
       
               Gage Canal System, Riverside, n.d.

               A Portion of San Diego County Showing Sources of Water Supply, n.d.

Box 20

Irrigation/Water Resources, Dakota Territory and Nebraska:
               Artesian Wells and Waters, The Dakotas with Parts of Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas and Colorado (2 sheets), 1890
 
               Farmers' and Merchants' Irrigation System, Dawson County, Nebraska, n.d.

Box 21

Irrigation/Water Resources, Nevada:
              Humboldt Canal and Mill Sites, 1867

              Water District No. 1, near Reno, n.d.

Box 22

Mining Claims, Nevada:
               Alpha and Silver Bell Mines, Echo Canon Mining District, Humboldt County, 1893 \

Box 23

Mining Claims, Nevada:
                Pyramid Lake, n.d.

Box 24

Mining Claims, Other:
                Illinois: Beardstown with Illinois River, n.d.

Box 25

Other:
               Iowa City, Iowa: Irish Property, 1872 St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery Plan, 1869

Box 26

Other:
              Nevada: Theo Winters' Ranch and Water Rights, undated

Box 27

Other:
              Post Route Maps: California and Nevada, 1893

Box 28

Other:
             Post Route Maps: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico & Arizona, 1893

Box 29

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

             Bad River (North Fork) to Gap Creek, n.d.     

             DeSmet to James River and Camp Leighton, undated Up Bad River (location, east end #8D), n.d.

Box 30

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

             Dirt Lodge (line), n.d.

             Short Spur Line Across Ft. George Island, n.d.

             Station 6709 to Dirt Lodges, n.d.

Box 31

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

            Fort Pierre at Mouth of Bad River to Forks of the Cheyenne (profile, no. 6), 1880

           Gap Creek to North Fork of Bad River (profile, no. 7, west end), 1880

           James River to Wessington Hills, n.d.

           James River to Wessington Hills (profile, no. 5, section no. 1, east end, preliminary), 1879

Box 32

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

            Gap Creek to the Forks of the Cheyenne (profile, no. 6), 1880

Box 33

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

            George Island (topographical surveys), Medicine Creek (locations) and West of Missouri River (preliminary, no. 11 A), n.d.

Box 34

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

            James River to Mouth of Medicine Creek, n.d.

Box 35

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

           Across Missouri River at Ft. George Island (profile, no. 13), n.d.

           Lake Preston (preliminary line), n.d.

           Medicine Creek to George Island and Ft. Pierre with Sections of the Missouri River (profile, no. 5, east end, section 4), 1879

           Pawnee Creek (profile, no. 10J), n.d.

Box 36

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

           Lonetree to George Island, n.d.

Box 37

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:         

          Medicine Creek from Lonetree to George Island, Showing the Triangulation to Big Weed Hill across the Missouri River at Ft. George (scout            map), n.d.

Box 38

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

          Medicine Creek to Pierre (location), Pierre (new line, west end), n.d.

Box 39

Railroad/Railway: Dakota Territory:

          Pawnee Creek to McNeil's Creek, n.d.

Box 40

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:       

          Bridge Drawing, Iowa City to Davenport and Tipton Railroad, n.d.

          Buck Creek to Middle Creek (ridge line, south end), n.d.

          Buffalo Fork of Buck Creek (line), n.d.

          Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railway #1, 1886

          Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railway #2, 1886

          Cedar Rapids and Chicago Railway #3, 1886

Box 41

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

          Cedar Rapids to Vinton, B.C.R. & M., n.d.

          Cedar River Bank (topographical map), n.d.

Box 42

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

           Coal Mine to Oskaloosa, n.d.

Box 43

Railroad/Railway: Iowa        

          Davenport to Iowa City and Tipton Electric Railroad (map and survey, 18 sheets), 1907

Box 44

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:         

         Davenport to Springdale, n.d.

         Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada to Sioux City, Iowa (profile of line showing elevations, depths of wells and water bearing strata), n.d.

Box 45

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

         Ewart Down Divide Between Moon and Buck Creeks, n.d.

         Ewart to Muchakianoe Coal Mines and Map of Surveys for Chicago & Northwestern Railway, undated Iowa City to Cedar Rapids via Rapid
         Creek, 1867

         Middle Creek, Near Ewart (level lines), n.d.

Box 46

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

          Iowa City to Tipton Interurban Railroad, 1904

Box 47

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

         Iowa City via Ralston and Rapid Creek to Solon, n.d.

Box 48

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

         C. C. & W. Through Iowa City, n.d.

         Iowa City and Vicinity (continuation of profile to Sigourney), n.d.

         Iowa River, 8 Miles Above Cones Dame, n.d.

         Iowa River and Hendrick's Mill to Hoosier Creek, n.d.

Box 49

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

         Iowa River and Richland Creek (random lines), n.d.

         Johnson County via Western (north line), n.d.

         Lenox to Iowa City, C. C. & W. (location profile), n.d.

        Mahaska County - Wilson's Survey (continuous profile), n.d.

Box 50

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

        Moon Creek, n.d.

        Moon Creek to Tama City, Tama County - Chicago & Northwestern Railway, n.d.

        Moon Creek via Malcom to Head of Moose (line), undated Mount Pleasant to Crawfordsville (located line), undated Okoboji Creek (line, no.2),
       1880

Box 51

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

       East of Oskaloosa (line), n.d.

       East of Oskaloosa (line, south end), n.d.

       Spindlers to the North Line, Johnson County (profile of line), n.d.

       Station 2460 to Iowa City (west end) With Full Report of Sea Levels and Connections to Other Lines, 1867 Summit at Head of Mud Creek, 4
       Miles South of Tama City, n.d.

       Tama City to Middle Creek - North English via Montezuma to Middle Creek, Moon Creek and South Skunk (north end, no. 2), n.d.

Box 52

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

        Tama City to Oskaloosa and Much-a-kianoe Coal Mines for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway (map of surveys, 2 copies), 1881-1882

Box 53

Railroad/Railway: Iowa:

        Tama City to Oskaloosa, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, n.d.

        Tama City via Malior, Montezuma and Moon Creek to Middle Creek, undated

        Tama to Oskaloosa (central slough line, north end), Chicago and Northwestern Railway, n.d.

        Washington County, Iowa to Oskaloosa, n.d.

Box 54

Railroad/Railway: Minnesota:

         Lake Benton to Big Sioux (location, east end), 1879

         Redwood Falls (location profile), June & July 1881

         Redwood Falls (south line, east end), n.d.

         Redwood Falls (west line, Redwood end), n.d.

Box 55

Railroad/Railway: Minnesota:    

          Tracy to Black Hills (South Dakota) [Profile of line, showing elevations, depths of wells, and water-bearing strata], n.d.

          Tracy to Lake Benton (Location no. 1), Tracy to Sioux River (profile), 1879

Box 56

Railroad/Railway: Nevada:

         Township No. 28, North Range No. 32 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, n.d.

         Township No. 27, North Range No. 31 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, n.d.

         Young's Tunnel and Ditch, n.d.

Box 57

Railroad/Railway: Wisconsin:

          Bark River North to Fond du Lac via Hustisford, n.d.

          Belvide North to Bark River, n.d.

          Main Divide to Westfield (various lines,) 1883    

          Main Divide to Westfield (west end), 1883       

          Necedah West (tracing of line), n.d.

Box 58

Railroad/Railway: Wisconsin:

          Necedah Town Plat (2 sheets), n.d.

Box 59

Railroad/Railway: Wisconsin:

         Westfield (line), n.d.

Box 60

Railroad/Railway: Wisconsin:

        Westfield, n.d.

        Wisconsin, n.d.

        Wisconsin River between Necedah and Friendship (triangulation), 1883

        Wisconsin Valley Junction to Princeton and Fond du Lac, Chicago & North Western Railway, n.d.

Oversized Container 1 [Surveys and Maps, rolled]

Head of Willow Creek to Survey of 1880 to the Forks of the Big Cheyenne

Map of Survey from Fort Pierre to Forks of Cheyenne River

Rly sents (Railway Sections?) in Dakota, 1880

Davenport to Iowa City and Tipton Electric Railorad (may and survey, 18 sheets, blueprints) March 1907

Lines, locations, and preliminary, Undated

Davenport to Iowa City and Tipton Electric Railroad (map and survey, 18 sheets, blueprints), March 1907

Oversized Container 2

Dakota RR profiles and McAdam Plans

Dakota Territory

Head of the Lemonweir River to Owatonna, Minnesota

Sheyboygan to Head of the Lemonweir

Profile from L. Michigan to Fork Cheyenne

Wessington Hills Survey

Oversized Container 3

Map - Tracy Extension for Tracy to Sioux River. Undated

Oversized Container 4

Johnson County (Iowa) From North Line to South Line

 Stored Flat on top of Map Case 3

 Mouth of Big Cheyenne to Fork of the Big Cheyenne. Undated

Iowa City – Bridge Plans (drawings), 1876.

Exploring map from Iowa City to Sigourney