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Yellowstone National Park, Gallatin Sheet. - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, Lake Sheet - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, Shoshone Sheet. - Yellowstone National Park, Canyon Sheet.
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Yellowstone National Park, Gallatin Sheet. - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, Lake Sheet - Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming, Shoshone Sheet. - Yellowstone National Park, Canyon Sheet.
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English: This is the rare U.S. Geological Survey of Yellowstone National Park in four sheets. Depicts the entire park in considerable detail noting topography, hot springs, rivers and creeks, marshes, geysers, lakes and ponds. Also specifically notes the Continental Divide. Shaded to illustrate different types of rock and geological zones. Divided into four sheets: the Canyon Sheet, the Lake Sheet, the Gallatin Sheet and the Shoshone sheet. Published by the U.S. Geological survey based on surveys conducted between 1884 and 1885 under Henry Gannett, Chief Geographer and J. H. Renshawe, Geographer in charge of the expedition. The topography for this map is the work of Frank Tweedy, S. A. Aaplin Jr., J. H. Renshawe and W. H. Leffingwell. Triangulation was accomplished by H. S. Chase. This is the April 1896 edition. Each sheet measures 19.5 x 15 inches.
Date 1896 (dated)
Dimensions height: 19.5 in (49.5 cm); width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,19.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15U218593
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Geographicus link: YellowstoneGeo-usgs-1896
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Walcott, Charles D., Geologic Atlas of the United States Yellowstone National Park Folio Wyoming. (1896 edition).

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