Description: A map of Arizona in 1910. The scale in given in English miles. The key shows Indian reserves, railways, county seats, canals, and county boundaries. &qout;It is bounded N. by Utah, E. by New Mexico, S. by Mexico and W. by California and Nevada, the Colorado river separating it from California and in part from Nevada. On the W. side is the Great Basin. Arizona itself is mostly included in the great arid mountainous uplift of the Rocky Mountain region, and partly within the desert plain region of the Gulf of California, or Open Basin region. The whole state lies on the south-western exposure of a great roof whose crest, along the continental divide in western New Mexico, pitches southward. Its altitudes vary from 12,800 ft. to less than 100 ft. above the sea.&qout;
Place Names: Arizona, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, Navajo Reserve, Moqui Reserve, Apache Reserve, Navajo Reserve, Cochise, Yavapai, Haulpai Indian Reserve, Yuma, Coconino, Painted Desert, Black Canyon, Colorado River, Eagle Landing, Kingman, Flagstaff, Little Colorado River, Gila River Reserve, Gila Bend, White Mountain Reserve, Fairbank, Winkelman, Florence, Eagle Trail, Mohawk Mounains, Ajo Mountains, Big Horn Mountains, Cactus Plain, Granite Wash Mountains, Utah, Mexico, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Mogollan Mesa, Glen Canyon, River Verde, Chocolate Mountains, Southern Pacific Railway, International Boundary
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, elevation, inlandWaters, transportation
Keywords: Arizona, physical, political, transportation, physical features, topographical, country borders, major political subdivisions, county borders, railroads, roads, water routes, boundaries, elevation, inlandWaters, transportation, Unknown, 1910 AD
Source: , The Enctclopædia Britannica a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information Eleventh Edition Volume II Andros to Austria (New York, NY: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, 1910) 544
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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