State Historical Society of Iowa

Mitchell's School Atlas of the United States and Mexico, 1839

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This map was created for a school atlas in 1939; it shows the territories and states created from the Louisiana Territory Purchase.
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Mitchell, S. Augustus, Young, J.H., & Cowperthwait & Co Thomas, "Mitchell's School Atlas," 1839

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This map appeared in Mitchell’s School Atlas in 1839. It shows the territories formed from the Louisiana Territory Purchase as well as several states that had already been carved from Louisiana Territory. The Iowa territory is shown in pink.

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Mitchell, S. Augustus, Young, J.H., & Cowperthwait & Co Thomas, "Mitchell's School Atlas," 1839. Courtesy of Library of Congress