{"product_id":"old-railroad-map-of-united-states-1895-rio-grande-western-salt-lake-city-ogden-grand-junction-temple-square","title":"Large Old Railroad Map of United States, 1895: Rio Grande Western, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Grand Junction, Temple Square","description":"\u003cp\u003eMap of the Rio Grande Western Railway — Scenic Line of the World is a spirited 1895 portrait of the American West at high speed. Produced by Poole Brothers, the era’s consummate promoters of rail travel, it traces in arresting red the Rio Grande Western’s principal corridors from Ogden south and east through Utah to Grand Junction, Colorado, and along the Marysvale branch. A web of companion routes appears in contrasting tints, set against a careful blend of topographical shading and political outlines that orients the traveler across state lines, valleys, and ranges. True to its proud subtitle, the sheet is both itinerary and invitation, framing a landscape of bold relief where steel ribbons knit together mines, towns, and markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the map’s argument is ore. The cartography lingers over Utah’s celebrated mining districts—Dugway, Bingham, Tintic, Henry Mountain, Marysvale—and reaches west to the Deep Creek diggings straddling the Nevada line. Each district is named and situated with purpose, the crimson tracks angling toward smelters, sampling works, and supply depots. Gold and silver headlines gave these camps their glamour; dependable rail service gave them longevity. The result is a visual ledger of extraction and exchange, where every siding and junction confirms how the Rio Grande Western turned remote bonanzas into bankable commerce and linked prospectors’ camps to the countinghouses of Salt Lake City and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoole’s engraving lavishes attention on the West’s physical drama. Mountain chains rise and break into basins; rivers and streams are traced from headwaters to confluence. The Wasatch front, the Henry Mountains, and the long escarpments edging the Colorado Plateau are rendered with enough relief to explain the line’s curves and gradients. The Colorado and Green Rivers, the Sevier and their tributaries braid the page, guiding the eye across canyon country and irrigated valleys alike. Far from mere backdrop, this topography is the story’s engine: it is the geography that made a “Scenic Line” plausible, and the engineering puzzle that railmen solved with summits, tunnels, and sinuous alignments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and settlements are plotted with care, from bustling Ogden and Salt Lake City to Marysvale on the Sevier and Grand Junction at the gateway to Colorado’s Western Slope. Political boundaries are crisply drawn, while the map’s margins glance into Nevada and New Mexico to suggest a wider interline web. On the accompanying verso, vignettes of Temple Square and the Saltair Beach Bathing Resort capture the cultural and recreational heart of late-nineteenth-century Utah—domes, spires, and a pavilion poised above the Great Salt Lake—reminding the viewer that this railway moved pilgrims, tourists, and pleasure-seekers as surely as ore and freight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoole Brothers, working at the height of American railroad expansion, specialized in precisely this fusion of utility and persuasion. Their maps served conductors and clerks, but they also sold an idea: that modern mobility could conquer distance, enrich districts, and civilize wilderness without dulling its spectacle. In 1895, when railways were arteries of capital and communication in the interior West, this composition reads as both guide and manifesto. The color-coded routes, the eloquent terrain, the named diggings and junctions—all conspire to place the Rio Grande Western at the center of a transforming region, where steel, water, and ore remade the map as surely as the map recorded the change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSalt Lake City, Utah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOgden, Utah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarysvale, Utah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrand Junction, Colorado\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElko, Nevada (if applicable)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRailroad routes highlighted in red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMining districts labeled: Dugway, Bingham, Tintic, and Henry Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopographical details: mountain ranges, valleys, and bodies of water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRivers and streams marked throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImportant landmarks: illustrations of Temple Square and Saltair Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSettlements of significance indicated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate of creation: 1895\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker\/Publisher: Poole Brothers (known for detailed and promotional railroad maps in the late 19th century)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed promotional railroad map of the Western United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasis on railroad routes and mining districts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlend of topographical and political delineation, with blue and red lines marking significant routes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights Rio Grande Western lines in red from Ogden to Grand Junction, Colorado, and Marysvale, Utah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegions illustrated: primarily Utah and Colorado, extending into parts of Nevada and New Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights the importance of rail travel during the late 19th century, especially in the mining industry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects the expansion of railroad infrastructure aiding economic development in the Western United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 100in (250cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlease note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 20in (50cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis map is wider than most maps, which would make it a perfect statement piece above a mantelpiece, sofa or desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58258618876288,"sku":"UM00295878A","price":169.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58258618909056,"sku":"UM00295879A","price":460.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x36in (45x90cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58258618941824,"sku":"UM00295880A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58258618974592,"sku":"UM00295881A","price":221.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58258619007360,"sku":"UM00295882A","price":814.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"22x45in (56x114cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58258619040128,"sku":"UM00295883A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58258619072896,"sku":"UM00295884A","price":402.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58258619105664,"sku":"UM00295885A","price":1675.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"25x50in (64x127cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58258619138432,"sku":"UM00295886A","price":1675.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58258619171200,"sku":"UM00295887A","price":536.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58258619203968,"sku":"UM00295888A","price":2679.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x60in (75x150cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58258619236736,"sku":"UM00295889A","price":2488.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32x70in (80x178cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58258619269504,"sku":"UM00295890A","price":881.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32x70in (80x178cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58258619302272,"sku":"UM00295891A","price":3588.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32x70in (80x178cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58258619335040,"sku":"UM00295892A","price":3349.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/0344\/8638\/files\/file_e836bbca-0bbe-47ad-b598-1de491365bac.jpg?v=1781279410","url":"https:\/\/uniquemaps.ca\/fr\/products\/old-railroad-map-of-united-states-1895-rio-grande-western-salt-lake-city-ogden-grand-junction-temple-square","provider":"The Unique Maps Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}