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Hand-drawn map of the Mormon Fort and Las Vegas Valley from a letter by John Steele to Brigham Young, circa 1855

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Title Hand-drawn map of the Mormon Fort and Las Vegas Valley from a letter by John Steele to Brigham Young, circa 1855
Creator Steele, John, 1821-1903 @LoC;
Description Hand-drawn map showing area around the Mormon Fort in Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1855. Handwritten in lower right: 'To President George A. Smith. This is drawn not according to any particular rule being my first attempt at drawing but it may serve to give you an idea of the Las Vegas. John Steele.'
Source "Copy print of material in LDS Archives." Scale not given. 0014 0012 (Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection) Fred and Maurine Wilson Photo Collection;
Date 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859 Circa 1855
Coverage Las Vegas (Nev.); Las Vegas Nevada United States
Subject Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Nev.) -- Maps; Las Vegas (Nev.) -- Maps;
Type Still Image
Relation http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/dig,9
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Format image/tif;
Publisher University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Identifier http://digital.library.unlv.edu:81/u?/LV_Maps,727

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