(CO.- KS.) Gunn's New Map of Kansas And the Gold Mines...

Gunn's New Map of Kansas And The Gold Mines Embracing all the Public Surveys up to the 6th Principal Meridian. Compiled from the Original Field Notes by O.B. Gunn. Wyandott, K.T. 1859.The persistent rumors of gold in the hills of Pikes Peak and western Kansas, had began in 1850, but it wasn't until 1858 that it became a gold rush, after the findings of William Russell. It was an uncharted part of the West, and a industry quickly sprung up to supply the need for maps that could get you across the rough high prairies to the gold fields. This is one of the rarest of those maps made for the rush, done by Otis Gunn, a civil engineer, politician and soldier. His map is strong for latest development in Kansas in the eastern counties, from roads and towns, to native reserves and drainage. But its the large "Routes from the Missouri River to the Kansas Gold Mines" that captures the attention as it shows the full scope of the Kansas Territory and notes potential routes to the "Gold Region", afte