Map of Piscataquis County Maine.

1858 Walling Wall Map of Piscataquis County, Maine

Publication Date: 1858

About this Item

Very good. Full professional restoration. Some cracking and small areas of loss. Light soiling. Size 54.25 x 56 Inches. This is an 1858 Henry Francis Walling wall map of Piscataquis County, Maine. The map includes Moosehead Lake, Mount Katahdin (a very serious climb), and lands granted to Bowdoin College. The Katahdin Iron Works is labeled despite the fact that it ceased production one year earlier in 1857 (it would resume with the Civil War in 1861). A Closer Look Townships throughout are illustrated, identified, and shaded for differentiation. Towns and villages are labeled, but the most striking aspect of this piece (as with all Walling maps) is the attention paid to individual property owners and businesses. Individual houses are noted across the county by the owner's last name. The county's mountains, rivers, and lakes are illustrated in detail. Insets and Views Fifteen inset maps appear below the map and along the left and right sides. The largest of these depicts the northern portion of Piscataquis County, including the land given to Bowdoin College and the Days Academy. Moosehead Lake is depicted as well. No settlements are noted north of the Days Academy. The remaining insets focus on cities and towns. Proceeding clockwise these are: Brownville, Milo, Sebec, Atkinson, Blanchard, Sangerville, East Dover, South Dover, Dover and Foxcroft, Monson Center, Parkman Corner, Guilford Village, Abbot, and Greenville (at the southern edge of Moosehead Lake). Individual residences are noted by the owner's name in each town, along with shops, churches, mills, schools, and other locations. A view occupies each of the map's corners: the Tremont Hotel in Dover, the Eveleth House in Greenville, the Court House in Dover, and the Mount Kineo House on Moosehead Lake. Publication History and Census This map was created from field notes taken under the direction of Luther H. Eaton, engraved and printed by H.F. Walling's Map Establishment, and published by Lee and Marsh in 1858. We note seven examples cataloged in OCLC: Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine at Orono, the Maine State Library, the Library of Congress, the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard University, and the American Antiquarian Society. An example is also part of the collection of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. References: Boston Public Library Leventhal Map Center G3733.P5 1858 .W35. OCLC 191912740. Seller Inventory # PiscataquisCountyME-walling-1858

Bibliographic Details

Title: Map of Piscataquis County Maine.

Publication Date: 1858