Description: This detail of a 1850 map from the New Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Calhoun County. The map is very similar to the 1839 map from Tanner's Universal Atlas. There are references to forts, battlefields, and routes used by the Army during the Seminole War. Saint Joseph's Bay is shown on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Place Names: Calhoun, Wimico River, Saint Josephs, Sat Joseph's Bay, Cape San Blas, Cape Saint Joseph, Saint Joseph's Island, Saint Josephs Bay
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation
Keywords: Calhoun County, physical, political, transportation, historical, physical features, county borders, roads, other military, boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation, Unknown,1850
Source: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, A New Universal Atlas (Philadelphia, PA: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850) 21
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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