Description: This detail of a 1850 map from the New Universal Atlas shows towns, forts, roads, canals, major rivers and lakes in Columbia 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. Alligator is the main town in the area. Some of the labeled waterways are the Suwannee River and Big Creek.
Place Names: Columbia, Mineral Spring, Suwannee, Suwanee, Alligator, Louthers, Big Creek, Garey's Ferry,
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries, inlandWaters, oceans, society, transportation
Keywords: Columbia 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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