RAND MCNALLY INDEXED POCKET MAP, TOURISTS’ AND SHIPPERS’ GUIDE OF MONTANA: Railroads, Electric Lines, Post Offices, Express Telegraph and Mail Service, Counties, Congressional Townships, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Lakes, Islands, Creeks, Mountains, Etc.
San Francisco, Chicago, New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1925. Highly detailed three-color map of Montana, delineating the county borders, showing relief by hachure, and indicating the locations of thirteen railroads. Another map, printed on the verso, shows the main highways and principal trails in the state.
Montana was the only state that lost population during the 1920s. A prolonged drought in 1917-18 started the exodus during which more than 60,000 people left the state, many of them moving to Washington, Oregon, and especially California. By 1925, farmland prices had fallen by 50 percent, 20,000 mortgages were foreclosed upon, and half of Montana’s farmers had lost their land.
36 p. with the folding map (28” x 21”). Original printed brown paper wrappers, bound with two staples. Some minor edgewear; else very good or better. Item #78133
Price: $150.00