MEMPHIS - TENNESSEE

1893 Historical Map - Wood Engraving

Approx Image Sizes in inches: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2
Overall Page Size in inches : 10 1/2 x 7

PRINT SHOWS: MEMPHIS, a port of entry and the largest city of Tennessee, U.S.A., and the county-seat of Shelby county, on the Mississippi river, in the S.W. corner of the state. Pop. (1860), 22,623; (1870), 40,226; (1880), 33,592. The river is spanned here by a cantilever railway bridge 1895 ft. long, completed in 1892. The city is finely situated on the fourth Chickasaw Bluffs, more than 40 ft. above high water; the streets are broad, well paved and pleasantly shaded; and a broad levee overlooks the river. Chickasaw Bluffs were named from the Chickasaw Indians who were in possession when white men first came to the vicinity, Late in the 17th century the French built a fort on the site of Memphis, and during most of the 18th Century this site was held either by the French or the Spanish. In 1797 it passed into the possession of the United States. By a treaty of the eigth of October 1818, negotiated by General Andrew Jackson and General Isaac Shelby, the Chickasaws ceded all their claims east of the Mississippi, and early in 1819 Memphis was laid out in accordance with an agreement entered into by John Overton (1766-1833), Andrew Jackson and James Winchester (1752-1826), the proprietors of the land

Excellent Condition. Map Image is clean, clear, sharp with beautiful detail. Intext Bookplate Map with Text on the back. Printed on cream color coated paper.

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