Next Page

  Main Author:   Sayer, Robert
  Title/Description:   Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Charters
  Publication Info:   London: Robert Sayer, 1775
  Date:   1775
  Scale:   1:950,000
  Original Source:   Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection
Viewing options:
New November 2014!!!

  Main Author:   Collot, George H.V.
  Title/Description:   Plan of Cape Girardo
  Publication Info:   Paris: 1805
  Date:   1805
  Scale:   1:3,600
  Original Source:   Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Buford, Napoleon, B. and Henry M. Shreve
  Title/Description:   Map of the Des Moines Rapids of the Mississippi
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1836; from American State Papers
  Date:   1836
  Scale:   not indicated
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Buford, Napoleon, B. and Henry M. Shreve
  Title/Description:   Map of the Rock River Rapids of the Mississippi
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1836; from American State Papers
  Date:   1836
  Scale:   not indicated
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Lee, Robert E.
  Title/Description:   No. 3 Map of the Harbor of St. Louis, Mississippi River
  Publication Info:   Washington: Corps of Engineers, 1837
  Date:   1837
  Scale:   1:12,000
  Original Source:   Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Lee, T.J.
  Title/Description:   Delta of the Mississippi
  Publication Info:   Washington: Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 1839.
  Date:   1839
  Scale:   1:63,000
  Original Source:   Alabama Department of Archives and History
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Guion, Walter Burling
  Title/Description:   Map of the New Madrid and St. Francis River Swamp in the States of Missouri and Arkansas
  Publication Info:   [Washington: 1844]
  Date:   1844
  Scale:   1:125,000
  Original Source:   Birmingham Public Library Cartography Collection
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Richards, T. Addison
  Title/Description:   Map of the Mississippi River from Princeton to the Gulf of Mexico
  Publication Info:   New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857; from Appleton's Illustrated Handbook of American Travel
  Date:   1857
  Scale:   Various
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Richards, T. Addison
  Title/Description:   Map of the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Memphis, Map of the Mississippi River from the Falls of St. Anthony to St. Louis
  Publication Info:   New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857; from Appleton's Illustrated Hand Book of American Travel
  Date:   1857
  Scale:   Various
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Lee, Robert E.
  Title/Description:   Sketch of the Harbor of St. Louis Reduced from Captn. Lee's map of 1837
  Publication Info:   c.1860
  Date:   1860
  Scale:   1:52,800
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

Main Author:   Gerdes, F.H.
Title/Description:   Mississippi River, 25 to 41 above Cairo
Publication Info:   Washington: War Department, c.1860
Date:   1860
Scale:   1:40,000
Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
   
Sheet No. 2
  
Sheet No. 3
Sheet No. 4
Viewing options:
  
Viewing options:
  
Viewing options:
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin

  Main Author:   Humphreys, A.A. and H.L. Abbot
  Title/Description:   Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River
  Publication Info:   Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1861, reprinted 1876
  Date:   1861
  Scale:   Various
  Original Source:   Geological Survey of Alabama
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Wells, J.
  Title/Description:   Chart of the Mississippi River from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico
  Publication Info:   New York: J.Wells, 1863; constructed and engraved to illustrate "The War with the South"
  Date:   1863
  Scale:   1:1,267,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   U.S. Coast Survey
  Title/Description:   Ohio River Between Mound City and Cairo
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1864; Survey by the Part of F.H. Gerdes, Chart No. 31
  Date:   1864
  Scale:   1:24,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Gerdes, F.H.
  Title/Description:   Sheet No. 2, Mississippi River Grand Gulf, Turner's Pt., New Carthage; Reconnaissance for the Use of the Mississippi Squadron
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1864; map showing Jefferson Davis' Plantation
  Date:   1864
  Scale:   1:40,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Gerdes, F.H.
  Title/Description:   Ohio River Between Mound City and Cairo
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1864
  Date:   1864
  Scale:   1:24,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Gerdes, F.H.
  Title/Description:   Mississippi River from Cairo, Ill. to St. Marys, Mo. in VI Sheets; Sheet No. 1
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1865; 1 to 25 miles above Cairo
  Date:   1865
  Scale:   1:40,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Gerdes, F.H.
  Title/Description:   Mississippi River, Sheet No. 4, 62 to 78 miles above Cairo
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Coast Survey, 1865;
  Date:   1865
  Scale:   1:40,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Mississippu River Commission
  Title/Description:   Preliminary Map of the Lower Mississippi River in Thirty Two Sheets
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commision, 1881-1885
  Date:   1881-1885
  Scale:   1:63,360
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Miller, Alexander Macomb
  Title/Description:   Improvement of Memphis Harbor - Map Showing Location of Mattresses Sunk Between Aug. 2, and Dec. 1, 1882
  Publication Info:   Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882; from report of the Mississippi River Commission, Appenix K, Plate I
  Date:   1882
  Scale:   1:2,400
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Mississipi River Commission
  Title/Description:   Map of the Misssissippi River in the Vicinity of Natchez, Miss. from Surveys of 1879, '80 & '81
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1882
  Date:   1882
  Scale:   1:44,400
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Molitor, Edward
  Title/Description:   Bird's-Eye View of the Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico
  Publication Info:   Cleveland: Brooks & Co. Publishing, c. 1883
  Date:   1883
  Scale:   Oblique
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:

  Main Author:   Rossell, William T.
  Title/Description:   Plum Point Reach
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1888; detailed chart of the river opposite Osceola, Arkansas
  Date:   1888
  Scale:   1:30,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:    
  Title/Description:   Map showing Prosoped location of canals and works of channel improvement at Rock Island Rapids, Mississppi River
  Publication Info:   Washington: Board of Engineers, 1888;
  Date:   1888
  Scale:   1:27,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Morano, N.A.
  Title/Description:   Map of Vicksburg Harbor Showing Work in Canal and Basin, 1890, Also Referencer Ranges, etc.; Plate No.3
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:6,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Rossell, William T.
  Title/Description:   Hydrographic Survey of Bachelor's Bend
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1890; I.M.R. Third District
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:13,200
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

 
Chart No. 1
Viewing options:
 
Chart No. 2
Viewing options:
  Main Author:   Mississippi River Commission
  Title/Description:   Index Charts of the Mississippi River from the Mouth of the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico
  Publication Info:   Mississippi River Commission, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:507,000
  Original Source:   Tulsa Library

Main Author:   Mississippi River Commission
Title/Description:   Surveys of the Mississippi River
Publication Info:   Mississippi River Commission, 1890
Date:   1890
Scale:   1:20,000
Original Source:   Tulsa Library

Chart No. 3
Chart No. 4
Chart No. 5
Chart No. 6
Chart No. 8
Chart No. 9
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:

Chart No. 10
Chart No. 11
Chart No. 12
Chart No. 13
Chart No. 14
Chart No. 15
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:

Chart No. 16
Chart No. 17
Chart No. 18
Chart No. 19
Chart No. 20
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:

  Main Author:   [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]
  Title/Description:   Map of a Portion of the Mississippi River Showing Area Overflowed
  Publication Info:   [Washington: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1890]
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:425,800
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Young, Willard
  Title/Description:   Survey of Greenville Bends
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:42,000
  Original Source:   Geological Survey of Alabama
Viewing options:
New September 2014!!!

  Main Author:   Hoyer, R.C.
  Title/Description:   Map of Plum Point Reach
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:50,000
  Original Source:   Geological Survey of Alabama
Viewing options:

  Main Author:   Spalding, Fred P.
  Title/Description:   Chart of Lake Providence Reach
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:72,000
  Original Source:   Geological Survey of Alabama
Viewing options:

  Main Author:   Rossell, William T.
  Title/Description:   Survey of Greenville Harbor
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1890
  Date:   1890
  Scale:   1:3,600
  Original Source:   Geological Survey of Alabama
Viewing options:

  Main Author:  

The Mississippi River Commission
  Title/Description:   Mississippi River, Sheet 6
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:63,360
  Original Source:   Personal Collection of Murray Hudson, Halls Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Roessler, Soloman William
  Title/Description:   Map of Hopefield Bend and Memphis Harbor
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891; map showing from Old Hen Island to President's Island
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:27,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Roessler, Soloman William
  Title/Description:   Map of Upper End of Memphis Harbor
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891; map showing the shore Wolf River to Jefferson Street
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:3,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Roessler, Soloman William
  Title/Description:   Map of Upper End of Memphis Harbor
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891; map of the bend of the Mississippi River at Memphis
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:13,200
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Mississippi River Commision
  Title/Description:   Map of a part of the Mississippi Valley showing area overflow
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891; from the Annual Report of 1891
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:506,880
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Mississippi River Commision
  Title/Description:   Mississippi River, Sheet 7
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1891
  Date:   1891
  Scale:   1:63,360
  Original Source:   Personal Collection of Murray Hudson, Halls Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

Main Author:   unknown
Title/Description:   Improvements of the Mississippi River from St. Paul to Des Moines Rapids
Publication Info:   unknown, c.1892
Date:   1892
Scale:   various
Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee

 
 
 
 
Map 1 - Bellevue Bar
Map 2 - Smith's Bar
Map 3 - Foot of Beef Slough
Map 4 - Mt. Veron Bar
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin
     
Map 5 - Bar at Winona
Map 6 - Foot of Cassville Slough
Map 7 - Bar below Keithsburg
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
Viewing options:
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin
JPEG or Plugin

  Main Author:   Roessler, Soloman William
  Title/Description:   Map of the Mississippi River in the Vicinity of Memphis Tennessee Showing Location of Revetment & Borings done in 1892-1893
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1893
  Date:   1893
  Scale:   1:30,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Roessler, Soloman William
  Title/Description:   Map of Plum Point Reach; Plate XI
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1893
  Date:   1893
  Scale:   1:54,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Townsend, Charles McDonald
  Title/Description:   Map Showing Area Overflowed In 1893; No. 1
  Publication Info:   Washington: Mississippi River Commission, 1893
  Date:   1893
  Scale:   1:475,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Oliveire, B. J.
  Title/Description:   Map Showing Crevasses and Area Overflowed Flood of 1893
  Publication Info:   Washington: 1894; Plate XIII
  Date:   1894
  Scale:   1:825,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

  Main Author:   Roessler, Solomon William
  Title/Description:   Map Showing Locations of Levees Built and Enlarged in the First and Second Districts, Mississippi River During Season of 1893-1894; Plate XVI
  Publication Info:   Washington: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1894
  Date:   1894
  Scale:   1:125,000
  Original Source:   Courtesy of Murray Hudson, Halls, Tennessee
Viewing options:
 

Next Page

© University of Alabama
To purchase map reproductions, submit a quote request.
Download MrSID Plugin