Land, Maps, and Natural Resources
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Railroad Maps and Plans
- In 1858, the Maine Legislature passed a law establishing the railroad commissioners, who were responsible for overseeing railroads in the State. From the 1880s to the 1910s many railroad plans were approved by the commissioners, and those plans now reside in the Archives. In 1913, the railroad commissioners were abolished and the new Public Utilities Commission assumed responsibility for railroad regulation.
Androscoggin County Atlas
- Atlas and History of Androscoggin County, Maine. From actual surveys, drawn and published by Sanford, Everts & Co., 31 South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, 1873.
Aroostook County Atlas
- Atlas of Aroostook County, Maine. Compiled and Drawn from Official Plans and Actual Surveys by F. B. Roe & N.Geo. Colby. Published by Roe & Colby, 27 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 1877.
- Type: COLLECTION
- Collection: Atlases 1871-1884
Piscataquis County Atlas
- Atlas of Piscataquis County, Maine. Compiled, drawn and Published from Official Plans and Actual Surveys by George N. Colby & Co., Houlton and Dover, ME, 1882.
- Type: COLLECTION
- Collection: Atlases 1871-1884
Baxter Rare Maps
- The noted antiquarian, James Phinney Baxter of Portland, Maine, commissioned copies of many historical maps located in Great Britain and Europe in the late 19th century. He later donated this collection of approximately ninety maps to the State of Maine. These copies now reside among the holdings of the Maine State Archives. The term septentrion (and its various forms) refers to the northern regions. This term comes from the Latin meaning the “seven plow oxen” referring to the seven principal stars of Ursa Major (the Big Dipper), of which Polaris (the North star) is one. From that root it was generalized and used in cartography to signify the northerly direction. Descriptions courtesy of Leventhal Map Library http://www.leventhalmap.org/, Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/maps/, http://raremaps.com, the Osher Map Library http://www.oshermaps.org/, and others.
Plan Book 1
- Plan Book 1 includes several maps and plans from different regions of the State of Maine. Many of these maps were created prior to Maine becoming a state in 1820. The maps were then transferred to the Maine Land Office and other maps were created for the Land Agent. The pages of Plan Book 1 often had several maps but this book was conserved and the maps separated. Original page numbers have been used.