Map Showing the Disputed Boundary of Missouri and Iowa

Stone, W.J.

1839-01

map

Iowa
Missouri

1830-1839

This map depicts the steps officials in Missouri and Iowa took to create two modern states. They were landmarks in their day - actually led to possible armed conflict in the "Honey War" on the contested state line or lines, when several honey bee tree hives were cut down - militias and hot heads assembled on both sides of the supposed boundaries. Iowa got a proper line and eventually Missouri got the Platte district and stretched towards Council Bluffs and the Missouri River country's rich soil in the northwest. Much of the work for the resolution of this conflict was performed out of St. Louis in the 1830s. Shows four claim lines: No. 1 and No. 2: old Indian boundary or Sullivan's Line; No. 3; and No. 4: Brown's Line or line claimed by Missouri. Longitude west from Washington. Executed under the direction of the Commissioner on the part of the United States. January 1839, signed by Albert Miller Sea, Court for U. States.

Items in the UMSL Digital Library are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. The contents of the UMSL Digital Library are made publicly available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Some fees may apply. Although the nature of archival and manuscript materials sometimes makes it difficult to determine the copyright status of an item, it is the user's responsibility to use them according to all applicable terms. Please contact the contributing partner for additional information regarding copyright status of a particular digital image, text, data set, or sound or video recording.

Mapping St. Louis Catalog 29a

St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis