Map of Missouri and Kansas, as well as portions of Iowa, Arkansas, and Illinois. Detailed map of counties and places, as well as roads. Includes insets titled: "Spearing fish", "Santa Fe from the Great Missouri Trail", and "Fire on the prairie."
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
