Colorado, Utah, New Mexico & Arizona Map 1872 County Print - Denver, Salt Lake City, Santa Fe, Prescott

H.H. Lloyd published this county map of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico around 1872, distributed, like the firm's other territorial sheets, only as a supplement bound into Warner & Beers county atlases of the early 1870s rather than as a standalone publication. The map is hand-colored by county and records substantial detail across all four then-territories, including towns, mountains, rivers, forts, Indian villages, early railroads and proposed railroad routes, a genuinely comprehensive snapshot of the Southwest and southern Rockies during a period of rapid post-Civil War territorial reorganization. Lloyd's atlas has become scarce today, its limited distribution through county-atlas supplements rather than direct sale having left far fewer surviving examples than more widely marketed contemporary atlases.

Denver anchors Colorado Territory as its fast-growing commercial hub near the base of the Rocky Mountains, while Salt Lake City governs Utah Territory as the center of its distinctive Mormon settlement pattern. Santa Fe continues to serve as New Mexico's capital on the upper Rio Grande, and Arizona's territory, still only lightly organized, is recorded with its earliest counties and mining districts. Proposed railroad routes crisscross all four territories, anticipating the rail expansion that would transform the region over the following two decades, while forts and Indian villages mark a landscape where federal military presence and Native nations still shaped much of the map's interior.

This four-territory map makes a fitting gift for a Southwest or Rocky Mountain family with roots across Colorado, Utah, New Mexico or Arizona, or for a collector seeking a genuinely comprehensive Lloyd atlas supplement map. Set beside the store's Mitchell 1867 Arizona and New Mexico sheet, this wider Lloyd map shows how the two territories fit into the broader regional picture that also included Colorado and Utah. It is available unframed in a full range of sizes, from a compact print for a study to a large-format piece for an office or den.