Utah in 1883 - Salt Lake City, Provo, Ogden
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George Franklin Cram issued this Utah map in 1883 as part of his Unrivaled Family Atlas of the World, published in Chicago by A.C. Shewey & Co. It's one of 65 maps in the first mass-production atlas Cram ever released, a milestone in bringing detailed, affordable geography to the American public.
The map renders Utah Territory at a scale of roughly 1:2,240,000, in full color with boundaries clearly outlined and relief indicated through hachures. Salt Lake City is marked as a central hub, founded by Brigham Young's Mormon settlers barely three decades earlier, and the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake both appear as prominent natural features, alongside the territory's mountain ranges. This map was printed the year after Congress passed the Edmunds Act, escalating the federal government's campaign against Mormon polygamy and setting off the political conflict that would delay Utah's statehood for another thirteen years. Greenwich and Washington are both given as prime meridians.
A print like this suits anyone with Utah roots, a Beehive State transplant who wants a piece of home, or a collector chasing Cram's earliest atlas maps state by state. It arrives unframed and is offered in multiple print sizes, a fitting housewarming, birthday, or anniversary gift.
