1890 Map of Mexico

About this map

Mexico serves as the central hub for this late 19th-century landscape, where the convergence of the Chicago and Alton Railroad and the Wabash Railroad dictated the growth of the region. The map illustrates a transition from the river-oriented settlements of the north, like Florida and Santa Fe along the South Fork Salt River, to the rail-aligned towns of the south. These iron corridors spurred the development of Laddonia, Rush Hill, and Benton City, which appear here in their early stages of growth.