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Pub Year	Map Maker	Pub Place	Map Title	Map Price (USD)	Picture
1887	Strum, G.P.	Washington, D.C.	Indian Territory	$700	Picture

A lithographed map, with hand colored wash.

Size: 24-1/4 inches X 32-1/4 inches; Scale: 1 inch = approximately 12 miles.

Map Type: Book

This is a superior copy, extremely clean with bright, vivid colors.

Assembled by the Department Of The Interior, General Land Office, Wm. A.J. Sparks, Commissioner. Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by G.P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman, G.L.O.. Labeled below the lower neat line, "To accompany George Catlin's Indian Gallery by Thomas Donaldson".

This rare and very large map of Indian Territory shows all of the tribal reservation areas and provides treaty dates for their creation and sub leases. This beautiful map also shows the military reservations at Fort Sill and Fort Supply and topographical features. Each Indian reservation is labeled with the name of the tribal nation.

The word "Oklahoma" appears in the unassigned land area, perhaps the first time this word of Choctaw origin appears on a map. The Oklahoma area would become the site of the first land rush on April 22, 1889 and the "Oklahoma Territory" would be established in 1890.

References: A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress, (1876) p. 332, Phillips, P.L, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1901