Wiggins, Edward W. (sold)
Edward W. Wiggins (1832 - January 19, 1912) was an English American civil engineer, cartographer, and map publisher. Born in Oxford, England, Wiggins arrived in the United States in October 1858. Wiggins was making maps in Wichita, Kansas, as early as 1886. He dissolved a partnership with a Mr. Smith in March 1887 to establish a partnership with his nephew Thomas Wiggins known as Wiggins and Wiggins, of which records only exist dating from 1887 and they published maps of Wichita and Sedgwick County, although it is unclear if the partnership survived the year. The Southwestern Map Company was founded in 1891 and Wiggins was the manager. He worked for the Southwestern Map Company until at least 1896. Wiggins operated E. W. Wiggins and Company, 'makers and publishers of maps' in Wichita in 1901 and continued making maps in Wichita and around Kansas until at least 1903. He died in Chicago in 1912.
A rare map of Wichita on the recto of a piece of stationery.
City of Wichita Kansas.
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This is an 1887 Wiggins and Wiggins city plan or map of Wichita, Kansas. Large private landholdings around town are illustrated and identified by the owner's first initial and last name, with most of these situated on the outskirts of town. However, some, such as 'W. Mathewson' and Ford and Firebaugh's tracts, appear within the city's planned street grid. Parks, hotels, schools, Garfield College, and Fairmount College are illustrated and labeled. Seven railroads, including the 'St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad', the 'St. Louis, Ft. Scott, and Wichita Railroad', the 'Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska Railroad', and the 'Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad' service Wichita, making the town a transportation hub in the late 19th century. Textboxes along the top and bottom borders list Wichita's banks, colleges, churches, hotels, and factories. (more details)