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Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Internet Archive This handbook has a pair of pages for each 36 sq. mi. township showing which citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation citizen was allotted each parcel. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 17, 2020 10:18 PM

Oil Town "Aero Views" - American Oil & Gas Historical Society

Oil Town "Aero Views" - American Oil & Gas Historical Society 'Traveling from Pennsylvania to Texas at the turn of the century, Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler created oil town "aero views" - panoramic maps of many of America's earliest petroleum communities.... 'From...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 6, 2018 3:45 PM

Panoramic Maps | Library of Congress

Panoramic Maps | Library of Congress Bird's-eye-view maps, panoramic maps, and other semi-geographic, semi-artistic representations of American cities in the early decades of the 20th century. Includes the 1918 Fowler and Kelly maps of Tulsa and Bartlesville....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 6, 2018 5:25 PM

Auto trails and named highways

Links: Auto trails and named highways Highway history: Massive collection of links from the Federal Highway Administration Auto trails links from AmericanRoads.us North American Auto Trails: Lists of hundreds of trails, including single- and two-state trails 1923 map of...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2013 7:43 PM

From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System - Highway History - FHWA

From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System - Highway History - FHWA How America went from hundreds of unofficially named auto trails (National Old Trail, Lincoln Highway, Ozark Trail, Dixie Highway, to name a few)...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 25, 2013 6:32 PM

Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online All the maps from 1920s editions of Shepherd's Historical Atlas, a beautiful geographical depiction of the history of the world....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 19, 2013 12:16 AM

GIS Lounge: Over 120 Years of Mapping History Online

GIS Lounge: Over 120 Years of Mapping History Online "The USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection currently makes over 98,000 maps dating as far back as 1884 available to the public. The maps are available in GeoPDF format and can be...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 10, 2012 6:04 PM

Where to Look for Historical Maps

GIS Lounge: Where to Look for Historical Maps Before you make the digital map, you have to start with a hardcopy or scan. Here's a long list of sources for maps and aerial views....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 10, 2012 2:58 PM

A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research

A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research By Ian Gregory. Introductory info about GIS, methods of acquiring and converting data for inclusion, basic GIS functionality, representing time in GIS, producing maps from GIS, spatial analysis...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 8, 2011 11:40 PM

A vision of Britain through time

A vision of Britain through time Historical maps, historical travel writing, historical statistics depicting Britain's evolution between 1801 and 2001....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 8, 2011 10:26 PM