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Using Maps to Study Town History
Work with the two maps of your town that you have been given,
one from 1892 and one more recent.
| Your Name: |
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| The Town: |
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| The County: |
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1. Locate where your house would be on both maps and mark the
spots.
2. Is your house already on either map?
3. Transfer names of roads and geographical features (coves,
hills, lakes, rivers, groves, etc.) from the current map to the same features that existed on the 1892 map.
- Have the names of any geographical features changed?
- Which ones? (What were they in 1892? What are they now?)
- Do any roads or features on today's map get their names from
residents/family names from 1892?
- Which ones?
4. Draw in new/current roads on the 1892 map in red.
5. On the 1892 map, color in or outline in green any roads that
do not appear on the recent map. Some of these old roads are no longer passable by car but you may be able to find
them and hike on them if they are not posted with "No Trespassing" notices.
- Did any of these old, now-forgotten roads have houses on them
in 1892?
- Does there seem to be any way to get to the unused road today
to discover if any remains of that house are left?
6. What have you observed about changes in your town over the
last 100 years just from looking over these maps?
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