Historical Topo Maps

[GaryB]

Thanks for the link. I actually have some of these for Nevada in both original and reprint. My wife thinks I'm wierd for having such old maps, but they come in handy.

[Whizbang]

out of curiousity, the random black dots in the middle of nowhere are probably small towns or camps correct?

[redtigre62]

What a dream of a find! My house was originally built in 1903 (you can see the old stone foundation of a small section of the house from the "dirt room" -part of the basement that they used to store their canning from way back when). and it's represented by a house square from the 1913 topo map of my area here in Washington!

I see another summer of ghost town adventures coming!

[matt@expaz]

Whizbang,

Those random black dots on the topo maps usually indicate one ranch or home (though it depends on the resolution).

[GefahrMike253]

Thanks Matt for posting the links, I am up in PHX and am wanting to go north to check some sites out, this will help out a lot. Thanks again.


GefahrMike253

[Sunrise]

You might find this helpfull. The BLM have original survey maps. GLO maps show original homesteads by state and county!

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search...hByTypeIndex=1

[GefahrMike253]

You might find this helpfull. The BLM have original survey maps. GLO maps show original homesteads by state and county!

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search...hByTypeIndex=1

That link is perfect, thanks for sharing, still new to this and all the help with the links does a lot.

GefahrMike253