Forwarded for your information: Alice ------- USGenWeb Project County Coordinator for the following: Marshall Co. KS http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/marshall/ Geauga Co. OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgeauga/geauga.html Seneca Co. OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohseneca/seneca.html Clark Co. WA http://www.rootsweb.com/~waclark/clark.htm List owner for OHSENECA-L, OHGEAUGA-L & WACLARK-L -----Original Message----- From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25@compuserve.com> To: OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com <OHGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 4:11 AM Subject: [OHGEN-L] Fw: Railroad survey maps available >------------------------------------------------------------------ > FORWARDED MESSAGE - Orig: 26-Jul-99 9:49 > Subject: Railroad survey maps available >------------------------------------------------------------------ >From: "Sandy Read" <MomsterR@usa.net> > >And did you know that with railroads came maps and surveys? >The very first railroad survey in the United States was taken in >October, 1809 in Pennsylvania In 1830, the >surveying, mapping and construction of what would be the >Baltimore and Ohio (also known as the B & O) was begun. It >would first be only fourteen miles long. >Over the years more and more land would be surveyed, >mapped and constructed. Eventually the Transcontinental >Railroad would exist when the Pacific Railroad met the >Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah on 10 May 1869. >Not surprising there are maps galore and they are fascinating >to look at. But where can you find them? Well the Library of >Congress has done you a big service. They have digitized >hundreds of their maps and made them available for >researchers online. The Railroad Maps Collection covers the >years 1828 to 1900 and is a part of the American Memory >online section of the Library of Congress. You can search and >view these digitized maps by visiting their web site at: > >http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html > >!^NavFont02F04690007NGHHK6BB470 > > >==== OHGEN Mailing List ==== > >This list is for the discussion of topics related to the OHGenWeb project >by OHGenWeb Coordinators and Assistant Coordinators. >OHGenWeb Project: http://www.scioto.org/OHGenWeb/index.html >Allen Richmond, sciototrails@usa.net, OHGenWeb State Coordinator >Judy Kelble, jkelble@accnorwalk.com, OHGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator > >