Vermont's 18th century maps going online (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:18 GMT
Two and a half centuries after men braved the trackless wilderness to map Vermont, using tools as simple as long chains to measure out towns and lots, their work is going online to help lawyers, landowners and historians.
Vermont's 18th Century Maps Going Online (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:00 GMT
Two and a half centuries after men braved the trackless wilderness to map Vermont, using tools as simple as long chains to measure out towns and lots, their work is going online to help lawyers, landowners and historians. Those early surveyors had to climb mountains, ford rivers and slog through swamps as they divided the land into 251 towns and then apportioned the towns into lots. ...
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