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Subject: Ohio Research Material
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005
From: Rich Green <[log in to unmask]>
To: MAPS-L <[log in to unmask]>
Geo. W. Hawes' Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61
($49.95)
1860, Second Edition, 918 pages
George W. Hawes, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1860_OH_Gaz_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced Second Edition version of Geo. W. Hawes' Ohio
State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Historians, genealogists
and researchers of mid 19th century Ohio will find the vast amount of
related research material in this book on CD invaluable. The extensive 918
pages contain the description of hundreds of places and place names
including: cities, towns, villages and post offices of the State of Ohio.
The list is simply too large to enumerate here and includes virtually all
places both big and small found in 1860 Ohio.
The Ohio State Gazetteer... contains hundreds of advertisements by
contributing businesses providing historical insight into the goods and
services available during this period.
Also included on this CD are mid 19th century maps of Ohio including State
and township maps, transportation surveys depicting many places and place
names along Ohio railroad routes, as well as, a detailed plat map of the
City of Cincinnati in 1838. While these maps are not part of the original
Ohio State Gazetteer..., researchers interested in place names will find the
cartographic information useful for identifying the location of early Ohio
settlements.
Mid 19th Century Ohio Maps:
Map of the City of Cincinnati, 1838
Map of the Central Ohio Railroad and Connecting Lines, 1850
Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and Connecting Lines, 1850
Map of the Railroad Surveys between Hillsborough and Chillicothe, 1851
Railroad and Township Map of Ohio, 1851,1854
Hillsborough and Cincinnati Railroad extending from Jackson, OH to
Parkersburg, VA, 1853
Colton's Railroad & Township Map of the State of Ohio, 1854
Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 1856
Map of the Railroad Line between Loveland and Cincinnati, 1860
See more detailed information:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1860_OH_Gaz_more.html
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Historic Atlas Series: 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio ($39.95)
The 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio CD is a snapshot of mid nineteenth
century Ohio a recommended resource for genealogists, historians and anyone
undertaking research of this period in Ohio's history. The Atlas data has
been scanned at 400 dpi and is presented in high quality Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF). Examples of some of the Atlas pages can be viewed by
following the link to our web site below:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/oh_map/oh_index.html
Table of Contents includes: Counties, Cities, Agriculture, Canals, Climate
Map, Climatology, Colleges, County Evolution, Land Grants of Ohio,
Geological Map, Geology, History, Schools and Seminaries, Post Offices,
Railways, Statistics and Surveys of Ohio.
Multiple adjacent county maps are primarily useful for identifying 1868
transportation routes, railroads, canals, streams and rivers, cities, towns
and villages, and early Ohio place names.
The 25 city maps in the Atlas are much more detailed with many early
government and industrial sites including:
* schools, churches and cemeteries
* streets, roads and railways
* rivers, streams and canals
* race tracks and fair grounds
* post offices and government sites
* industrial sites, furnaces and mills
* hospitals and asylums
and much, much more
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The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and
print from the PDF map images and is included free on each CD. No other
software is necessary. The map data has been created and configured using
the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0) for MS Windows (98,
98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The maps may be viewed in earlier versions of the
software as well; however, optimum use of the data can be expected using the
Adobe Reader 6.0 that is included on this CD.
Also available on eBay:
http://stores.ebay.com/Historic-Atlas-Series-by-HAR?refid=store
Happy Holidays,
Rich Green
Historic Atlas Series
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com
19th century atlas data from IL, IN, IA, KY, MI, MN, OH, PA, VA and WI
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