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Subject:        Re: Gousha oddity
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:39:05 -0500 (CDT)
From:   Meagan J Duever <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi,
  For what it's worth, I grew up not far from the area in this Gousha map.  # 434  There are a lot of farms in this area, many of which have been owned by the same family for generations, so I think the map has something to do with the individual farms themselves.  Though depending on the accuracy of the dots, there was a general store further down from #434 along M-81 that would have/could have been operational during the 1930s.  I forwarded the map to my father to see if anything rings any bells with him.

My curiosity is piqued.

Meagan Duever


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Subject: Re: Gousha oddity

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Subject:        Re: Gousha oddity
Date:   Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:23:33 EDT
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All

I think Mark hit it with the farm connection.

I have a 1914 "road map" of Hunterdon-Somerset Counties, NJ that also
has numbers in red overprinting.  The map looks nothing like what we
call road maps, more like a 19th Century map.

The map was an insert in the 1914 Farm & Business Directory of the two
counties - and the overprint numbers correspond to the locations of the
farms and business in the Directory.

Such a map would be essential to the rural (now suburban) region where
most farmers were still picking up their mail at the local general store
with few getting delivery via RFD. It would be the only way to locate a
particular farm along an often unnamed road, rarely signed named roads
and most likely unnumbered farm houses.

Perhaps there was some directory with the Gousha in question.  As I
said, I think Mark nailed it.

Regards,

Frank Curcio " 292


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