Thanks for that article, Kathy.

That's so very quirky!!

~Allison

> While not an orphan, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House 
> <http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/haskell-free-library-and-opera-house> 
> is an interesting border case.
>
> http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-runs-through-this-tiny-library
>
> *From:*Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> *On Behalf Of *Zellmer, Linda
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 01, 2017 12:10 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Orphans of the Atlas
>
> Hello,
>
> Illinois also has one, and it turns out that it was Illinois' first 
> state capital -- Kaskaskia, Illinois.It can only be reached by driving 
> into Missouri. The channel of the Mississippi River changed after 
> floods in the 1880s, and the town ended up stranded west of the river.
>
> Linda Zellmer
>
> -- 
>
> Linda Zellmer
> Government Information & Data Services Librarian
> Liaison to Natural Sciences & Agriculture
> 415 Malpass Library
> Macomb, IL 61455
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Phone: 309-298-2723 <callto:309-298-2723>
> Fax: 309-298-2791 <callto:309-298-2791>
>


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"Outside of a dog,
a book is probably man's best friend,
and inside of a dog,
it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx"

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
ESTC and NACO Coordinator

John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
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