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Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] 1920s Christian county Missouri road map
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:41:20 -0500
From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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Does their county courthouse not have plat records? They'll ultimately
need a metes and bounds description....


Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
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> Subject: 1920s Christian county Missouri road map
> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:49:09 -0500
> From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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> Folks, I was contacted today by a land owner who has a dispute with the
> Mark Twain National Forest over road access. They want to prove that a
> road has been on their property since the 1920s. The maps we have from
> that time frame are not detailed enough to show their road, and the
> earliest topographic quadrangle and aerial photos of the area were made
> in the late 1930s.  The property is in section 36 of T 26 N and R 19 W.
>
> Do any of you have a 1920s map of this area?  Any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> Jim Coombs
> Map Librarian
> Duane G Meyer Library
> Missouri State University