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"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:37:42 -0500
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] Scans of old maps of Zion National Park /
Mukuntuweap National Monument?
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:21:58 -0500
From: Robert T Wyatt <[log in to unmask]>
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These two USGS topos from 1886 reprinted 1910 may suffice:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/utah/txu-pclmaps-topo-ut-kanab-1886.jpg
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/utah/txu-pclmaps-topo-ut-saint_george-1891.jpg
You can find more nearby here:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/utah/

Best regards,

Robert Wyatt
Austin, TX


Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Scans of old maps of Zion National Park / Mukuntuweap
> National
> Monument?
> Date:   Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:04:01 +0000
> From:   Ken Rockwell <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Hi, folks:  A patron is looking for scans of older maps of Zion National
> Park, or even maps under its original name as “*Mukuntuweap National
> Monument*”.  The earliest hardcopy map I have is from a USGS topo from
> 1936, and WorldCat doesn’t show much else before that.  The map is
> actually too large for our printer to scan (42 inches, over our 36”
> limit).  Does anyone know of a scanned version accessible via the Web?
> I went to USGS site, where a lot of the historical topos are being
> posted, but none from Zion as of yet.  Any other leads, please?
>
> ---Ken Rockwell
>
> Marriott Library
>
> University of Utah

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