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Subject: RE: 1920s Christian county Missouri road map
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:35:44 -0500
From: Coombs, James <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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Thanks to all of you for your help with this. A few of you mentioned the
1930s plat book that's online, and that's a great resource, but
unfortunately in this case, there are no roads shown in section 36 where
their property is. The land owner had already looked at it, and said he
had exhausted all the internet resources he knew of. The county
government's plat records only go back 20 years, surprisingly. I
discovered that the Missouri Historical Society Library has a 1912
scanned plat book. Unfortunately, it only shows the main road going
through section 36.  But thanks to Angie for telling me about the 1920
road map of the county that the Society has. I passed that information
on to the folks.  Hopefully it will show their road and help their case.

Jim

Jim Coombs
Map Librarian
Duane G Meyer Library
Missouri State University

> -------- Original Message --------
> 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'
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> 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