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EARLY MAPS OF VERMONT
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1761 Blanchard VT/NH
"An accurate map of His Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in New England,,,"
1779 Sauthier
1795 Carey
1796 Whitelaw
1797 Sotzman
1814 Carey
1822 Carey
1831 Finley
Good Map for showing old turnpikes is the
1834 Lewis-Robinson
1838 Bradford
1841 Goodrich
1850 White
1856 Colton
1860 Walling
1876 Burgett
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VTRoads.com Maps, History, Resources
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Great article on VT highways before the Federal Highway Numbering System began:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_road_marking_system
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EARLY MAPS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW ENGLAND:
1757
New Hampshire
1771 New England by Jefferys
Carte du théatre de la guerre dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, pendant les années 1775, 76, 77 et 78
1779 New England Probst, Voch, Augsburg
with "Kohase" region outlined
1780 Bowles Map of New England
1784 A topographical map of the Province of New Hampshire
1794 New Hampshire by Lewis
1828 Map of Vermont and New Hampshire by Robinson
1860 snapshot of railroads in the northeast:
1860 Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Lower Canada
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EDUCATIONAL MID-19TH CENTURY WALL MAPS:
NH:
Belknap County
1877 Grafton County New Hampshire by Walling
VT:
1860 Walling: State of Vermont
1858 Orange County Vermont
Rutland County Vermont
Washington County, 1858, by Walling
McClellan's map of Windham County, Vermont
1855 Map Windsor County Vermont by Doton
Beers' Map of Norwich VT 1869
VARIOUS INFORMATIVE SITES:
New Hampshire Stone Wall Mapping Project
State of Vermont Open Geodata Portal
NEW HAMPSHIRE MAPS:
State of NH: 1890
VT and NH: 1828
with major turnpikes shown.
Beers Atlas:
Historical Map Works, Windsor County Townships
1839: Maine, New Hampsire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. Map by Arrowsmith
Above is a very nice map showing routes around New England, Turnpikes, etc, just before the advent of the Railroad.
Vermont Center for Geographic Information (Lidar)
Granitview NH LiDar, etc.
Wind Map -
USA Map of current wind patterns
USGS Topographic Map Viewer:
https://viewer.nationalmap.gov/basic/
VT Lakes and Ponds Depth Charts
ANYPLACE AMERICA
VT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
VT Agency of Trans historic town maps
Northeast Backcountry Discovery Route (NEBDR)
Peakfinder.org
REALLY COOL WORLD MAPS with WINDS
and more...
New Hampshire's Statewide GIS Clearinghouse:
https://granitview.unh.edu/html5viewer/index.html?viewer=granit_view
Good Source of Vermont old town maps:
http://www.old-maps.com/vermont/vt-twnctyidx.htm
Time Lapse Aerial Imagery by Google Earth
Resilient Land Mapping by The Nature Conservanacy
1876 Maps: Ted's Vintage Art
Mapcarta Open Map
VTrans Project map
Caltopo.com " Backcountry mapping evolved for individuals"
VT FIRE DANGER
Windfinder - map showing current wind speeds
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THE EXPANDING YOUNG NATION:
The United States according to the definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris Sept. 3d. 1783
1814 Map of USA by John Melish
1828 USA by Sidney S. Hall
1830 USA by Maria Symonds (rare manuscript map)
1830 USA Canals and Railroads. by Henry S. Tanner and George Armroyd:
A Connected View of The Whole Internal Navigation of the United States.
1840 Canals and Railroads by Tanner
1859 Johnson's New Illustrated and Embellished County Map of the
Republics of North America with the Adjacent Islands and Countries
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HE HISTORY AND LAW OF VERMONT TOWN ROADS
Author: Paul S. Gillies
Montpelier, Vermont