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Alton, Illinois

1927 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. This is part of a series of maps show the major tributaries of the Mississippi River. This map depicts of the confluence of the Missouri River. The Illinois River joins the Mississippi River just upstream of the Missouri. I never realized how

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Cairo, Illinois

1931 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. This is part of a series of maps that show the major tributaries of the Mississippi River. This map shows the confluence of the Ohio River, and it includes a portion of the 1944 Fisk map of river meanders over time. This

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Memphis, Tennessee

1913 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. I don’t have a special connection to Memphis, but I remember a line from a Chris Smither song about Memphis being “high up on a bluff”. I took a look, and sure enough, it is up on a bluff above the Mississippi.

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Bright Angel, Arizona

1962 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. There was an extreme heat advisory when Andrea and I visited the Grand Canyon. Being youngish and in relatively good shape, we decided to hike down the Kaibab Trail and back up Bright Angel Trail as a day hike. It was reportedly

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Madison, Wisconsin

1904 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. 1959 USGS 1:62,500 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout.

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