Saturday, May 15, 2021

1907 Map of North West Ohio County

 1907 Map of North West Ohio County 

          In 1907 Teddy Roosevelt was President. Music was broadcast over the radio for the first time.  The 33rd Kentucky Derby was won by Pink Star. Finland, Norway and Sweden first allowed women to vote. The French invade Morocco. The Plaza Hotel in NY opens. Banking crisis in New York.  First helicopter flies.  Oklahoma becomes the 46th state. A coal mine explosion in West Virginia kills 361 miners; 13 days later a coal mine explosion in Pennsylvania kills 239 miners. 

          This following map was surveyed in 1907 and it shows part of the border between Ohio County and Daviess County to the West and Hancock County to the North.  It also shows the Rough River, Barnett Creek and Panther Creek. The following communities of Adaburg, Aetnaville, Beda, Buford, Deanefield, Dundee, Haynesville, Magan, Reynolds, Sulphur Springs, Sunnydale, Taffy, and Westerfield are located on this map, plus a few others.  The small dots are the location of homes. 

          First is the complete map from 1907.  The second and third images are expanded sections of the map.




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