This is the currently published version 1.05 (2012) of my little paper about the homes and farms of Pilfershire, located in what is now the northwest corner of Simsbury Connecticut (apparently between 1806 and 1879 this land was part of North Canton). The text (and two old photgraphs) is based […]
Daily Archives: October 26, 2023
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Prior to discovering this map, I didn’t know that topographic maps even existed, knowing that present day “geodetic” maps are generated from data collected by airplane (and now satellite). But clearly the vocabulary of the current day maps was present in these old maps, with contour lines for elevation levels […]