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Sharon McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
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Sharon McCoy <[log in to unmask]>
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Gregg -- I don't think it is just your computer or the evil W8.  I've written to the site's tech support expert to see if they have plans to get the interactive maps back on line.  The rest of the site works fine.

Cheers,
Sharon


On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 12:43 AM, Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Try this.  http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/interactive.html.  My idiotic Windo=
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=
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>  create a speculation map of the fictitious town of Napoleon. According t=
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> Mr. Sweets (Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum),=
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> rion City was most likely Twain's inspiration for this place. I am trying=
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> without luck) to get my hands on any period maps of Marion City - or, for=
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> hat matter, any speculative maps along the Mississippi River from the=0A=
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> r half of the 19th century.=0A=
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> Best,=0A=
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> Will Cunningham=0A=
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