Try this. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/twain/interactive.html. My idiotic Windows 8 won't open it, but if memory serves, it might help. Gregg Camfield ________________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Leslie MYRICK <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 7:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Note for Twain Scholars You might be able to find relevant digitized maps on the Library of Congress site, e.g. under Railroad Maps (close as I can see to speculators' maps) http://www.loc.gov/maps/?q=railroad+maps Leslie Myrick On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear All, > In conjunction with a project on place and space in The Gilded Age, one of > = > my students is looking for speculators' maps of the Mississippi or > Missouri= > River region in the post-Civil War period. Please see his note below. > If= > any of you know of a site where he can access this material, we would > both= > be grateful. He has already, on Henry Sweets' recommendation, queried > his= > torical societies, to no avail. His email address is [log in to unmask] > <ma= > ilto:[log in to unmask]>. Thank you! -- susan Harris > > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Cunningham IV, Will" <[log in to unmask]<mailto: > [log in to unmask] > >> > Date: April 22, 2014 at 3:22:26 PM CDT > To: "Harris, Susan Kumin" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Subject: Note for Twain Scholars > > Greetings! > > I am in the beginning stages of a project on Twain and Warner's The Gilded > = > Age. I am interested in geographic representation and cartography, > especial= > ly in relation to urban planning. In the novel, Sellers, Harry, and > Phillip= > create a speculation map of the fictitious town of Napoleon. According to > = > Mr. Sweets (Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum), > Ma= > rion City was most likely Twain's inspiration for this place. I am trying > (= > without luck) to get my hands on any period maps of Marion City - or, for > t= > hat matter, any speculative maps along the Mississippi River from the > latte= > r half of the 19th century. > > Any help would be much appreciated! > > Best, > > Will Cunningham > PhD Candidate > The University of Kansas >