Linda,
Congratulations! What big news. It's great that you have the plat maps up.
I know it will come in handy. Don't forget to announce it on the WAML list
and add it to the WAML Clearinghouse!
Julie
Quoting Linda P Newman <lnewman@unr.edu>:
> Happy Monday, Folks,
>
> I promise this is a legit question which I just received by phone from a
> couple in NV City who are about to drive over to UNR: They are looking
> for maps which indicate old ditches relative to early gold production in
> Placer, Nevada, & El Dorado Counties, CA. While I do have a fairly
> complete set of historic topos (as Riley identified in his book), I do
> not have what I believe would really help them > historic plat maps of
> CA. Has anyone put them on the web? I believe they may be found at
> the San Bruno federal offices [in micro?] but the web would be most
> helpful. Any other suggestions?
>
>
>
> Now, as to my swearing that I did not concoct this question just for
> this Very Important Announcement:
>
> It is my great pleasure (and relief) to bring to your attention our
> latest creation ( the `presentation' is mine though not the actual
> maps): 3000+ historic plats of Nevada. The detail to be found on them
> is incredible and proved very useful from the CD's long, long before we
> got them on our site. This project took 2 years by State Lands to scan
> and 2 years for me and the tech folks to do our end in producing the
> site and, if I may say so, I'm quite thrilled.
>
>
> http://www.delamare.unr.edu/Maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/plats/Default
> .htm
>
>
>
> This site is a week old and I have done some minor editorial tinkering,
> but, basically, It's There!
>
> Linda Newman
>
> University of Nevada Reno
>
>
>
>
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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Head Librarian, GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Stanford University
650-725-1102
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