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Subject: 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio
Date: 17 Nov 2003 20:29:55 -0700

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HAR is introducing a brand new CD product: 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio. The 68 page atlas has been scanned at 400 dpi and presented in high quality Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). The viewing software, Acrobat Reader, is included on each CD.

This is a departure from our indiana and Illinois Atlas CD's in that it is more like an e-book than a series of 19th century county maps. There is quite a bit of statistical data and text in this product including sections on: Agriculture, Canals, Climate Map, Climatology, Colleges, County Evolution, Land Grants of Ohio, Geological Map, Geology, History, Schools and Seminaries, Post Offices, Railways, Statistics and Surveys of Ohio.

The Atlas contains multiple adjacent county maps that are useful for identifying 1868 transportation routes, railroads, canals and many early Ohio place names. The 25 city maps in the Atlas are much more detailed with many early government and industrial sites including: a variety of mills, cemeteries, churches, schools, asylums, fair grounds, race tracks, business locations, etc.

This is an informative snapshot of mid 19th century Ohio and is recommended for anyone interested in undertaking historical or genealogical research of this period.

A complete Table of Contents and examples taken from the Atlas can be viewed at the following link:

1868 Ohio Atlas web page: http://www.har-indy.com/oh_map/oh_index.html

1876 Indiana county maps: http://www.har-indy.com/in_map/in_index.html

1876 Illinois county maps: http://www.har-indy.com/il_map/il_index.html

All are also available at our eBay store:

http://www.stores.ebay.com/historicatlasseriesbyhar?refid=store

Thanks for looking.

Rich

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