That has been standard at Historic Map Works for years. You cannot even
find out what they have on their site from a non-subscribing .edu domain.
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Mark C. Branstner, RPA, AARP
Senior Historical Archaeologist
Illinois State Archaeological Survey
Prairie Research Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
Cell: 217.549.6990
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Albert Einstein
On 7/25/14 1:16 PM, "Linda Stine" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I have our map librarian looking into this for us. LFS
>
>
>On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Timothy Scarlett <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Thanks to Smoke for this great link. I was looking at this site for
>> another reason today and was greeted by this webpage that says .edu
>>domain
>> users are blocked from the site.
>> So, it looks like I'll be accessing this from my computer at home, which
>> somehow this company thinks is fine? I don't understand the world well.
>> Best,
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:18 AM, Smoke wrote:
>>
>> > I received the info on this website from some Lookout Tower friends.
>>This
>> > website has lots of old maps of states, counties and towns, it proved
>> very
>> > useful in searching my state for locations of older lookouts.
>> >
>> > This exact link is for Arkansas but if you put your state in the
>>search
>> box
>> > you'll get a long list of maps there. Good luck and happy searching.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>http://www.historicmapworks.com/Search/engine.php?keywords=Arkansas&x=40&
>>y=2
>> >
>> > --
>> > Smoke Pfeiffer
>> > Don't believe anything until
>> > you hear the official denial!
>>
>
>
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>Dr. Linda France Stine, RPA
>336-334-5132
>436 Graham Building
>Department of Anthropology
>University of North Carolina Greensboro
>27412-5001
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