[OR_Archaeology] Historical Quads of Oregon

[Susan White]

A gift from the beautiful ole' South!!

One of our clever Oregon archaeologists has found historical quadrangles of Oregon from the University of Alabama (roll Tide!). The web site has all the quads of Oregon, dating from 1890 to the 1970s (can you tell I'm swooning with excitement?) and the resolution is beautiful. 

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/oregon/topos/index.html

Just as an FYI, a download of "Mr.SID Plug-in from LizardTech" map tool is needed to view the maps and the suffix of the map docs when they come up ends in ".sid"  But I have downloaded the map tool and things did not blow up and we're now playing with different programs to see if the maps can be converted to pdf's or jpg's. Please let me know if you figure out how to convert the maps to an accessible doc.

Below is the link, have fun, and remember to have some smelling salts nearby (just joshing) Susan Lynn



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Susan Lynn White, RPA
Asst. State Archaeologist
Oregon SHPO
725 Summer St NE, Suite C 
Salem, Oregon 97301
503-986-0675 office
503-986-0793 fax
Susan.White at state.or.us
 
Visit our web page at
http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/ARCH/index.shtml
 
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