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The south shore, then & now

The 1885 Ela Township atlas, pinned to the federal survey grid, laid over today's imagery — with the parcels described in the deeds.

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1885 Ela Township atlas (with research annotations) Sections 17, 18 & 20 — the Fox farm SW¼ of NW¼, Section 20 Kate W. Goodwin's Subdivision (reconstruction) 1865 school acre (plotted) Abstract No. 5482 lands (north-west shore) Places

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Overlays are research reconstructions, not surveys. The atlas is registered to the PLSS township corners and has the drafting errors of any 1885 map. Section lines from the BLM's national PLSS dataset. Map tiles load from the internet.

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