Where To Find Old Town Map

[Duffala]

I have visited my local historical society and the lady was unable to assist me. Shes actually has been unable to answer any questions Ive ever had. I'm looking for a map from the 1920's of Mountain Home, ID / Elmore Co. Idaho. Any help would be appreciated Ive googled images and I really don't want one for the entire state as I want to overlay it.

Thanks
Amanda

 

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[bevo]

try the universities.

 

[bevo]

did I spell that wrong?

 

[Mackaydon]

Try your county Assessor's office. Also ask at your library for the name and number of the county's historian.
Don...

 

[Swartzie]

I did find one from the 1940's at historicmapworks.com. Historic Atlas: Elmore County 1940 Idaho - Historic Map Works
Scroll down a bit on the page and you'll see mountain Home. You can zoom in and out and it also has an overlay feature on site (Historic Earth free Basic).

-Swartzie

 

[Duffala]

I did find one from the 1940's at historicmapworks.com. Historic Atlas: Elmore County 1940 Idaho - Historic Map Works
Scroll down a bit on the page and you'll see mountain Home. You can zoom in and out and it also has an overlay feature on site (Historic Earth free Basic).

-Swartzie

Thanks i had found that one but the landmark i was looking for had been removed by that date.

 

[Duffala]

I ended up getting the info i wanted from a older local. Thanks for the info everyone im sure i will be able to use that down the road.

 

[TreasurePirate69]

The Sanborn map collection has maps of Mountain Home for 1892, 1900, 1907, and 1920.

Digital Sanborn Maps -- Splash Page

User name = Houston
Password = love

 

[Duffala]

The Sanborn map collection has maps of Mountain Home for 1892, 1900, 1907, and 1920.

Digital Sanborn Maps -- Splash Page

User name = Houston
Password = love

Wow!! Many thanks! this is the best ever!!This helps me with so many little things that I have been researching ;c)

 

[TreasurePirate69]

Wow!! Many thanks! this is the best ever!!This helps me with so many little things that I have been researching ;c)

No problem. Just passing along the same tip I received from someone else out here. Warning... this site can result in dozens of hours spent downloading maps of all the little towns in your area. I find them to be very fascinating. It can be very addictive.

 

[Leeintn]

Could not get that to open for some reason?

 

[TreasurePirate69]

Could not get that to open for some reason?

Are you using Firefox? I've had problems with that site and Firefox for some reason.

 

[Duffala]

No problem. Just passing along the same tip I received from someone else out here. Warning... this site can result in dozens of hours spent downloading maps of all the little towns in your area. I find them to be very fascinating. It can be very addictive.

It has consumed lots of time.. but I have learned a lot. Thanks again :-) I wish the pages printed better. But this is way better than what my historical society could offer by far. the problem with this town its always been more of a transient place due to the military be majority of the population.

 

[TreasurePirate69]

It has consumed lots of time.. but I have learned a lot. Thanks again :-) I wish the pages printed better. But this is way better than what my historical society could offer by far. the problem with this town its always been more of a transient place due to the military be majority of the population.

Yeah, I wish the quality was better too. These maps were scanned many years ago before the technology was really there. Supposedly the Library of Congress has a complete set of the original maps. You can order copies for a small charge. I've considered doing it just to see what the quality was like. I wouldn't mind framing a couple. I have no idea if they just give you these same maps or if they rescan the originals. You can always call them and ask them. For most purposes though these are close enough for what I want to do.