Love is in the Air and on the Map
Feb 17, 2022 | Maps
To (somewhat belatedly) celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, I wanted to share with you a love story that can be traced on maps going back decades. It all started in 1962 with the establishment of TourMap, Inc. by Robert (Dick) and Marjorie Ingalls of Seattle,...
Catalog #1 – Chicago
Oct 8, 2021 | Maps
Click here to see the entire list.Certain selections and commentary below (functions best on desktop/tablet, due to length).Categories include: The Early DaysThe Great FireColumbian ExpoGrowth of the CityCentury of ProgressUsing the LandSuburbsTransportationChicago...
The Regicide of the ‘Monarch of the Plains.’
Apr 29, 2021 | Maps
The tragic loss of Native American population and indigenous culture is one of the most calamitous effects from the gradual westward migration of settlers during the 19th century. A less visible, but no less gruesome, fate was shared by one of the most important...
A City Risen From The Ashes
Oct 10, 2020 | Maps
Richard’s Illustrated and Statistical Map of the Great Conflagration in Chicago. Image courtesy of the Newberry Library. On the night of October 8, 1871, a small fire broke out in Chicago’s Near West Side, at the site of today’s CFD Quinn Fire Academy. (Though...That’s One Way to Use a Map
Sep 25, 2020 | Maps
People naturally gravitate to maps of places with which they have a close personal affinity. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I’m constantly looking for maps of my hometown, despite not having lived there for well over a decade. To my great surprise, I...
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