"Historical Humour on Gettysburg Map" Topic
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Trajanus | 08 Oct 2018 8:48 a.m. PST |
I'm currently sticking together a number of large copies of the "Warren Map" downloaded from the Library of Congress. Its very detailed and has all the houses and farms marked on it. As a result of this I'm getting to know the place pretty well! In the top right hand corner (North East) on the Hunterstown Road there's a property of three wooden houses (all buildings are noted by construction) belonging to a guy called JAC KASS. I'm assuming this is for real and not someone in the Corps of Engineers playing a 150 year old joke but it stuck me as funny anyway! I wonder if Mr Kass ever got tired of it? :o) |
NOLA Chris | 08 Oct 2018 9:20 a.m. PST |
wow! that's great if for real! as good as some of the other historical names! |
Dynaman8789 | 08 Oct 2018 9:35 a.m. PST |
If it is true his parents graves should note they died when he was no older than 10, of shotgun wounds I would guess… |
Tigerjlm | 08 Oct 2018 10:18 a.m. PST |
It's actually Kaas, but still a bone! |
Extra Crispy | 08 Oct 2018 10:38 a.m. PST |
Mapmakers are famous for these kinds of things. Back in the day (I worked for Rand McNally) the maps were littered with these kinds of things as a way to detect copyright infringement. There used to be, on many maps of Michigan, a small town called Beatosu. Strange Indian name? Nope, placed there by a Michigan Fan. Beat OSU. |
Trajanus | 08 Oct 2018 11:03 a.m. PST |
It's actually Kaas, but still a bone! Yeah OK, although there's no excuse for ADAM BUTT North West of the School House on the Haggerstown Road, nor that famous German guy HERR TAVERN. Then there's JOHN SOCKS, HENRY TOOT, A PLANK and that guy WARFIELD must have known something too! |
Winston Smith | 08 Oct 2018 1:42 p.m. PST |
I once read that Russia was famous for the pains taking accuracy of its maps. With the strange exception of military bases. Odd. |
DisasterWargamer | 08 Oct 2018 6:18 p.m. PST |
A couple of articles talking about copyright traps and paper towns on maps link link |
Extra Crispy | 09 Oct 2018 11:41 a.m. PST |
The Soviet Union used to "move" entire cities. On one map a city might be north of the river on the coast. Next year, south bank, 5 miles inland. Then straddling the river, 3 miles inland… |
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