Lafayette IN – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Lafayette IN – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Providence, Provenance and an 1841 Map of Lafayette https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/01/providence-provenance-and-an-1841-map-of-lafayette/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:49:41 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786970 More]]> Colby Bartlett “took a chance” on a water-stained 1841 map of Lafayette, Indiana he found at a pawn shop, where the asking price was $80. But his research into the map’s origins took a completely unexpected turn. The Lafayette Journal and Courier has the story about how Bartlett inadvertently discovered the Tippecanoe County Public Library’s missing copy of the map before the library realized it had gone missing. Believe me, you want to read this. [Tony Campbell]

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