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cityboy1986

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    Now we're getting somewhere!
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    The Tombigbee River has been widened as part of the Tenn-Tom Waterway. Surely this can't be the Tombigbee, though!
  3. I bought my Mississippi map on eBay. I must have been searching at the right time since my first search found it. The map's not strictly Mississippi; it also covers Ark. and La., a practice that is continued today in some maps. I go between college and home every two weeks (about 400 miles roundtrip), so I have plenty of chances to drive the two-lane roads. I've driven every practical route between the two locales, meaning it is time to discover the impractical routes (although some would say that using a two-lane when there's an interstate highway nearby is impractical). I don't have any photos of U.S. 11, but I have some of an abandoned bridge on U.S. 45 that I will share. This summer I hope to take more trips and snap more pictures. I'm glad I opted for the 1926 version of ABB instead of the 1927! My copy is in surprisingly good shape. The only bad spots are the map holder and the map. CityBoy1986
  4. I don't have a large collection, but I use a few tools that have come in handy whilst exploring old roads. My oldest is a 1926 Automobile Blue Book, Vol. 2 (Southeast and Mid Atlantic). The road descriptions were still there, but whenever the route followed a state highway, the turn-by-turn directions stopped. Luckily (for me, anyway), Mississippi didn't implement a state highway system until 1931. My second oldest item is a 1932 Rand McNally map of Mississippi. It's helpful since the ABB map shows almost no roads other than ABB routes. It also shows the subtle (some not so subtle) changes in the state highway system. Also handy are the ten or so city maps. My most practical for roadtrips (thus, the one I never leave at home) is a 1957 Rand McNally 48 state, Canada and Mexico atlas. There are some four lane and expressway segments shown, but there isn't an Interstate shield to be found. I have several newer atlases (next-oldest is 1981), but until I'm out of college, I don't have much to spend on collecting maps/travel guides. I spend enough on gasoline as it is <grin>. CityBoy1986
  5. I don't know how you feel about buying things online. I've only managed to use eBay to buy items eight times in two years, and only three of those were road-related (a 1926 Automobile Blue Book, a 1932 map of Mississippi and a 1957 national Rand McNally atlas). I have never had a problem. Just be sure to read the seller's feedback, if there is any. Set a limit on how much you want to spend, and decide if an item is really worth the listed price. With maps of Mississippi being listed nearly every day, I'm sure many more of California are sold. I know people here have much more experience than I do. If you don't like the idea of purchasing online (and even if you do), unexpected surprises can be found in flea markets, yard sales, etc. An advantage is that you can actually inspect an item for yourself before deciding to purchase it. I hope this helps, and I hope you can build a new collection. T. Michael
  6. Thanks for the link! If I were closer to northern Illinois, it would be interesting to do a "then and now" type presentation.
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