DennyG Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 The archive section on the Mississippi Department of Transportation's website has maps as old as 1928. Check it out HERE. Thanks to Adam "Froggie" Froehlig of the RoadGeek e-group for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Wow! Elevates Mississippi as a place I might go someday, just because now I know where the roads used to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 It's fun to try and line up yesterday with today, isn't it. For example, looking at the area I'm most interested in (61 and the Tunica area) early maps show the road running into Lula (old U S 61) - later ones past 1950 or so show Lula by-passed by 61 to the east (current 61.) Thanks for the great site Denny. Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 The archive section on the Mississippi Department of Transportation's website has maps as old as 1928. Check it out HERE. Thanks to Adam "Froggie" Froehlig of the RoadGeek e-group for the info. Denny, Thanks to Froggie and you. It is difficult to find old Mississippi only maps back to the 20's. Rand McNally included Mississippi in its 1920's district maps, and Mississippi is in atlases of the time, but it is harder to find Mississippi only maps, perhaps because Mississippi was not a big tourist destination like Florida. It is nice to have those on line. For a bit older (1925-26) Mississippi road map go to my HistoricalRoadMaps.com. I have ignored my site for some time, but if you guys are getting hot on old road maps, I have thousands. But posting them gets boring unless they serve a purpose. Dave Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyG Posted February 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 I have ignored my site for some time, but if you guys are getting hot on old road maps, I have thousands. But posting them gets boring unless they serve a purpose. Hey, it's winter time in North America and a lot of us are looking at maps with more hope than purpose. I don't know if any one's really hot on maps but it's that time of years when we do look at maps with a certain, slightly crazed, gleam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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