The 1868
Atlas of the State of Ohio is an excellent snapshot of
mid nineteenth century Ohio recommended for anyone undertaking research of
this period. The Atlas data has been scanned at 400 dpi and is presented in
high quality Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Examples of some of the
Atlas pages can be viewed by following the links below.
Table of Contents
includes: Counties, Cities, Agriculture, Canals, Climate Map, Climatology,
Colleges, County Evolution, Land Grants of Ohio, Geological Map, Geology,
History, Schools and Seminaries, Post Offices, Railways, Statistics and
Surveys of Ohio.
Multiple adjacent
county maps are useful for identifying 1868 transportation
routes, railroads, canals, streams and rivers, cities, towns and villages,
and early Ohio place names.
The 25
city maps
in the Atlas are much more detailed with many early government and
industrial sites including:
- schools, churches and cemeteries
- streets, roads and railways
- rivers, streams and canals
- race tracks and fair grounds
- post offices and government sites
- industrial sites, furnaces and mills
- hospitals and asylums
- and much, much more
The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and
print from the PDF map images contained in this atlas; and is included free
on each CD.
No other software is necessary. The map data has been
created and configured using the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader
(6.0) for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The maps may be viewed
in earlier versions of the software as well; however, optimum use of the
data can be expected using the Adobe Reader 6.0 that is included on this
CD.