eBay Thursday: 100-Plus Year Old Maps
These maps of Middlebury and Woodbury hail from the 1800s.
This map, for sale on eBay, depicts Middlebury in 1868.
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A Middlebury map from 1868 depicts finely detailed locations of the homeowners and shows the village of Bradleyville, according to eBay seller oldtownmaps.
According to the Litchfield County: New Names for Old Places website, Bantam was once called Bradleyville.
Points of Interest on the Map:
- Lake Quassapaug
- Lake Elise
- Long Meadow Pond
- Hop Brook Lake
- Mirey Dam Pond
Surnames of Homeowners
- Benham
- Bradley
- Bronson
- Camp
- Curtis
- Fenn
- Nichols
- Platt
- Scott
- Tuttle and more
Map of Woodbury
This set of two Woodbury maps from 1874 is from the same seller as the Middlebury map and contains information on Woodbury homeowners, schools, rivers and streets.
Surnames:
- Bates
- Curtiss
- Higgins
- Minor
- Nichols
- Pierce
- Richards
- Stone
- Strong
- Taylor
- Terrill
- Tomlinson
- Tuttle
- Wheeler
Happy treasure hunting!
Jaimie Cura
1:11 pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012
My thanks to a reader for noting - these are map reproductions, but I bet you guys knew that from the wallet-friendly price! :)