DEVELOPMENT OF A DIGITAL GIS DATABASE FOR AUGUSTA CO
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Development of a digital GIS data base for Augusta County, Va. is based upon the existence of a detailed map of the county draw by
Jedediah Hotchkiss in 1870 and derived in large measure from existing Confederate Army maps produced during the Civil War. In
addition to showing major and minor roads as well as rivers, streams, and smaller water courses, the Hotchkiss map is significant in
that in shows locations of over 2000 named structures. Although mills (flouring, saw, and paper), churches, schools, mines, and a
variety of manufacturing establishments (black smithies, potteries, forges) are shown on the map, the vast majority of named
structures are private residences with the name corresponding either to the property's owner or inhabitant.
by: Steve Thompson and Ariel Lambert, June 1999-August 1999
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