Early New York State Maps

Until I can get the family stuff goin on, here are some interesting old New York State maps to check out. Click on them for larger, more readable versions. They are in descending order: 1846, 1822, 1814, 1812 and 1796.

I'm currently reading the Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard who was abducted by the Crow tribe, then adopted by Sitting Bull and lived with the Sioux for many years before transitioning back into civilization and becoming a scout for the army. He is credited with being the first scout to observe the field of Custer's Last Stand after investigating smoke signals from the area and stumbling over the bodies of scalped soldiers in the dark. It's been an eye opening account of the violence and intrigue between the Native Americans and the US Army on the frontier in the late 1800's.