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The 1906 map that has an extra state, was it a joke or a mistake?
I found a 1906 railroad map in a Denver flea market that shows a 'State of Absaroka' between Montana and Wyoming, 30 years before that name was used for a proposed state. Do you think mapmakers back then were being playful, or did they just copy a rumor without checking? Anyone else run across a map that predicted a place before it officially existed?
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sam_anderson25d ago
Why would old mapmakers waste time on jokes when they had real territory to sell, and isn't it more likely they just copied a rumor from a surveyor who had one too many drinks?
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